Gluten-free Banana Bread (with secretly stashed sweet potato!)

Banana bread is a staple in our home. I seem to need bananas in my diet as a week in France without eating any resulted in lots of cramps in my calves. So when we got home I had a go at making gluten-free banana bread.

My first attempt was a paleo version which was a total disaster as the tapioca flour made the bread a weird jelly like consistency – it was eaten (but not by me)! The banana bread I made on Monday was lovely with sweet potato in it – so I am happy to share the recipe with you all. I hope you enjoy it as much as we have been! I love getting healthy ingredients like veg and flaxseed into Aars in these hidden forms 😀

Gluten-free Banana Bread! – Ingredient List

water, ground flaxseeds, bananas, oil,  demerara sugar, ground cinnamon, fresh nutmeg, ground mixed spice, baked sweet potato, gluten-free self raising flour, bicarb of soda, cider vinegar, salt

Gluten-free Banana Bread! – Process (makes 2 loaves)

• Preheat oven 190 C
• Pop a sweet potato in to bake for about ½-¾ hour (depending on size)
• Line two bread tins with cases (paper or silicon)
• In a cup add:
  • 1 Tbsp ground flaxseed
  • ¹/3 C water

    

• Stir and leave to congeal
• In a bowl mash up the following:
  • 2 large ripe bananas
  • 2 Tbs oil (sunflower or coconut)
  • ½ C demerara sugar
  • 2 tsp cinnamon (we heap these as Aars loves cinnamon)
  • a good grating of fresh nutmeg (about ¼ of a nut)
  • ½ tsp mixed spices
  • ½ C baked and skinned sweet potato
  • 1 C gluten-free flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

    

  • 1 tsp cider vinegar
  • pinch of salt
• Add the watery flax egg into the mix
• Once mixed (doesn’t need to be smooth, lumpy is good) dollop into the waiting loaf tin
• Pop into the oven for 30 mins. (use a skewer to check)
• Leave in tin for about 5 mins after getting out it of the oven
• Then place on cooling rack
• We like to dive in whilst they are still a little warm – slice a chunk off like bread…

Very yummy and simple to make with the added bonus of hardly any washing up! I tend to do one loaf and the rest of the mix as muffins which make a great packed lunch treat!