Description
I am always developing recipes and finding new ways to make my favorite dishes into healthier, paleo versions. I came across a healthier, paleo-friendly sweetener called ZenSweet and wanted to take a break to tell you all about it. I’m also happy to share a deliciously moist almond flour based banana bread recipe using ZenSweet which you’ll find below. This was contributed by Michelle Francis of the ZenSweet Company. Be sure to email her at ZenSweetCo@gmail.com if you have any questions about it! The website is: www.zensweet.com.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups almond meal or almond flour
- 3 bananas, mashed
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup ZenSweet
- 1/4 cup organic whole milk Greek yogurt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- OPTIONAL: 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
- Grease a 9×5” loaf pan with butter or coconut oil or line it with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl place together the bananas, ZenSweet and other wet ingredients including your eggs, greek yogurt, and vanilla as well as the cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Use an immersion blender or hand held mixer to blend all of the wet ingredients together.
- Add the almond meal/flour and baking soda to the banana mixture.
- Stir well with a spoon to combine.
- If you’d like, gently fold in a ¼ cup of chopped walnuts.
- Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan and bake for 55-60 minutes until the center is firm. You don’t want to over bake the bread, but after making this recipe a few times with great success, I would suggest 60 minutes exactly.
- Let the banana bread sit in the pan to cool for 10-15 minutes before removing.
- Enjoy!
