Almond Butter Banana Bread

 The best banana bread I've made so far and I've made about a dozen! I thought I would miss the chocolate chips and butter, but it is so rich from the almond butter and coconut oil, you don't even miss it! And the cardamom flavor is out of this world paired with the bananas!

Ingredients

3 tablespoons plus 1/3 cup almond butter (4.6 oz / 130g)

1 tablespoon plus 2/3 cup sugar (5 oz / 143g)

1 teaspoon plus 1/2 cup virgin coconut oil (4 oz / 115g), gently warmed to liquefy

1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour (6.1 oz / 173g)

1 teaspoon baking powder (0.14 oz / 4g)

1 teaspoon kosher salt (0.11 oz / 3g)

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom- can replace with 1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 large eggs (3.5 oz / 100g), cold from the refrigerator

1 cup mashed banana (8 oz / 227g), from about 3 very ripe large bananas

1/3 cup plain whole milk Greek yogurt (2.8 oz / 80g)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract



Directions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 Celsius) and place a rack in the middle


Prepare a 4 1/2 x 8 1/2-inch loaf pan ​loaf pan by lining with parchment paper and coating with some coconut oil


Make the almond butter topping! Mix 1 tablespoon sugar, 3 tablespoons almond butter, 1 teaspoon coconut oil, and set aside


Get a bowl and peel the bananas then mash with a potato masher (you'll use this soon!)


In a medium size bowl mix the dry ingredients,  flour, baking powder, baking soda, and kosher salt 


In another bowl it's time to do the wet ingredients! Whisk the eggs, and add the sugar. Mix well until it is combined and slightly thickened. Add your 1/3 cup of almond butter and whisk until there are no clumps! Then add the 1/3 cup of greek yogurt, vanilla, mashed bananas, and whisk some more! Once it's well combined pour in 1/2 cup of melted coconut oil and continue whisking!


Pour your wet ingredients into the dry and whisk until no white patches of flour can be seen! 


Pour your batter into your greased and lined loaf pan


Then take spoonfuls of the almond butter topping you made earlier and put in the loaf pan. There should be about 5-6 spoonfuls! Take a toothpick, chopstick, or skewer, and swirl the almond butter and batter into figure eights until you have a design you like!


Put in the oven and bake for 60 minutes or until a toothpick or cake tester comes out clean.


Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan


Then, flip onto a plate or cutting board and eat it while it's still warm!!

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