Are you guys sick of banana bread yet? Oh good, neither are we. Remember this version? Well, this one is jazzed up. And near vegan. That's probably not a real thing -- it either is or it isn't. But I will call this almost-vegan. And it can be made fully-vegan quite easily. Or amped up with even more animal products. To each her own...
Ingredients for one loaf:
1C whole wheat flour
3/4C sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
3 ripe bananas, mashed (about 1C)
1C zucchini, grated
1 egg
2 tbsp coconut oil (or butter), melted
1 tsp vanilla
1/2C semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. In a large bowl, mash bananas and mix with sugar, egg, coconut oil and vanilla, set aside
3. Measure the other dry ingredients and combine in a medium sized bowl
4. Grate the zucchini with a box grater, add to banana mixture
5. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet and incorporate
6. Fold in the chocolate chips
7. Grease a loaf pan, pour in batter and cook for 60 minutes (cook time with depend on the size and ripeness of bananas)
What you'll need:
Zucchini and banana mixture:
Dry ingredients:
Finished product:
Side shot:
Close up on splitsies:
Whole wheat flour and zucchini give this loaf a bit more body than a traditional banana bread. Extra nutrition, similar taste and chocolate? We're in.
Plus, with only a little fat added to the recipe, there's more room for heavenly toppings -- whipped cream cheese, sea-salt butter, ricotta cheese, homemade frosting, caramel. Okay, maybe not caramel. But it's something I've been itching to make. And really, what doesn't work with caramel?
Have you ever baked with zucchini? Hope you enjoy...
xx,
The Future Mrs. Wolf
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