Chocolate Banana Bread (gluten-free, dairy-free, xanthan-free)

Ali Segersten
Chocolate Banana Bread (gluten-free, dairy-free, xanthan-free)

The marriage of chocolate and bananas is truly divine. This bread is light, yet rich with chunks of sweet banana melting in your mouth with every bite. Have a slice as a mid-afternoon snack or an after-dinner treat, however, our favorite is always fresh out of the oven! Or, try pairing a slice of this bread with a mug of Dairy-Free Hot Cocoa on a cold snowy day.

I use teff flour in this bread. If you have not figured it out already, you'll know I'm a big fan of teff! You can view all of my teff recipes on this blog if you'd like. I buy large paper bags of the flour for around $40 from Azure Standard. 

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Chocolate Banana Bread

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Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Chocolate Banana Bread
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Servings
2 loaves
Cook Time
35 minutes
Prep Time
15 minutes

When you have a few bananas that have ripened too much, make banana bread! This recipe is moist and delicious and will satisfy any chocolate cravings! If you'd like more chocolate, add about a ½ cup of dark chocolate chips to the batter before baking.

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

1¾ cups teff flour
¼ cups tapioca flour
6 tablespoons cacao powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoons sea salt

Wet Ingredients

2 tablespoons ground chia seeds
¼ cups warm water
1½ cups mashed bananas (about 4 large ripe bananas)
¾ cups coconut sugar
½ cups melted coconut oil
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Optional Additions

dark chocolate chips
chopped raw walnuts
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 4.5x8.5-inch bread pans with coconut oil or grapeseed oil.
  2. In a large bowl whisk together the dry ingredients.
  3. In a separate mixing bowl add the ground chia and warm water; whisk together immediately so the chia doesn’t clump up. Then add the remaining wet ingredients and whisk together.
  4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix together using a large wooden spoon.
  5. Pour batter into the two bread pans. Bake for about 35 to 40 minutes.
  6. Cool for about 20 minutes and then remove bread from pans and continue to cool on a wire rack.

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