Date Pecan Banana Bread
Vegan date pecan banana bread! Cozy, delicious, mostly date sweetened, and the breakfast or dessert that you will thank yourself for.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups spelt flour sub whole wheat pastry flour or all purpose flour
- ½ cup almond flour or more spelt flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp sea salt
- ½ cup chopped dates
- ¾ cup chopped pecans
- 2 tsp ground coffee beans or instant coffee optional
- 3 bananas (1.25 cups mashed)
- ¼ cup olive oil sub coconut oil
- ½ cup oat milk
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 1 flax egg 1 tbsp flaxseed meal and 2.5 tbsp water. Let rest for at least 5 minutes.
- 1 tsp vanilla extract.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Sift spelt flour and add it to a bowl with almond flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, sea salt, and instant coffee.
- Mash bananas with a fork. Add to a bowl with olive oil, oat milk, maple syrup, flax egg, and vanilla extract.
- Mix wet and dry ingredients. Fold in dates and pecans.
- Bake for 60-65 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean from the center of the loaf. Let it cool in the pan.
- My favorite way to enjoy it: topped with coconut yogurt and frozen blueberries!