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Vegan Banana & Chocolate Bread

This is a great recipe to make when you’ve some over ripe bananas that need using up quickly, it is so easy and really tasty. Great toasted and served with a spread of your choice or a drizzle of maple syrup.

Ingredients

3 Medium bananas, mashed

½ cup almond or oat milk

½ cup olive or vegetable oil

½ cup coconut palm sugar

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 tbsp milled flaxseed, mixed with 6 tbsp cold water and left in fridge to swell – at least 15mins

2 cups gluten free plain flour

100g 85% dark chocolate, cut into chunks

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

½ tsp Himalayan salt

½ banana sliced for topping

Method

Preheat oven 175c and line a 2lb loaf tin

In a large bowl, mash the bananas, add the brown sugar, oil, vanilla extract, milk and whisk together

Sift the flour, cinnamon, bicarb and salt and with a spatula incorporate into the wet mixture.

Add the chocolate and pour into prepared tin

Cook for 45-55 mins – wooden skewer should come out clean.

Allow to cool completely before slicing