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Happy Belated Victoria Day to all you Canadians out there 🙂
One of the hardest parts about working all day is not being able to whip up some baked goods whenever the mood strikes.. Weekdays are out and weekends are usually filled with chores (read: sleeping) so I haven’t had time to get creative in the kitchen since I made these double chocolate chip cookies.
So, with Monday off I decided to spend some quality time with my new oven.
Last weekend, Sobeys had a sale on their aging bananas and of course I had to pick up a bag. I can honestly say that I’ve never turned down half priced bananas 😉
Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, those bananas remained untouched for more than a week. So, when I was trying to think of what to bake I knew I had to incorporate bananas somehow and put mine out of their misery.
Chocolate Banana-Nut Bread
I decided on banana bread and started by trying to clean up this banana bread recipe. But when I substituted whole wheat flour for white flour and maple syrup for sugar I ended but with an uneven dry/liquid ratio.
I could have added more flour or even oats, but I went with cocoa powder instead. Because really, chocolate makes everything better 😉
And so the Chocolate Banana-Nut Bread was born.
This loaf was super easy to make with only about 15 minutes active prep time. But the hard part was waiting an hour for it to bake with that mouthwatering banana bread scent everywhere.
And then I had to wait for it to cool completely before I could cut it and take pictures. I swear, I waited more than 2 hours to sample this chocolate banana-nut bread.
The things I do for y’all 😉
- 1 cup ww flour
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 3 medium bananas
- ½ cup coconut oil, melted
- ¾ cup maple syrup
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup nuts
- Preheat oven to 350C
- Grease an 8½" x 4½" x 2½" loaf pan and set aside
- In a medium bowl. whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon
- Mash the bananas in the bottom of another bowl and whisk in the coconut oil, maple syrup and eggs until well blended
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix gently until the batter is smooth
- Fold in the nuts
- Pour batter into greased pan and bake for 60 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean
- Allow the loaf to cool for 5 minutes then remove from the pan and place on a wire rack
- Cool completely before slicing
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What about you?
What do you do with extra-aged bananas?
What other ways to you spice up banana-nut bread?
Share in the comments below!
What’s the only thing better than banana bread…chocolate banana bread! Love it 🙂
I usually just freeze my old nasty bananas to use in smoothies and banana froyo but this week I think I might whip up this instead!
Whitney @ To Live & Diet in L.A. recently posted…Coconut Green Tea Pudding
I have yet to master the art of freezing bananas haha but for froyo I’ll try again 😀
Girl I love your writing! This made me chuckle: “Weekdays are out and weekends are usually filled with chores (read: sleeping)”. Although, come to think of it, I’ve started scheduling naps into my calendar sometimes. Well, I’ve retroactively scheduled them…but still. That makes them productive, right?
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Haha thanks Ashleigh! And you are preaching to the chior. I am definitely a nap scheduler when I’m not working a 9-5. 2-4:30 used to be blocked off on my google calendar LOL
Girrrllll~this looks fantaaabulous! I think you’re encouraging to bake something up really soon! I used to use weekends a lot to bake back when I was working+schooling! But then now I Have a baby so I just do it if/whenever I Have the time, aka she’s not wanting me to hold her or isn’t fussy. 😛
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Thanks Ellie!
And you should so bake something when Miss Selah gives you a chance and then share 😉 Your recipes are always bomb 🙂
Looks like a good first recipe for me to try baking with coconut oil! Too bad my kids eat all our bananas before they go bad. I’ll try to remember to make this next time I have some to use up, though.
Laura @FitMamaLove recently posted…I want to love Coconut Oil…but I Don’t
You so should and tell me how it goes. Seriously, the coconut flavour doesn’t come out at all IMO.
And just a tip, look for pastdue bananas in the grocery, they’re usually discounted which is a plus. I always eat my bananas before they go bad so if I want to bake with them, I have to buy regular ones for eating and old ones too haha
Looks delicious and love how there is no added sugar! I actually don’t really like bananas by themselves but in bread- YES!
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Thanks Arman! And altho I think it’s a little blasphemous not to like bananas you made up for it by liking banana bread 😉
Looks yummy! I always toss the brown, nasty ‘ol bananas in the freezer, specifically for banana bread. I’ve never added cocoa powder though, so I’ll definitely be doing that the next time! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Ree, youhave to try it with the cocoa powder. It is, in a word, mind blowing! Let me know what you think 🙂
Never in my life have I had banana bread, but my ex-roommate went on a banana bread BAKING BINGE when we lived together! He baked 12 loaves!!! AND NEVER ATE ANY!!! I gave away loaves to the cable guy, etc! AHHH HA HA AH HAA H!
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Why no banana bread? 🙁 My heart literally aches for what you’re missing haha
But at least the cable guy got some 😉
I never thought of chocolate banana bread – but now I can’t imagine anything better! I cannot wait to try this! Thank you!
I wrote about bananas one day this week too! 🙂
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Let me know how it turns out Susan!
I will! Going flat out trying to keep up with outside chores and my blog, but I hope to bake some soon! Have a great day~!
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I’m going to pin this because it looks awesome! I just whipped up oatmeal banana cookies tonight. I only used those two ingredients and dark chocolate chips. Mashed it all and baked at 350 until no longer gooey. Yum!
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Thanks Kayla! Also, I love those cookies. And you have to try them with peanut butter too. Seriously, it’s out of this world 😀
PB makes everything perfect!
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I live banana bread! Yum! I want to make some now. Haha, oh man. I might make muffins to take into work for breakfast all next week. This would be a perfect recipe because it’s healthy. I’m stopping by from SITS, wishing you a great weekend.
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Banana nut muffins are the bomb! Let me know how they turned out. And thanks for stopping by 🙂
Wow this banana bread looks so yummy! Thank you for sharing!
xx
Linda
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I love extra-aged bananas and freeze them for smoothies! I made banana bread before using egg replacer and/or apple sauce and additional bananas – so tasty! I would probably use the pumpkin pie spice for the banana bread 😉
I’ve never thought of using pumpkin pie spice in banana bread but now that I think about it, it’ll probably be epic 🙂
Totally trying this! looks amazingly delicious!
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