Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

(from fearama’s recipe box)

Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes
Serves 8 people

Categories: Dessert, Gluten-Free

Ingredients

  • 3 ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 cup puree)
  • 1/3 cup light olive oil
  • 1 cup organic light brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons bourbon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups gluten-free flour blend or gluten-free baking mix*
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 tablespoon arrowroot starch
  • 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
  • 1 rounded teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips (or use chopped walnuts or pecans)

Directions

  1. Combine the wet ingredients a mixing bowl.

  2. Add the dry ingredients into the banana mixture and stir until smooth. If the batter looks too thin and wet, add more gluten-free flour, a tablespoon at a time, to thicken the batter.

  3. Add in the chocolate chips and stir by hand to combine.

  4. Preheat your oven to 350ºF. Lightly oil the bottom of a standard bread loaf pan and dust with rice or corn flour.

  5. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake in the center of a preheated oven for an hour, until the loaf is firm, a bit crusty, and a wooden pick inserted into the center emerges clean.

  6. Cool the loaf on a wire rack.

  7. Slice and wrap each slice in foil; bag and freeze.

  8. This bread is tasty as is, but- it is truly sublime when grilled in a hot iron skillet with a touch of light olive oil. The chocolate chips melt and the banana fragrance intensifies and your taste buds- well, they get very, very happy.

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