Luscious Gluten & Dairy Free Chocolate Banana Bread
Servings Prep Time
2loaves 10minutes
Cook Time
45-50minutes
Servings Prep Time
2loaves 10minutes
Cook Time
45-50minutes
Ingredients
Wet Ingredients
  • 1c coconut sugarregular sugar is fine at this amount
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 overripe bananas
  • 1tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 3/4c pre-soaked chia seeds(2 Tbsp chia seeds in 3/4 c water until all absorbed)
  • 3/4c unsweetened yogurtI use plain coconut yogurt
Dry Ingredients
  • 2c gluten free flouror – BETTER – 1 ½ c GF flour, plus ½ c Kfibre – see notes above about Einkorn flour as well
  • 1/4c cacao or cocoa
  • 3/4tsp cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp real salt
By Hand…
  • 1c chopped pecans
  • 1 1/4c dark chocolate chipsI use diary free
Instructions
  1. Combine the flour, Kfibre (if using), cacao, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
  2. In a mixing bowl combine sugar, eggs, bananas, vanilla, chia, and yogurt. Beat on medium speed until combined and relatively smooth. Don’t worry about the chunks of bananas unless you’re OCD. In that case, I can’t help you.
  3. Add flour mixture to the wet ingredients and beat until combined.
  4. Add nuts and 1 cup chocolate chips by hand and pour the batter (it’s pretty thick) into parchment lined bread pans. Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips over the top. You can use greased pans, I just hate doing dishes. And laundry, but that’s another post. #OverIt
  5. Call children to come lick the beater. If you’re really lucky you have more than one child and they’ll start fighting over said beater. Drink a mimosa, heavy on the champagne, and point out that you also have a bowl with leftover batter. If you have more than two children, might I suggest you tell no one, drink the mimosa anyway and lick the beater and bowl yourself. In fact, eat one of the loaves and tell them this recipe only made one. You’re welcome.
  6. Bake for 45-50 minutes at 350°. It’s doubtful a toothpick will come out clean because of the melted chocolate chips, but the bread should be firm and bounce back if you press on it lightly. It will also have beautiful fissures running through the top.
  7. Let loaves cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack. And remember to eat one yourself before your tribe finds out there’s an extra.