Pamelas Banana Bread Recipes

CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD - GLUTEN FREE AND VEGAN

Steps:

• Heat your oven to 350°F.
• Line a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper on the longest side and fold over extra away from pan, set aside.
• In a small bowl, mix together the flax seed meal and water. Let sit for 10 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and sea salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, mash the ripe bananas with a fork. Add the melted coconut oil and stir until combined. Add the coconut sugar, flaxseed mixture, and vanilla extract. Stir until smooth.
• Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, don't over mix. Add in 1/2 cup of the chocolate chips and mix.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup of chocolate chips over the top of the bread.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out mostly clean, you might have some melted chocolate chips on the toothpick and that is fine.
• Remove the pan from the oven and set on a wire cooling rack.
• Let the bread cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Grasp the folded over edges of parchment to remove from the pan. Let the bread cool completely on the wire cooling rack.
• Cut into slices and serve.

DATE-SWEETENED BANANA BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 5 x 3 loaf pan. (Can be lined with parchment if it is aluminum.)
• Place the dates in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add the hot water and allow the dates to soften for at least 10 minutes. (I usually get the rest of my ingredients ready while the dates are softening.)
• Turn the mixer on low speed and blend until the water has incorporated with the dates. Turn the mixer to medium low speed and beat the dates until a smooth puree forms.
• Add the butter or coconut oil and beat until well blended. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla extract and mix.
• In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add to the butter-date mixture and mix until just combined.
• Fold in the mashed bananas and walnuts.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and bake for 50-60 minutes (I made it in many different ovens with this range of time), or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out barely clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove from the pan and cool on a rack.

BEST GLUTEN FREE BANANA BREAD - EVER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and position oven rack in center of oven.
• Line a 9 x 5 loaf pan with parchment paper width wise leaving a few inches to hang on each side.
• With hand or stand mixer cream together butter and sugar, approx 3-5 mins.
• Add eggs one at a time, scraping down bowl if needed.
• Add vanilla, mix briefly.
• Fold in yogurt and mashed bananas.
• In another bowl add millet flour, potato starch xanthan gum, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
• Mix wet with dry ingredients in thirds until all incorporated.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake 60-65 minutes, loosely covering the top with foil at the 30 minute mark.
• When a toothpick inserted into the middle of loaf comes out cleanly the loaf is done.
• Remove from oven and let cool 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.
• To assemble the frosting with hand held or stand mixer add cream cheese, beat for 1 minute.
• Add butter in thirds, beat on medium speed until creamy.
• Lower speed and slowly add powdered sugar and salt, then increase speed and beat 30 more seconds.
• When loaf completely cooled add frosting and scatter pecans on top.

BEST GLUTEN FREE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350
• Mash 3 ripe bananas to get about 1 cup of bananas. If your bananas are not ripe or you prefer a sweeter bread, bake the bananas with the peel on for 15 minutes at 350 degrees or until the peels are black
• Combine the mashed bananas, maple syrup, coconut sugar, melted butter, eggs and vanilla
• Mix in the flour blend and sea salt
• Grease one large loaf pan or mini loaf pans and spread the batter evenly
• Bake 50-60 minutes if using the large loaf pan or 15-25 minutes if using the mini loaf pans. I always recommend checking frequently as every oven cooks a little differently. The banana bread is done when the toothpick comes out clean!

CARROT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees with rack set in center.
• Line a approx. 9 x 5 loaf pan with parchment paper along the long side of pan, spray with non-stick spray and set aside.
• Add to large bowl melted butter, banana, applesauce, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla.
• Mix well.
• Now add all the dry ingredients: gf flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt.
• Mix until all incorporated, fold in the grated carrot and walnuts if using.
• Pour into prepared pan and slide into preheated oven.
• Bake 45-55 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and let cool slightly, then remove from pan and cool completely on baking rack.
• For the cream cheese frosting, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla until blended slowly add confectioners sugar on low speed until incorporated then increase speed and beat until fluffy.