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15 minutes
30-40 minutes
This recipe is made with gram flour which is chickpeas ground into flour. Little Cooks Co has partnered with buywholefoodsonline to help you source ingredients more easily. Click on the link in the ingredients list and it will take you straight to the products you need! Gram flour is a fabulous fibre rich flour which works well in so many recipes.
Ingredients
- 180g gram flour
- 60g honey
- 50g cacao nibs/choc chips
- 50g raisins
- 40g desiccated coconut
- 30g butter or coconut oil – melted
- 3 ripe bananas (+ 1 extra for decorating – optional)
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp bicarb of soda
Equipment
- 2 mixing bowls
- Measuring scales
- Small saucepan
- Sieve
- Wooden spoon
- Fork/masher
- Loaf tin – approx. 20cm (l) by 10cm (d) by 7cm (h – or a small cake tin works well if you don’t have one
Allergens
Eggs
Dairy (optional)
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 170c (180c if not fan assisted, gas mark 3)
2
Mash the bananas in a mixing bowl until there are no lumps left
3
Stir in the eggs, melted butter/coconut oil, honey and vanilla and mix thoroughly
4
In a separate bowl sieve the gram flour, bicarb and cinnamon and then stir in the cacao nibs, raisins and desiccated coconut
5
Add the wet banana mix into the flour mix and stir thoroughly
6
Pour the mixture into a loaf tin lined with parchment, decorate with banana slices and bake for 40 mins (though check after 30 mins - some ovens are hotter than others!)
7
Allow to cool before slicing. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days
Fun fact! We share around 50% of the same DNA as bananas! Bananas can help us to feel happy because they contain something called tryptophan and vitamin B6 which helps the body produce a happy hormone called ‘serotonin’
Gram flour is a fabulous fiber rich flour which works well in so many recipes.
We LOVE it so much!
very beautiful creations…thank you for sharing…