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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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Delicious! I too had a little trouble with the middle seeming, um, damp. But, it was super hot and humid when I decided to make this (seems like a sensible choice, right?). I put it back in the oven for a few more minutes. No worries. I also added some Enjoy Life mini chocolate chips. I’m not sharing with anyone!
This was amazing!! My husband had a piece when it came out of the oven and then two more for breakfast. Next time I think I will add some chocolate chips, but it didn’t need a thing. My family and I are somewhat new to paleo and I am SO glad I stumbled upon your blog! Thank you for all the wonderful recipes!
oops…forgot to rate this amazing stuff!!
We made this and love love love it! We are trying it today with pumpkin rather than bananas!
Dude. I had my friend make this recipe for my birthday dinner (because it was MY birthday and I didn’t want to cook!) It. Was. AMAZEBALLS. My non-Paleo friends (who try very hard to understand this new path my life has taken: Paleo/CrossFit) ate that sh*te UP! Thank you!! 🙂
Saw this….have it baking in the oven right now. Longest 50 minutes of my life!
I haven’t tried this recipe. Sounds great except coconut does not agree with me. Can I use any other flour? Thanks
THIS IS WAAAAAAY TOO GOOD. I ate like half in one sitting oops. Thanks for the recipe!
So I’m 2 weeks into my paleo lifestyle. I this is the BEST recipes that I’ve tried!!! Thanks for sharing!!
This was mindblowing!!! I made it with cashew butter and followed the recipe to the T, no changes and it came out fantastic! Better than banana bread made with flour and sugar. I cant believe I said that but its 100% true. Thank you so very much for this recipe! I’m going to make it again and again 🙂
The only question I have is that my topping kind of sunk into the cake.. it tasted amazing but it didnt stay on top like yours. I’m a novice baker, any ideas what i might have done wrong, Juli? I;d love to hear from you. Thanks again for this wonderful recipe!
i’m thinking maybe the chunks of butter were a little big so it sunk down more than mine. that’s my best guess!
That might be spot on! I used pecan halves that were not really crushed.. I think that it might have been too heavy. Next time it will be just like yours 🙂
Juli! This was my second time and I used finely chopped walnuts and the topping didnt sink. Looked exactly like yours and tasted like the best banana bread EVER! I dont know how to add a pic to my comment else I would have 🙂 Thanks sooo much once again!