PROTEIN-PACKED PALEO BANANA BREAD

PROTEIN-PACKED PALEO BANANA BREAD

The best part about this recipe is that it’s guilt-free banana bread - the type you can actually eat for breakfast!

INGREDIENTS

• Paleo banana bread
• 3 ripe bananas
• ½ cup (125ml) maple syrup, plus extra warm syrup to serve
• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
• 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon, plus extra to dust
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• ½ cup (125ml) coconut oil, softened
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup (110g) coconut flour, sifted
• 1 cup (100g) almond meal
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 50g pecans, chopped

• METHOD

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease and line a 1.5L loaf pan with baking paper.
  • 2
    Mash 2 bananas in a bowl with maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon and bicarb soda. In a separate bowl, using an electric mixer, beat coconut oil and eggs until combined. Combine coconut flour, almond meal and baking powder in a bowl. Fold banana mixture into egg mixture, then fold in the flour mixture and nuts.
  • 3
    Spread batter into baking pan. Halve remaining banana horizontally and press into the top of the batter. Bake for 55 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool for 30 minutes in the pan.
  • 4
    Drizzle with extra warm maple syrup and dust with cinnamon, to serve.