Banana bread - Wheat Free (and delicious)

By Steve-3

Ingredients

• 2 cups almond meal
• 1/2 cup ground golden flaxseed
• 2 tablespoons coconut flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon guar gum
• Sweetener equivalent to 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup dark chocolate chips or walnuts (or both)
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/2 cup coconut milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ripe banana, sliced
• 1/2 lemon

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease bread pan.
In large bowl, combine almond meal, flaxseed, coconut flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, guar gum, sweetener, chocolate chips and/or walnuts and mix together.
In medium mixing bowl, whip egg whites with cream of tartar until stiff. Blend in egg yolks, coconut milk, vanilla, and banana. Alternatively, combine coconut milk, vanilla, and banana in food processor or food chopper and pulse until blended and smooth, then add to egg white and egg yolks and whip until blended. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon into the egg mixture and blend together.
Pour the egg mixture into the almond meal mixture and mix together thoroughly.
Pour dough into bread pan and bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick withdraws dry.