Sunday Baking: Gluten-Free Banana Bread
By: Leah Rodrigues
Published: April 7, 2013

Gluten-free banana nut bread is a delicious alternative for people practicing a wheatless diet.  A slice of this flavorful quick bread works for breakfast, brunch, or a mid-day snack.  If you are a chocoholic, you can add chocolate chips to this recipe for an additional boost of richness.
Gluten-Free Banana Bread
Recipe Courtesy of Cassidy Cravable Creations
 
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups blanched almond flour
	3/4 cup cornstarch or arrowroot flour
	1 teaspoon xanthan gum
	3/4 cup sugar
	1 teaspoon baking powder
	1/4 teaspoon baking soda
	1/4 teaspoon salt
	1 teaspoon cinnamon
	1 cup chopped walnuts
	1/2 cup dairy free chocolate chips, optional
	1 cup ripe bananas, mashed (about 3 small/medium bananas)
	1/2 cup Earth Balance (vegan) butter, melted and cooled
	2 eggs
	1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Place the chopped walnuts on a baking sheet and bake 5-8 minutes.
Melt your butter and set aside to cool.
In a large bowl, whisk together the almond flour, cornstarch, xanthan gum, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
In a medium-sized bowl, mash the bananas. Measure it out to make sure it's 1 C. Stir in the eggs, butter, and vanilla.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir until just combined.
Fold in the walnuts. You could also fold in 1/2 C of dairy free chocolate chips if desired.
Spray a 9 x 5 inch bread pan with cooking spray and dust with cornstarch.
Pour in the batter and bake 55-65 minutes. After 30 minutes (or whenever the top browns) cover with tin foil to prevent the top from burning. The bread is done baking when a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Let cool completely on a cooling rack then cut slices with a serrated knife.
Chocolate Banana Bread: Reduce the walnuts to 1/2 C. Increase the sugar to 1 C. Add 1/4 C cocoa powder. Omit the cinnamon.