Banana bread with a twist – gluten-free, sugar-free, dairy-free options

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We love bananas and we always have some on the kitchen counter – and I often turn some of them into delicious banana bread! I have several recipes I use. This one is my favourite because it’s yummy and SO quick to make. It also has chocolate chips in it, and for a chocolate lover, this is a great twist! So I thought I’d share the recipe with you.

One more thing before I proceed about this banana bread recipe:

• you can make it with the kids as it’s not too messy and they will love the result
• you can easily make it gluten-free, sugar-free and even dairy-free/vegan if you fancy

Check the recipe below and you will see what I’m talking about.

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Banana bread with a twist

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

40-45 minutes

Servings

loaf

Ingredients

Dry ingredients

• 1 box SweetPea Pantry Pancake Mix
• 45 g chopped nuts pecan or walnuts
• 2 Tbsp nut butter pecan or peanut
• 1 tsp baking powder gluten-free or not
• 1 tsp baking soda gluten-free or not
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon or less, depending on preference
• 20 g chocolate chips or chopped chocolate, sugar free if preferred

Wet ingredients

• 90 ml water
• 60 ml milk dairy or nut
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 365 g bananas approx. 4 bananas

Prep Time 5 minutes Cook Time 40-45 minutes Servings loaf Ingredients Dry ingredients 1 box SweetPea Pantry Pancake Mix 45 g chopped nuts pecan or walnuts 2 Tbsp nut butter pecan or peanut 1 tsp baking powder gluten-free or not 1 tsp baking soda gluten-free or not 1 tsp ground cinnamon or less, depending on preference 20 g chocolate chips or chopped chocolate, sugar free if preferred Wet ingredients 90 ml water 60 ml milk dairy or nut 1 tsp vanilla extract 365 g bananas approx. 4 bananas

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180C.
2. Line a loaf tin with paper.
3. Mash the bananas in a bowl.
4. Add the rest of the ingredients in the bowl and mix.

   
5. Pour the batter into the tin.

   
6. Bake in the over for 40-45 minutes (until a toothpick comes out almost clean).
7. Enjoy warm with butter or nut butter on top.

   
8. You can also freeze the banana bread - cool it, slice it and freeze it. Then you can defrost in the toaster.

Recipe Notes

We usually get the SweetPea Patry Pancake Mix from Tesco (affiliate link).

The ingredients of the mix are Brown Rice Flour, Tapioca Flour, Buckwheat Flour (14%), Flaxseed (5%), Baking Powder (Raising Agent: Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Corn Starch), Quinoa Flour, Teff Flour.