This banana bread could possibly be my favourite thing at the moment, I am eating for Breakfast, in the afternoon as a snack, after dinner for dessert, I am totally obsessed with it! It might be because it combines three of my favourite food: almond butter + banana + chocolate, what more can I possibly ask for?
I know it’s sound pretty decadent but is actually relatively low in sugar as the bananas act as the perfect sweetener so you actually don’t need to add much more maple syrup or coconut sugar. For the chocolate I have used roughly chopped OM BAR 70% dark chocolate as it’s so intensely rich and only sweeten by coconut sugar, but any other good quality dark chocolate would work as well.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp of milled flaxseed + 2.5 tbsp of water mixed together
- 3 medium ripe bananas
- 3.5 tsp baking powder
- pinch sea salt
- 1/3 cup of almond butter
- 2.5 tbsp of coconut oil
- 1/5 cup of coconut sugar
- 2-3 Tbsp of honey or maple syrup, depending on how sweet you like it
- 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1 1/4 cup of ground almond
- 1/2 cup raw cacao powder
- 1 cup of brown rice flour
- 1 cup of rolled oats
- 1/4 cup of chopped dark chocolate (I have used OM BAR 70% cacao)
- a handful of cacao nibs to sprinkle on top (optional)
Preheat oven and line a loaf pan with parchment paper.
Prepare flax egg in a large mixing bowl and let rest for 5 minutes until it assumes a gloopy consistency. Add the bananas and mash thoroughly. Add all ingredients through almond milk and whisk vigorously to combine.
Add the cacao powder, almond meal, brown rice flour blend, oats and stir.
Last stir in the chopped chocolate.
If using sprinkle the cacao nibs on top.
Pour into loaf pan and bake for 1 hour – 1 hour 15 minutes. When ready should be firm with a nice crust on top. Let cool completely before cutting it into slices.
I love having mine with some almond butter and some slice banana on top.