This shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes to put together–and about half that much time to devour. Make sure your bananas are spotty,brown–if you don’t want to peel it and eat it, then it’s perfect for baking with. We don’t buy or eat bananas too often, so sometimes after they’ve turned ugly– we’ll peel them, stick ‘em in a plastic bag and then toss them in the freezer. Make ice cream, protein shakes, or thaw them out and use them for recipes like this…

• 1 c almond butter
• 1 c almond flour
• 3 medium brown, spotty bananas
• 2 eggs
• 1 t baking powder
• 1 t baking soda
• 1/4 c melted chocolate, optional

Preheat your oven to 350ºF.

In a mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients (minus the chocolate) and mix until the bananas are no longer in visible chunks. Pour the batter into a loaf pan (or muffin tin, just adjust the cooking time). If you’re using chocolate, pour it down the center of the loaf pan, on top of the batter. Use a toothpick and start making a swirl motion all the way up and down the pan.

Bake for approx. 35-40 minutes, until the center is hard to the touch. Let the banana bread cool before removing from the pan.

Paleo Banana Bread

Gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free

Ingredients

• 2 cups almond flour
• 1/4 cup flaxseed meal
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2/3 cup chopped nuts (I used pecans)
• 4 really ripe bananas (mashed well)
• 2 tbsp local honey
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Sift the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
3. In a separate bowl, add the mashed bananas, eggs, honey, and vanilla and mix well.
4. Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients. Stir until combined. Normally with breads or muffin recipes, you don’t want to overmix, but since there’s no gluten here, mix to your heart’s content. The muffins won’t get gummy or icky.
5. Fill greased muffin tins, baking cups, mini-loaf pans or big loaf pans about 3/4 full. Bake muffins for 23-25 minutes and loaves for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
6. Let cool slightly and enjoy with a pat of almond butter, coconut oil or grass-fed butter. Mmmm.