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Say what?? I want to eat this all day. No seriously. I almost did yesterday.
Alright. I need to put something out there. Right on the table. This is for my readers that have read my blog for a while now and know my complete life story. First, thank you for sticking with me. You’re the best. You’ve been with me through the ups and downs. So a while back, you read about my break up. Well, months later, that lovely man and I rekindled our happiness and have been together for sometime now. Annnnnd we moved in together. First time moving in with a guy. Woooo weeee. I decided to keep some of my relationship stuff to myself since there are so many variables when it comes to creating a happy relationship. Sometimes it’s just better to keep that stuff between you and your partner, instead of the world wide web. BUT since I hadn’t updated anyone and there were some questions in my last blog post, there ya go. He’s just wonderful. We’ve had our ups and downs, but I couldn’t be happier. Taking a new journey together has been awesome.
Sorry this post is coming at you a little late. Let me explain myself. So yesterday, lovely Sunday, I woke up and made a smoothie. Fact. Then worked out. Then the true fun began. I went couch shopping. Ugh. Not only is furniture shopping an extremely awful task, but on a Sunday when all hell breaks loose in every parking lot, it’s an even worse task. Ok, I shouldn’t really complain. It wasn’t that terrible. It just gets pretty unfun when you’re hungry and have to pee. So we looked for couches, found one we liked, couldn’t decide if we should get it, then went to another furniture store. Which was even more unfun because it was way more expensive. But the parking lot was better, so that was a positive.
Yes, I understand unfun is not a word. If you were thinking that in your head, you’re unfun.
So after the boyfriend and I found out we couldn’t come to a conclusion, we headed to brunch. Around 3. I was starving. Hangry. After a couple mimosas, I felt decent for them not being as strong as needed on a sunny Sunday. But I knew I wanted to make this recipe. So we bolted home for him to take an afternoon snooze and for me to bake. And I baked. And failed. I put this recipe into a too small baking dish and it pretty much went every where. All over the oven. I mean…I still ate the edible parts. But the non edibles turned into smoke inside the oven. So I then cleaned the oven and couched it for a while in frustration. But I couldn’t go down that easy, so I made it again last night and just stared at it since I couldn’t eat it until I took pictures until today. Which leads me to right now. This very moment. I just took pictures of this beauty. Now go make it. It’s amazing.
Coffee Cake Banana Bread
- Yield: 6-8 1x
Ingredients
- 3 brown bananas, mashed
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup almond butter (or other nut/seed butter)
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt
For the toppings
- 4 tablespoons (1/4 cup) grass fed butter, at room temperature (or coconut oil)
- 2 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 2 tablespoons almond flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 cup pecans, crushed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a8×4 loaf pan with oil then line the middle with parchment paper. It will make it easier to remove from the pan without it coming apart.
- In a large bowl, mix together bananas, maple syrup, vanilla extract, eggs, and almond butter.
- Then add coconut flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt and mix well.
- Pour batter into baking dish. Place on a baking sheet.
- In a small bowl, add butter, coconut sugar, almond flour, cinnamon, and pecans. Use your hands to mix the toppings together.
- Place chunks of the toppings all around the top of the banana bread mixture.
- Place in oven to bake for 50 minutes.
- Remove from oven, place on cooling rack and let rest for 5-10 minutes before cutting and serving.
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Just made this tonight to use up my ugly, brown bananas…could be the.best.banana.bread.ever! I snuck coffee into using Vanilla Bean + Espresso Almond Butter. Thanks for another great recipe!
Made this last night, it is delish. But I need to tweak a little, mine came out a little oily. May have been the almond butter and I will reduce the amount of butter in the topping next time. Still the taste is amazing!
WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW!!!!
When I first made this, there were hardly any comments, and now that I have time to comment- it looks like everyone else agrees with me as well.
THIS BREAD IS AMAZING! It tastes like a cheat- real, hold-it-in-your-hand bread and that sweet crunchy top! OH MY! Favorite Paleo sweet treat to date!
Juli- you have helped me TREMENDOUSLY! I’ve been paleo for a little over a year (no health issues, just enjoy knowing that my food is real). I started with you and I KEEP COMING BACK! Amaze. Rock on, girl.
My stars didn’t show up! Couldn’t have that.
The only bad thing about this recipe is that I keep shoving slices of it in my mouth, and can’t seem to stop. o.O
I also can’t decide if that’s a bad thing or not.
As someone who LOVES banana bread, and has been denied banana bread for years after giving up gluten and trying to eat healthier, in my mind, this recipe descended from heaven, with golden light beams, strumming harps, and angelic vocals.
I love the coffee cake / banana bread combo (genius!). I had never made coffee cake before, and I figured the toppings must take a lot of effort… but apparently not!!! This was easy!!
I can also see myself making the bread without the topping at times in the future, for a slightly less sweet treat! The bread was absolutely delicious in its own right.
This recipe will definitely be on repeat in my house. Thank you, Juli!! 🙂
You are amazing!! I made this for my gym and everyone loved it and now everyone loves you! I have yet to make anything off of your website that is not good. Thanks for all of your hard work; it makes living a healthy lifestyle so much easier.
Wow! Yum! We loved it! No changes whatsoever! I will be making this again for my family. They loved it!
So freaking good. Made it in a 9″x9″ pan with toasted walnuts in the topping. Moist, sweet, delicious. Thank you!
I just made this and it is AMAZING!!!!!
Still in the oven, but smells deadly delicious