Delicious Grain Free Sugar Free Banana Bread

Many of you are following a low sugar and/or gluten or grain free diet, and I commend you for your discipline in avoiding things like pastries, bread, and desserts. You may have noticed many alternative baked goods popping up that are gluten free and even sugar free. I came up with a recipe for Banana Bread that is too good not to share. It includes coconut flour and coconut oil as a healthier alternative to butter and wheat flour. Coconut contains medium chain triglycerides that are heart-healthy readily used as energy. The almond flour provides a boost of omega 3’s and add flax meal for even more healthy fatty acids!  This is just a base recipe, so I encourage you to make it your own. Enjoy!

1 1/2 c almond flour

1/4 c coconut flour

1 tspn baking powder

1 tspn baking soda

1/2 tspn salt

3 eggs

1 tspn vanilla

4 tbspn coconut oil

3-4 mashed bananas

*Optional: 

2 tbspn flax meal

2 tbspn raw honey (for added sweetness)

1-2 tbspn shredded coconut

*Additions:  dried cranberries, raisins, zucchini, pineapple, dark chocolate chips, or anything else you can think of!

Mix dry ingredients until all the clumps are gone. Separately, mix wet ingredients until blended. Blend dry and wet ingredients together until smooth, pour into greased (use coconut oil) bread loaf pan and sprinkle with dried coconut (if you are using) and bake at 350 degrees for 25-35 minutes. Use a toothpick to check the center, bread is done when edges are slightly brown and toothpick comes out clean.