Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Almond Butter Banana Bread

Banana bread is one of my favorite treats. A lot of times, when I eat processed sugar and processed ingredients in general, I feel sick because my body isn't used to it. This recipe allows you to have a slice, without feeling overwhelming guilt and consuming processed ingredients. 

Ingredients: 

3 over-ripe mashed bananas

1/3 cup honey

2 tablespoons coconut oil 

1 & 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

1/3 cup creamy almond butter (check out my recipe!) 

2 tablespoons skim milk

2 large eggs 

1 cup gluten free oat flour

1 & 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon sea salt 

1/3 cup dark chocolate chips 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350. Line a bread pan with parchment paper and lightly coat with non-stick cooking spray. In a large bowl, mix together the oat flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt - set aside. In a sauce pan on low heat, mix together the honey, coconut oil, and vanilla until the coconut oil is melted and incorporated with the other ingredients. Make sure you constantly stir the mixture and do not over heat it - let that cool. You'll need an electric mixer for the next part: in the electric mixing bowl, pour in your mashed bananas and almond butter, and mix together on the lowest setting for about 15 seconds. Next, add in the honey mixture at medium speed for about 30 seconds and then add in the eggs and milk for 30 more seconds. Once this is done, add in the dry ingredients at medium-high speed for about 1 minute. Last but not least, add in the chocolate chips on the lowest speed for 30 seconds. Pour the batter into your bread pan and bake for 60 minutes. Check in the middle with a long toothpick - if it comes out clean it is done, if it does not place it back in the oven in 5 minute increments and keep checking until the toothpick comes out clean. 

Chocolate-Chip Almond Butter Banana Muffin Bites

These are killer when you're craving some homemade cookies. They're made of all clean ingredients, and they are packed with healthy fats, carbs, and protein...Not to mention, they are delicious. Super easy, super fast, and they taste great.

Ingredients: 

1 cup oat flour (gf oat flour if you are gluten free)

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

Pinch of sea salt

2 ripe bananas

1/2 tsp vanilla

2 tbsp raw honey

2 tbsp coconut oil

3/4 cup almond butter (my recipe is in a previous post)

1/4 cup dark chocolate chips 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350. First you will want to get a sauce pan and put it on low heat on the stove. Take your honey, coconut oil, and vanilla and combine in the sauce pan. Mix it around until the coconut is completely melted and it is one uniform mixture. Let that sit and cool. Next you'll want to mash up your bananas in a mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the oat flour, baking soda, baking powder and sea salt. In the bowl with the bananas, add the coconut oil mixture. Mix this lightly for a few seconds. Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture. Add the chocolate chips and mix until completely combined. Drop tablespoonfuls of the dough onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 10-12 minutes. This recipe makes 18-20 muffin bites. 

Here are the macros for this recipe:

Per muffin bite:

Calories: 136

Fat: 9g

Carbs: 11.4g

Protein:3g