Tonight I threw together a very quick banana bread on impulse. I was sorting out the fridge and groceries as my weekend shopping is due tomorrow and when doing so I came across those 3 very V-E-R-Y ripe bananas of which I knew for sure nobody in this house will ever eat. Since we’ve been wasting some food, especially overdue fruits, lately, I felt bound to use these poor creatures for something nice. So I was quickly looking up some recipes on the internet but eventually struck the best in one of my older cook books – I just had to convert it to make it gluten-free and there I was: Quickly and overly easy assembling a banana bread. As easy as the prep was as yummy was / is the result. The hardest part of the making was actually the 40-minute-wait while the loaf was baking. 🙂
Here’s what you’ll need for a medium loaf:
3 very ripe bananas
some tablespoons of either maple sirup or pita sirup – really depending on how sweet you like it
3 tablespoons of vegetable oil
1 egg
1 egg white, beaten
125g cake’n’bake gluten-free flour
125 g rice flour
Place the bananas, the egg (the whole one… keep the stiff egg white for later), sirup and oil in your food processor and mix until the bananas are broken up and everything is well-combined.
In a bowl, mix the 2 flour types, then add the banana-mixure and stir through thoroughly, at the end add the stiff egg white and blend.
Fill the batter into a loaf pan and bake the bread for 35-40 minutes on medium heat (175 degrees C).
It will not come up very much and like most banana breads it will stay a little moist on the inside. I think it would also be nice to add some nuts or/and choc-bits. It keeps well in a plastic bag and tastes delicious when reheated / roasted in your toaster. Plus: This one is really low-fat! Voilà! I hope you enjoy.
3 Monkeys' Mom 