Healthy Choc-Nut Banana Bread (sugar & gluten free)

27 May Healthy Choc-Nut Banana Bread (sugar & gluten free)

I have been trying to perfect a healthy banana bread without protein powder in it for the longest time! All the recipes out there either contain too much refined flour, sugar or fat! So I wanted to find a happy medium. 

If you have ever experimented with banana bread you will know how often you just end up with a dense, uncooked centre, a loaf that didn't rise nicely, or a bread that is just downright strange! Especially if you would like a blender to be involved. 

Anyway, I honestly think I have cracked it. Only about 6 attempts later haha. This bread is moist and flavoursome, packed with goodness and fiber, and just completely wholesome. 

Healthy Choc-Nut Banana Bread (sugar & gluten free)

AuthorMaxine SchuilingCategoryBreakfast, Gluten freeDifficultyBeginner

Yields10 ServingsQuarter (2.5 Servings)Half (5 Servings)Default (10 Servings)Double (20 Servings)Triple (30 Servings)

Prep Time10 minsCook Time45 minsTotal Time55 mins

Dry ingredients

 1 cup GF oats/oat flour (100g)

 ⅓ cup coconut flour (50g)

 ⅓ cup sunflower seeds (50g)

 ½ cup xylitol

 1 tsp baking powder

 ½ tsp baking soda

 ⅓ tsp salt

Wet ingredients

 3 bananas (300g)

 3 eggs

 2 tbsp nut butter of choice (60g)

 ½ cup yogurt

 1 tsp apple cider vinegar

 1 tsp vanilla extract

Add ins

 40 g chopped up pecan nuts

 50 g chopped up sugar free chocolate

 1 tsp cinnamon (optional)

1

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius.

2

Add oats (if not already a flour) and sunflower seeds to blender and blitz a few times into a coarse flour.

3

Combine this with all the other dry ingredients in a bowl and mix well.

4

Add all the wet ingredients to the blender and blend briefly.

5

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix. Don't over mix.

6

Stir in the pecans and any other add-ins you would like.

7

Pour into a greased loaf tin and bake for 45-50 minutes (knife will come out clean).