Man. I am OFF right now. I haven’t slept well the past few days, my skin is breaking out and I’m a little ball of stress. This entire week I’m traveling so that isn’t helping either. At the moment, I’m in Boulder to help promote this lovely city. Then once I get home tomorrow, I hop right on a plane to go to Austin for a little couples trip. Then I have a trip to Mexico for my best friends 30th birthday. All great trips, but it’s all making me a tad stressed out. I need to practice some deep breathing ASAP.
This slow internet isn’t help my stress levels. Breathe Juli, breathe.
The month of December just flies by and it’s just a few days away. I think it’s the malls that really make it feel like such a short month since they start celebrating Christmas the day after Halloween. No joke, I saw children sitting on Santa’s lap the day after Halloween this year at my local mall. That’s just excessive. You expect a child not to cry on a creepy old man’s lap after just coming down from a sugar high? Let’s be real here.
But this year I’m hoping most of the stress is missed since we won’t be putting too much effort into gift giving. We’ve decided to save our money for a family trip instead. I also don’t want my parents spending money on me at this point. I would rather them save for retirement. Is that how you know you’ve gotten old? When you think about your parents retirement more than you own? It sure makes me feel old. Remember the good ole’ days you thought your parents would never age and you didn’t know what a credit score was? Those were the good ole’ days.
So this year we aren’t doing presents. Which is kind of a bummer because I’ve found some super cute ones for my friends who like cocktails and my friends who like coffee. Which covers literally ALL of my friends. Look how damn cute all these things are…
Maybe I can just buy A FEW gifts. I mean, my sister-in-law TOTALLY needs this wine bottle holder. Or maybe I do?? I don’t even drink that much wine. Which is why I need a holder…right? Oh lord, I need to get my sh*t together, back away from the gift ideas, and have my morning cup of coffee. And I need to go get ready for a day of snowshoeing. Yesterday it was 75 degrees and now it’s 35 degrees. What the what?!
Gingerbread Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 3 brown bananas, mashed
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup cashew butter (or other nut/seed butter)
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon powdered ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- pinch of salt
- 1–2 tablespoons organic powdered sugar, for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8×4 loaf pan then line the middle with parchment paper. It will make it easier to remove from the pan.
- In a food processor, add all ingredients and puree until completely combined.
- Pour batter into loaf pan then place in oven to bake for 45-50 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove from oven, place on cooling rack and let rest for 5-10 minutes before cutting and serving.
- Once cool, top with sifted organic powdered sugar!
Notes
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Trying it this morning! Love that I have all of these ingredients on-hand!
xo,
D
This recipe looks delicious, I can’t wait to try it!!
So hubby and I have been married almost 4 yrs (together 7yrs) and we do not exchange Christmas, Birthday or Anniversary gifts. We book travel! We both love to explore new places (Denver is on my list!) so we save our gifting monies for travel. I don’t feel like I lack anything because randomly throughout the year he might show up with a small something (a food treat he knows I like or a set of earrings he thought would match my necklace) and I randomly get him little things too. Just because, which kinda makes it feel more special than getting it for a certain, required date. Anyways, it works for us. We end up taking about half a dozen mini vacations throughout the year and I feel like travel brings us closer as a couple 🙂
Oh and of course we do buy Christmas gifts for the young nieces/nephews cause they’re kids and Santa is cool so we’re not total scrooges!! lol
My hubby and I never get gifts for each other on Christmas, birthdays, or anniversary. It’s not because we aren’t sentimental, but if I (or he) really wants something, we can buy if for ourselves, but more importantly, we would always rather save that money for a trip or experience!
This sounds like me and my husband!
i’m the exact same way!!
I just made this into muffins and they all sank in the middle but they were still super delicious and very light and fluffy!! Thanks!!
Haha me too. The loaf sank hard in the middle. I presumed I undercooked it.
This wasnt my favourite recipe of Juli’s. Thought the molasses flavour was a bit too strong.
I just made this and the taste is amazing! I made a little substitution because I only had about 2tbsp of almond butter left…I added 2 tbsp of PB2 and 1/2 cup applesauce. I obviously don’t know what I’m doing and the applesauce probably made it too moist. The loaf split a bit, but I was able to salvage….just waiting for it to cool down to put the powdered sugar on. Thanks for another great recipe! Will do the original recipe next time!
I made this last night and it is delicious. However I noticed this morning it had changed color on the inside…..dark greenish line right at the top half of the bread not all the way through….thoughts what caused that? Just found it peculiar.
Yesterday it was fine.
did you use sunflower seed butter? that occurs with sunflower seed butter and baking soda
Oh my gosh the first time I baked with sunbutter and this happened I was so horrified/confused. It’s a harmless chemical reaction though and shouldn’t affect the taste!
Mine did the same and I was freaking out thinking it went bad overnight. Glad to know that it’s safe to eat LOL
I made this last night too. It is sooo tasty. Gingerbread is the new Pumpkin Spice ! Thank you for this recipe Juli.
toooooootes!! so glad you liked it!
Bonjour.
Is the powdered sugar for the toppong at the end or should I include it in all the ingredients that go into the food processor?
Thank you.
M
nope, just a garnish
This looks so good, thanks so much for sharing! Is this and all recipes on your website considered Paleo? I hear different things when it comes to treat type recipes. Thanks for your help, love your blog!
it really depends how strict you want to be with paleo. if you want to be extra strict and true paleo, then sugar is a no-no. i use more pure ingredients in my recipes such as maple sugar/syrup instead of refined white sugar. if your goal is to lose weight through paleo, then i would stay away from sweets and sugar all together. if your goal is to simply eat better, make better choices and maintain your current weight, moderation is these types of treats is a great option (and what i do!)
Any thoughts on subbing for molasses? I don’t have any and can’t get to the store. Thanks!
the molasses is kind of what makes it gingerbread haha