On Wednesday, for some reason, I felt the deep need to make pumpkin bread. I also, for some strange reason, felt the deep need to make everything up as I go and NOT use a recipe.
That’s a risky move when it comes to baking. Continue reading
On Wednesday, for some reason, I felt the deep need to make pumpkin bread. I also, for some strange reason, felt the deep need to make everything up as I go and NOT use a recipe.
That’s a risky move when it comes to baking. Continue reading
You know what we need more of in this life? Banana bread. It’s really such a simple common thing, but I had almost forgotten how good it tasted. I made a bunch of baked goods for our vacation this past weekend and banana bread was one of the requested items.
But there were a few caveats: it had to have chocolate chips and it had to taste yummy. Continue reading
Don’t turn away in disgust. You can, and totally should, bake with avocado. They are good for you and replace a lot of the less than healthy fats you normally find in baked goods.
A few weeks back Liz from I Heart Vegetables posted this recipe for chocolate muffins made with avocado and that got my wheel turning. I started thinking of other things I could make with avocado and then I saw a recipe for banana bread and the baking heavens opened.
Banana bread is awesome, but regular banana bread is usually a little too sweet for me so I toned it down in this recipe. Feel free to add maple syrup if you want, but try it without first. The avocado keeps this bread moist and full of healthy fats and DOESN’T taste like banana guacamole. That wouldn’t be so good. Interesting…. but not tasty.
So if you have some super ripe bananas, an avocado, and a hankering for something delicious try this quick gluten-free bread!
Avocado Banana Bread