Another great thing about this recipe is it’s fairly simple and quick to make and only requires one bowl, minimizing clean-up :)
Ingredients
3 very ripe bananas
1/2 cup melted coconut oil, butter or ghee
1/2 cup maple syrup, brown rice syrup, or coconut palm sugar
1 egg beaten
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp kosher or sea salt
1.5 cups 100% whole wheat flour
1/4 cup ground flax seeds
1/2 cup cacao nibs or chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
Preheat oven to 350F and grease a loaf pan with coconut oil or butter or line with parchment paper.
In a large mixing bowl, mash the bananas and add the melted coconut oil or butter.
Mix in the baking soda and salt. Stir in the maple syrup, beaten egg, cinnamon and vanilla. Mix in the ground flax seeds and flour. (Do not over mix)
Stir in any additional ingredients like chocolate chips and walnuts.
To make this recipe vegan, swap the egg for a flax egg (soak 1 TBS of ground flax in 3 TBS water for 15 mins) or your favorite egg replacer.
I have been making a lot of different variations off of the above recipe. Feel free to add any of your favorite dried fruits, nuts, seeds or even swap out the flour for gluten-free variety and add 1/4 tsp xanthan gum.
Enjoy!
~ Laura Ferro
For more great healthy recipes from Laura visit her webpage https://naturalnoshes.wordpress.com/
