paleo banana bread
paleo banana bread--delicious, moist, gluten free, and no added sugar (except the chocolate chips..)!
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time1 hr
Total Time1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 12 slices
Ingredients
- 2 cups mashed bananas make sure they're REALLY ripe--aka the brown bananas you don't know what to do with
- 4 eggs
- 4 tbsp melted coconut oil
- 1/2 cup almond butter
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips use sugar free or omit if you want to keep this recipe 100% paleo
- 1/2 cup walnuts coarsely chopped
Instructions
- preheat the oven to 350 and grease a 9x5 loaf pan (you can use butter or coconut oil--whatever is easiest and you have on hand)
- mash the bananas in a large bowl until they form a paste-like consistency
- melt the coconut oil, and add to the mashed bananas
- add in the almond butter and stir
- once the coconut oil is incorporated and the mixture has cooled down a bit, add in the eggs and vanilla extract
- in a separate bowl, mix up coconut flour, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, and baking soda
- add the dry ingredients into the wet until incorporated
- last, add in the chocolate chips and walnuts
- pour into the prepared loaf pan and bake ~1 hour--check with a toothpick after 45 minutes, and bake until the toothpick comes out clean