Chocolate Banana Bread

Name: Chocolate Banana Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 60 min
Ingredients: 100 g choc chips or chocolate chopped into chips; 200 g white flour/ white spelt/ (Buckwheat or GF flour); 1.50 tsp ground cinnamon; 2 tsp baking powder; ½ tsp bread soda; 120 ml sunflower/ coconut oil; 150 g liquid sweetener such as maple syrup (agave syrup, brown rice syrup etc); 2 tbsp ground flax seeds; 6 tbsp water; 3 ripe bananas; 50 g walnuts

A seriously tasty sweet treat, that’s as good for your health as it is for the soul! Perfect with a cup of tea and chat with a friend!

Takes

Serves 10

Ingredients

100 g choc chips or chocolate chopped into chips
200 g white flour/ white spelt/ Buckwheat or GF flour
1.50 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp bread soda
120 ml sunflower/ coconut oil
150 g liquid sweetener such as maple syrup agave syrup, brown rice syrup etc
2 tbsp ground flax seeds
6 tbsp water
3 ripe bananas
50 g walnuts

Instructions

In a glass or cup mix the ground flax and water and leave to sit for 5 mins until it coagulates.
In a large bowl add the dry ingredients, ( flour, cinnamon, baking powder, bread soda)
In a blender add the wet ingredients, the peeled bananas, sunflower oil, liquid sweetener, soaked ground flax and blend till smooth.
If you don’t have a blender mash the bananas and in a bowl mix the wet ingredients till well mixed.
Add the dry and wet ingredients together and mix till a lovely smooth batter.
Roughly chop or crush the walnuts.
Add the chocolate chips and crushed walnuts and mix well.
Line a baking tray approx 23cm x 15 cm x 5 cm heigh with baking parchment.
Pour in the batter into the lined baking tray.
For decoration if you want you can cut a banana lengthwise in half and put on the top of the batter to caramelise in the oven, add a few extra choc chips on top before baking too for an extra indulgent looking banana bread!
Bake for approx 60 mins or until a skewer comes out clean.
Leave to cool and cut and enjoy!