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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Day 8: Gluten-Free Banana Bread
Talia wanted Banana Bread ... a gluten-free version!
So here it is ...
Ingredients
2medium ripe Bananas, mashed
2extra large Eggs
3/4cupCoconut Milk, Soy Milk or Rice Milk
1/4cupOil (rice bran, vegetable)
1tspVanilla Extract or Essence
2cupsGluten-free Plain Flour, sifted
1lightly packed cupBrown Sugar
1cupDesiccated Coconut
2tspGluten-free BakingPowder
1tspCinnamon
Method
Preheat oven to 180˚C (160˚C fan forced). Combine bananas, eggs, coconut milk and oil together in a medium bowl. Combine dry ingredients together in a separate bowl with ½ teaspoon salt.
Whisk wet ingredients into dry ingredients until combined. Pour into a greased and based lined small loaf pan (11cmx21cm). Bake for 1 hour, or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
Shanti wrote: This recipe was a hit with Jonathan (my teenage son). At first Talia wasn't keen on the gluten-free Banana Bread as it wasn't as 'sweet' as other versions of Banana Bread recipes. However, it crept up on her and she decided after her 2nd try that she liked it very much!
Talia wrote: The consistency in the gluten-free/wheat-free doesn't taste different to normal banana bread, however, the strength of flavour is not as strong. Make sure you mix the ingredients in the beginning really well to avoid bumps and lumps in the banana bread.
Shanti wrote:
ReplyDeleteThis recipe was a hit with Jonathan (my teenage son). At first Talia wasn't keen on the gluten-free Banana Bread as it wasn't as 'sweet' as other versions of Banana Bread recipes. However, it crept up on her and she decided after her 2nd try that she liked it very much!
Talia wrote:
ReplyDeleteThe consistency in the gluten-free/wheat-free doesn't taste different to normal banana bread, however, the strength of flavour is not as strong. Make sure you mix the ingredients in the beginning really well to avoid bumps and lumps in the banana bread.