{Nourish} Banana Chocolate Chip Bread

When you buy bananas in anticipation of them browning, you know you’ve found a recipe you love. This Banana Chocolate Chip Bread rivals those you loved as a child. Moist, and rich without being overly sweet, I love that the speckles of dark chocolate chips are just enough to make this quick bread feel like a special treat. While the recipe incorporates some whole wheat flour, you can easily make it gluten free. This Chocolate Chip Banana bread has been our breakfast for the past couple of weeks. I even made it into muffins one week. Check out the notes in the recipe section to learn how.

 

Healthy Whole Grains

Oats and whole wheat pastry flour combine to create this hearty, fiber-rich loaf that is balanced out with almond meal, a good source of protein and healthy fats.

Whole wheat pastry flour is a great substitute for AP flour as it’s lighter in texture than traditional whole wheat flours. Want to make it gluten-free? You can swap the whole wheat flour for equal parts of your favorite gluten-free flour mix or simply skip the flour and up the oats and almond flour a bit. Details in the recipe.

Naturally Sweet

Bananas and chocolate, what’s not to love? I think I am obsessed. Plus, I never stress over browned bananas because I always know I will have a use for them. My family has been loving this loaf so much we have been buying extra bananas each week and willing them to brown. The natural sweetness of the bananas is emboldened with a touch of real maple syrup, my favorite natural sweetener for baking.

Browned Bananas, What to do?

There are weeks when I have too many bananas to use. Thankfully, they stay perfectly in the freezer. Peel your bananas and even cut them in half. Place them in a freezer safe container in multiples of two-three. You can use them for baked goods, smoothies and more. Try one of these recipe that use browned bananas too.

Banana’s not ripe?

You can roast them, in the skin, @425 for about 10 minutes or pop them in the microwave for 30 seconds. Poke holes in the skin first.

Healthy Sweet Treats

For a girl who hates to bake, I have been spending a good amount of time in the kitchen creating sweet treats. Ha! I attribute this to Hudson. We love baking together. Here are a few of our current favorites and they are all naturally gluten-free for my friends that need them to be:

Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

No Bake Almond Coconut Chocolate Chip Energy Bites

No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter and Oat Bars

Tahini Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies

 

 

 

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