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Almond Flour Banana Bread

Posted on August 13, 2012 at 2:35 AM

Almond Flour Banana Bread

GLUTEN FREE - SOY FREE - CONTAINS EGGS - LOW CARB - HIGH PROTEIN

Bananas are a great sourse of Vitamin C, Vitamin B6, Potassium, Manganese, Magnesium, and Fiber!

This was my first time baking with Almond Flour. It's a bit pricey, but it's SO worth it! I love the fact that I'm able to bake again without having to use white flour or wheat flour since both are high in Gluten. I have to avoid Gluten because it causes an inflammatory affect in my body, mostly in my gut/abdomen area. This might be do to the fact that I have endometriosis in the family. Anyways ~ Almond Flour is High in nutrients!

You will not miss your traditional White flour Recipe that your Grandma, Mom, or Dad used to make! My dad makes a great banana bread - so I'm competing with him here ~ hopefully I can get him to try this amazing recipe!

ALMOND FLOUR VS. WHITE FLOUR

1/4 cup: 1/4 cup:

110 Calories 114 Calories

5g Fat .31 g Fat

8 g Carbs 23.85 g Carbs

1g Fiber .8 g Fiber

3g Sugar .08 g Sugar

11g Protein** 3.23 g Protein

When comparing Almond Flour to White Flour, Almond Flour has LESS Calories, More FAT but it's HEALTHY FATS from Almonds =)EXTREMELY LESS Carbs, MORE FIBER, Slightly More Sugar (not a big deal since it's natural sugars anyway), and WAY MORE Protein!!! WIN WIN WIN!!! Why ever cook with White Flour - when you can use this Heavenly Almond Flour!

As far as brands of Almond Flour to use, there are many brands. For this recipe, I chose Dowd & Rogers Gluten Free California Almond Flour.

Almond Flour Banana Bread

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 55 minutes

Ingredients:

Makes 1 Loaf

1 1/2 cups Almond meal or Almond flour

2 Tbsp. Forti Flax, Flax Meal, or Ground Flax Seeds (optional)

4 Eggs

1/4 cup Coconut Oil

1/4 cup light or dark brown sugar OR Raw Honey, Agave, or Stevia (optional)

3 medium Bananas, mashed

1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

3/4 teaspoon Cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg (I Used 1/2 teaspoon Pumpkin Pie Spice)

3/4 teaspoon Baking powder (I used aluminum free from Mother's)

1/2 teaspoon Himalyan Sea Salt

1/2 cup Walnuts(optional)

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl, mix together the almond flour, eggs, oil, sugar, mashed bananas, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, and salt until there are no clumps.

Fold the flax meal, walnuts, chocolate chips, or any other mix-ins, into the batter.

Lightly grease a loaf pan and pour in the batter.

Bake for 55 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

Remove from the oven and let cool completely before slicing.

Please Cover & Refrigerate.

Enjoy!

~ Wendy

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