quickbread - Banana and Date Paleo Bread

By tinathorn

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup creamy roasted almond butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon raw honey
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 - 4 medium medjool dates, pitted
• 1/2 small to medium ripe banana, mashed
• 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 - 1 teaspoon cinnamon (depending on how much you like cinnamon)
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

Details

Adapted from theluckypennyblog.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place dates in a bowl of warm water to soften them up.

Place almond butter in the bowl of a Kitchenaid mixer with the paddle attachment. (Or you can use a hand mixer). Mix almond almond butter until creamy - about 1 minute.

Drain dates and place in a food processor. (I tried doing this in a little bullet like blender, and it worked ok, but I would recommend a food processor.) Process dates into small pieces.

Mash banana using a fork. Add banana, dates, eggs, honey, and vanilla to bowl with almond butter. Mix until everything is well incorporated. Add dry ingredients - salt, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mix again until ingredients are combined.

Grease and 8 x 8 baking pan (I used coconut oil spray). Place batter in the dish. Bake for 18 - 20 minutes until toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the middle of dish. Do NOT over bake or the bread will become dry. After 15 minutes, I check my bread every minute or two. My bread took 19 minutes.

Allow to cool a little bit and enjoy!