Hazelnut banana bread. Hazelnut Banana Bread - to celebrate my little Hazel "nut"! I know this is a food blog, but I've had a lot of thoughts on my mind this year as the holiday season surrounds us. I just wanted to take time to share a little bit with you.
Whisk together the reserved grain-free flour mix, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. This bread is laced with homemade chocolate hazelnut butter and lots of ripe bananas to keep it soft and flavorful, then topped with chocolate and hazelnuts for texture—it makes the perfect breakfast or dessert. One of the best banana breads I've tasted. You can cook Hazelnut banana bread using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Hazelnut banana bread
- You need 180 g of plain flour (GF flour works).
- It's 100 g of finely ground hazelnuts.
- You need 1 of flax egg (1 tbsp flax +2 tbsp water).
- You need 2 of very ripe bananas.
- Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.
- You need 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
- It's 50 g of coconut oil.
- Prepare 75 g of brown sugar.
- Prepare 80 ml of non dairy milk.
- You need 1 tsp of lemon juice or vinegar.
- It's 1 tsp of vanilla.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of cinnamon.
- Prepare 100 g of chocolate chips.
- It's of You will need:.
- You need Loaf of tin.
- It's of Parchment paper.
- You need of Scales.
The top of this hazelnut-adorned banana bread is a sneak peek: There's a layer of creamy chocolate-hazelnut spread in the center too. This banana bread definitely leans toward dessert, thanks to thick swirls of chocolate-hazelnut spread. Browning the butter may seem a little fussy, but it's totally worth the time and effort. The resulting toasty warm flavor pairs perfectly with sweet bananas and the rich spread.
Hazelnut banana bread instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180°C/350°F. Grease your loaf tin with oil and line with parchment paper..
- Prepare flax egg by adding 2 tbsp water to 1 tbsp of ground flax..
- Add lemon juice or vinegar to milk and stir. This is your 'buttermilk'. Leave to the side until needed later..
- In a large bowl combine all dry ingredients together: flour, ground hazelnuts, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon..
- Mash bananas in a separate bowl until no large lumps remain. To the bananas combine brown sugar, vanilla, melted coconut oil, flax egg, and buttermilk, whisking until homogeneous..
- Pour wet mixture into the dry mixture; stir to combine. Once the batter is almost fully mixed, add in chocolate chips and continue stirring..
- Pour batter into prepared tin and place into preheated oven for 45 - 50 minutes..
- Once the bread is out of the oven, leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes then remove from its tin and parchment to continue cooling on a wire rack..
In a large bowl, mash bananas. Add butter, sugars, egg, and vanilla to the mashed bananas. To be fair, I first started to follow a recipe from an old cookbook that my mom bought a long time ago, but things weren't working out (the recipe didn't call for enough wet ingredients, and the batter ended up not coming. This banana bread will change you life. But this decadent, uber chocolatey, and insanely moist banana bread is everything.