The Most Amazing Banana Bread (Paleo & Gluten Free!)
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Recipe type: Breakfast, Snack, Bread
Cuisine: Paleo, Grain Free
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Serves: 12
 
This has got to be my favourite banana bread EVER! It's amazingly soft on the inside and holds up perfectly when I spread it with nut butters. All the flavours are just so in balance, it's naturally sweet due to the bananas and dates, and I honestly can't get enough of this bread!
Ingredients
For the Bread
  • 3-4 large (400g) bananas, very ripe
  • 6 medjool dates
  • 6 large eggs
  • 1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped out OR 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup coconut oil
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ cup (70g) coconut flour
  • ⅓ cup (30g) chia seeds
To Decorate
  • Handful of walnuts
  • Two thin strips of banana
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 160ºC/320ºF
  2. Pit your dates and add to a food processor along with the bananas, coconut oil, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, vanilla and eggs and blitz until fully combined.
  3. Add the chia seeds and coconut flour and pulse a few times.
  4. Remove the blade and use a spoon to mix everything until creamy and combined.
  5. While your dough rests (about 10 minutes), line a loaf tin with some unbleached baking paper (or oil it with a little bit of coconut oil)
  6. Pour the batter into the tin and decorate by sprinkling your walnuts on top and arranging the banana slices.
  7. Bake for 1 hour, until a you can insert a toothpick into the middle and it comes out clean!
Notes
If you bake with the banana strips, keep in mind it will keep the top quite moist, so it may take longer to brown. If you see yours might be getting a bit too cooked on the sides and not in the middle, cover with some tin foil towards the end of baking.

NUT FREE - Simply omit the decorative walnuts and use some coconut flakes instead!

These babies taste amazing on their own, but I love topping a slice with some nut butter, a sprinkling of desiccated coconut, and some cacao nibs. Utter bliss!

VEGAN - You could try and use a flax egg, but I personally have not tried it yet.

FREEZE - Should keep well in the fridge for 1 week. If it does happen that you haven't eaten it all by then, you can slice and freeze!

If you don't have a food processor, simply mix by hand! You'll have to chop the dates into small pieces and could add 1 tablespoon of honey or maple syrup for more sweetness.
Recipe by Sprinkle of Green at https://www.sprinkleofgreen.com/amazing-banana-bread-paleo-gluten-free