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
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Combine the wet ingredients a mixing bowl.
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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.
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Add in the chocolate chips and stir by hand to combine.
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Preheat your oven to 350ºF. Lightly oil the bottom of a standard bread loaf pan and dust with rice or corn flour.
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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.
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Cool the loaf on a wire rack.
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Slice and wrap each slice in foil; bag and freeze.
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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.