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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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Hi there, will the topping work (sick together) if I omitt the coconut sugar?
not in the same way, no
Made this last night, served some to my wife and son, and we all loved it. Woke up early today to sneak a couple slices before anyone else got out of bed, just to ensure I would get at least 2 more slices! Definitely will be making again. Incredibly delish!
This has got to be the BEST RECIPE EVER! =) Wow, wow, wow, wow! I just made 5-loaves. I can’t wait to share it with my co-workers and my yoga studio tomorrow. Absolutely amazing. Goes great with chocolate as well =). Thank you Juli for another amazing post! These are simply….too good to be true!
I have just started changing my eating habits to Paleo, but I am having some problems due to the fact that my son is highly allergic to treenuts and all nuts, so I was wondering what are my choices in substituting the almond butter for what other friendly fat, and is coconut flour good in his case. Because There are times I have to cook twice a day carbs for the kiddies and paleo friendly for my husband and I
no, you cannot use coconut four in place of almond butter. you could use sunflower seed butter instead!
Best banana bread ever! I had to ditch mom & grandma’s recipe for this one.
Okay, I didn’t read every comment so forgive me if I am repeating anyone else, BUT, I made this in the form of muffins this morning! I used your exact recipe and scooped the batter into 12 muffin cups and baked for 20 minutes. Fabuloso!!! My 2 daughters said they taste great, and one commented that she liked the texture:) Success. Thanks for the yum!
I’ve been eating Paleo for several months now, and I’ve made some pretty mediocre “bread-style” desserts; however, the ones from this site are good. Nice job.
Prior to going Paleo, I attempted MANY banana bread recipes. They all came out inedible. So I was quite nervous to try this one. Well not only did it turn out edible, it was absolutely DELICIOUS! Even better cold the next morning. AND grain free to boot?!! I will be making this for a fun post WOD snack for my peeps at the box.
~THANK YOU~
You are a genius! This is delicious!!! Thanks for posting your yummy recipes.
Just started Paleo so I’m just learning everything! I notice these recipes do not have the number of carbs. Do I need to keep up with these on this diet? Thank you!
that’s your own personal choice