Paleo Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
During quarantine this spring, most of us began to bake to pass the time and soothe our anxiety over an uncertain future. Banana bread became the most popular item to bake, and rightfully so with its fluffy texture and sweet taste. Then when fall and the holiday season came around, baking shifted towards everything pumpkin and gingerbread.
Thankfully I am still having a craving for banana bread, and I hope you are too. Because I feel there is still a very special place for this classic loaf. It’s been a stressful year, and therefore any banana bread baked in 2020 deserves chocolate chips. And a lot of them.
I am so happy I discovered Open Nature® products that are available exclusively in my area at Albertsons and Safeway, especially their Almond Flour. I typically bake with Almond Flour on special occasion because of the price, however I found it for an affordable price.
Upon grabbing a bag of Almond Flour I also picked up Open Nature Cashew Butter and O Organics Unsweetened Coconut Milk to make an epic paleo banana bread loaf. You are definitely going to want to add this to the top of your winter baking list.
Here’s how you can make this amazing loaf of chocolate chip banana bread. It is so easy you can blend the ingredients in a blender to make this recipe. I know you will enjoy it as much as I did!
Ingredients:
2 large very ripe bananas (lots of brown spots!)
2 cups Open Nature Almond Flour
2 tbsp. O Organics Unsweetened Coconut Milk
2 medium eggs
1/3 cup Open Nature Creamy Cashew Butter
1/3 cup maple syrup or coconut sugar
1.5 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1.5 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup chocolate chips (stevia or coconut sugar sweetened for paleo)
Method:
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and grease your loaf pan or line with parchment paper. Mash your bananas using a fork in a bowl. Combine the remaining ingredients, except for the chocolate chips, into a blend and blend until smooth. Add to bowl and fold in your mashed bananas. You can also blend with the bananas, but I personally like the specks of bananas in the bread.
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