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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Can i substitute the coconut flour for all purpose? Thanks!
no clue
I made this last night and saw a similar issue with it falling in the middle but when I cut it into slices it showed it didn’t fall that much. It looks more sunken when it’s a whole loaf, and it definitely didn’t stay risen like right when I took it out of the oven, but it’s not a huge issue. Mine doesn’t look exactly like the photos, the flavors and moistness are all there though! I’ll be making this again for my family for a Christmas treat 🙂
Looks yummy! Would almond flour work instead of coconut flour?
no
Made this today and while it did fall a little in the middle, it tastes amazing! I absolutely love it! I was going to cook it at a lower temp for 15 mins longer but forgot. It’s very moist but not too much! Def gonna make again and again! Thank you!
Tried the recipe today… not sure where I went wrong. I cooked it for 50 minutes and it fell in the middle and was soggy on the inside even though the toothpick came out clean. The Gingerbread flavor was missing… I mostly tasted the nut butter and maple syrup. I should probably try the recipe again…
This is so good!
Can it be frozen to eat later?
i haven’t tried freezing it myself so i can’t say!
This was AMAZING! I did not experience the fallout in the middle as others have. I cooked it for exactly 45 minutes (my oven gets very hot). This was perfectly cooked and the flavors were spot on! Came together super quick and was a huge hit. I added a touch extra coconut flour and some Enjoy Life chocolate chips. Will be making this again.
awesome!! so glad you didn’t have that issue. so strange that some people have had that issue and some haven’t! so glad you loved it!
just made this and was super yummy! another awesome recipe and came out great!
so glad you liked it, emily!
I made this with a less firm almond butter and cream of tartar (didn’t have baking powder) and it turned out awesome! Next time I’ll add the pecan topping that’s in your coffee cake banana bread – also a great recipe!
Fabulous! Great flavour and texture. I’ve been collecting mini muffin bakes at thrift store so I did a batch of 6 mini loaves and 7 mini muffins. Cooked for 19 mins and they were perfect. I also added chopped pecans. I’m saving batter to try for fresh mini muffins tomorrow.
glad you liked it, joanne!