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Grain and Sugar-free Chocolate Chip Banana Bread or Muffins
Prep Notes
9 x 5 loaf pan or 12-cup muffin pan
Cupcake liners (optional)
Electric mixer
Cooking Time
60 minutes for bread 15 - 18 minutes for muffins
Yields
1 loaf or 18 muffins
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups almond butter
1 1/2 - 2 cups mashed overripe bananas (3 - 4 large bananas)
3 large eggs
3 tbsp maple syrup (grade B)
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar
6 oz. sugar-free chocolate* (sweetened with coconut sugar or stevia)
Directions
1. Pre-heat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.
2. Chop chocolate. Divide in half. Put each half in a bowl. Set aside.
3. In large mixing bowl add almond butter, bananas, eggs, maple syrup,vanilla extract, and salt. Mix with electric mixer until well combined.
4. Sprinkle baking soda over the batter. Sprinkle the vinegar over the soda. It will bubble and fizz. Fold this into the batter.
4. Fold in 1 bowl of chopped chocolate.
5. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Top with remaining bowl of roughly chopped chocolate. Bake in hot oven for 50 – 60 minutes or until the loaf tests clean. (If making muffins, bake for 15 – 18 minutes.)
6. Cool in pan for 30 minutes. Turn out of pan onto wire rack and continue cooling. Store in refrigerator.
*Use chocolate sweetened with coconut sugar or stevia.