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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 Juli, Should I use the thicker barney & co almond butter or just normal organic almond butter? Does it matter? Thanks!
whatever you want for this recipe!
Made this last night for me and my twin boys and we all loved it! I didn’t make the topping but added about a 1/3 cup of cranberries to the mix. I even made my own almond butter in my Kitchen Aid food processor. It was absolutely delicious! Thank you for sharing your gift with us! Excited to try out some of your other recipes. I shared it with my readers during my weekly blog. Thanks again!
do you know the carb count? Sounds really good!
no
This recipe for me makes 10 big slices and I entered all the ingredients in a recipe calculator and it turns out each slice has 15gms of carbs. Hope that helps!
Thanks for this recipe! I am new to the Paleo world, and this is my first baking experience with all these new ingredients. I made these into muffins so I could omit the nuts on half for my kids. Baked at 350 for 18 minutes. YUM!!!! Just picked up your cookbook at Costco and I am very excited to start trying more of your recipes!
This is amazing! Thanks so much!!
…………….Oh hello, sorry, I’m supposed to be rating and commenting aren’t I? You’ll have to excuse me; I was stuffing my face and had a hard time talking. This is freaking amazing! I used Sucanat instead of coconut sugar and walnuts instead of pecans but followed the recipe exactly otherwise. I’ve had a hard time finding a grain free banana bread I like. I don’t even like this one. I *love* it. Anyone reading this…go..now. Make it. You won’t be disapointed.
Hi Juli,
I am making your recipe right now and I can’t wait to taste it! I am really cracking up about all the comments asking where the “coffee” is in the recipe. I am from NY and everyone knows there is NO COFFEE in coffee cake! LOL.Must be an east coast thing? 🙂
Best paleo banana bread i have made yet! The texture really is perfection, and I love the crumble on top.
Could I use anything besides the butter for the topping? Coconut oil maybe? Any suggestions?
yep, coconut oil would work!
I cut the recipe in 1/3 and baked it in a small pan in the toaster oven and it still came out fantastic. Perfect if you’re like me and can’t help overindulging even in paleo treats.