Chocolate Chip Cookies
Bars and cookies, Desserts, Paleo
Growing up we had a shelf of cookbooks under my Mum’s desk in our family kitchen. Out of all the thousands of recipes, we only actually used the books for…
This one is SO simple. I whip it up when I feel like a nutritious, no added sweetener treat that I can happily down for breakfast. It was my sister’s request for breastfeeding fuel before we left New York this week and then we got home and I wanted some too. So I blended some up last night, literally in the time is took to make my tea. It’s an easy one but it tastes amazing and is low in sugar but high in goodness!
Confession the above picture is just plain banana bread because I made this on a whim and didn’t take a pretty picture before demolishing it with my tea… but they quick iPhone snap is below!
Super Clean Chocolate Banana Loaf
Servings: 8 slices
Ingredients
- 4 bananas ripe
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup ground oats (oat flour)
- ¾ cup cocoa powder
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- pinch pink salt
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup whole oats
- ¼ cup pumpkin seeds
- ¼ cup raisins or chopped dates
- ¼ cup nut milk
Instructions
- Throw 3 of the bananas along with the eggs, cocoa, oat flour, vanilla, nut milk, salt and baking powder in a food processor and blend it till it’s all nicely smooth.
- Then just stir in the whole oats, slice the last banana and stir that in along with the pumpkin seeds and raisins. It’s that easy!
- Pour it all into a lined loaf tin and bake at 350F for about 35-40 minutes or until it’s just springy to the touch and not ‘wobbly’!
- Let it cool (or don’t, you know, do you really think I did?!) then spread it with nut butter, add banana slices, sprinkle on cacao nibs and enjoy!
I love this idea! Any ideas for a grain free alternative to the oats and oat flour? Thanks!
You could use almond flour in place of oat, and it would work well! I’d probably use 1.5 cups and also add 1 tablespoon of coconut flour in as well but it will work without!
I looked at the very ripe bananas on my counter this morning as I left the house and vowed I had to bake something this evening, then saw your post a few minutes later. Needless to say this is now in my oven and a handful of organic dark chocolate chunks may have (accidentally!) found their way into the batter (because Thursday is my Friday so…..) and I’m counting down the minutes till I can pop the kettle on for a villa and pull it out if the oven! Thanks for the inspiration today 🙂
Thursday is our Friday too – the best! And YES on chocolate chunks! Enjoy!
Does this recipe really call for 11/2 tsp baking soda or is it supposed to be 1/2 tsp?? Thank you!!!
Hi Kezia, would you know if coconut flour would work well in this and if so in what quantities? Thanks, Chloe
One and a half – the spacing was misleading!
It wouldn’t no – it’s too dry but if you want to remove grains I’d use almond flour, I’d replace it with 1.5 cups almond flour, and 1 tablespoon of coconut!
Thanks for sharing your recipe. Made this today. Enjoyed it! 🙂
You’re welcome! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
This is probably a silly question, but do you line the pan with parchment paper or is it something else?
Parchment paper yes! I prefer a clean unbleached one but any work. You also don’t have to line it, but I find it works better that way. 🙂
I am in total love with this recipie, thank you so much!! My favorite after a workout with natural nut-butter spread on top… too good!
YES! I’m eating some right now too 😉 I’m glad you’re enjoying it! I splashed almond milk over mine today and then added more sliced bananas 🙂 so yum!