Banana Bread
 
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Serves: 8 slices
Ingredients
  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ginger powder
  • 1 tablespoon chia seeds
  • ½ cup walnuts
  • 6 pitted dates
  • 3 over ripe bananas, mashed
  • ¼ cup honey
  • 2 tablespoons of coconut oil, melted
  • 1 cup soy milk (almond and hemp milk are great as well)
Directions
  1. Pre heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
  2. Line a loaf tin with grease proof paper
  3. Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and chia seeds to a large bowl (all dry ingredients)
  4. In a separate bowl mix together milk, honey and coconut oil
  5. To the bowl with the liquids add the bananas one at a time and mash well
  6. Add nuts and dates to food processor and pulse for a few minutes until you have smaller pieces
  7. Add nuts and dates to flour mixture
  8. Add liquids and banana mixture to dry mixture and stir until well combined
  9. Pour mixture into loaf tin and cook in the oven for one hour
  10. Check banana bread after 45 minutes by poking the end of a knife into the middle. If it comes out clean it is ready. Usually it will need the full hour to cook
  11. Take out of oven and put on cooling rack (leave in tin)
  12. After it has cooled for around 20 minutes, carefully take the banana bread out of the tin and leave to cool on the cooling rack
Recipe by at https://www.caseyjade.com/banana-bread/