Banana Bread

There were three over-ripe bananas sitting in our fruit bowl today. Instead of getting rid of them I thought I would make a banana bread. This banana bread is soft and full of flavour. The rest of my family could not tell that it was gluten free. 

Banana Bread Recipe

Preparation time: 10 min       Baking time: 1 hour

Ingredients: 

3 small ripe Bananas, mashed

3 small eggs (or 2 large eggs)

3/4 cup Milk (lactose free alternatives: coconut milk, soy milk or rice milk)

1/4 cup oil (rice bran or sunflower)

1 tsp vanilla essence

2 cups gluten free self rising flour

1 cup raw sugar

1 cup almond meal 

2 tsp maple syrup 

pinch of ground cloves (or cinnamon!)

pinch of salt 
1/2 cup crushed walnuts 

Steps: 

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease a small cake tin (11cmx21cm). 

2. Combine bananas, eggs, milk, oil, vanilla essence and maple syrup into a medium bowl. 

3. Combine dry ingredients together in a separate bowl. Whist wet ingredients into dry ingredients until combined. 

4. Pour into the greased tin and cover with walnuts. Bake for 1 hour, or until cooked when tested with a skewer. 

5. Serve plain or indulge by serving with melted chocolate or Nutella