Early morning nonsense talk- triple nut banana bread

Hey there!

 

Well first of all: happy New Year! I know I am a bit late but this just so happens to be my first post in 2016. I hope you’ve all had a great start. Mine was pretty good actually, I even got to watch the fireworks in Zurich this year. Yep, I have been living here all my life and I’ve never watched them. Oh well, I’ve also never seen the Matterhorn in real life, I know, shame on me!

This post is not going to be about New Year’s resolutions, cause let’s face it I just didn’t make any. Oopsies, well I usually don’t make resolutions at the beginning of a New Year. As mentioned in my previous post I just think New Year’s is overrated, I mean who cares if it is a New Year or not, if you want to change something do it, do it right now, don’t wait for a new year to start or someone to do it for you. It is only you that can take action and you can do it at any time not just in January. Am I right or am I right? I know I am.

Anyways now that we’ve got that part covered I should get talking about why I am actually sitting here at 7.40 am in the morning, yes 7.40. Crazy, right? Why on earth did I get up this early today, I am on holidays, well I’ll probably go back to sleep later…

So let’s focus, banana bread, that’s what I want to write about. I like banana bread, I like it a lot actually. First of all it’s so easy to make and then it just always ends up tasting absolutely amazing. I know have published numerous banana bread recipes on here but this is a completely different version and as so many people on Instagram, asked for the recipe I could of course not keep this from you. Today’s banana bread is actually on the less sweeter side, which makes it perfect as a base for delicious toppings such as nut butters and jam. However, my family and I also loved it plain, it’s juts absolutely delicious. The combination of the three different kind of nuts I added just makes this taste so aromatic and delicious. Yep, triple nut banana bread, that’s the main point of this post and it took me 400 words to finally let you know about it. So I’ll stop the rambling now and just give you the recipe, here you go:

 

Triple nut banana bread

(makes enough batter for a 20-25cm loaf tin)

 

• 150g spelt flour
• 100g ground hazelnuts
• 2tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp vanilla
• ¼ tsp cinnamon
• 6 medjool dates soaked in 100ml water
• 3 ripe bananas
• 1tbs coconut oil
• 1tbs chia seeds
• 40g chopped pecans
• 40g chopped almonds

 

1. Preheat your oven to 170°C (air circulation) and line a loaf tin with baking paper.
2. Add the spelt flour, grouns hazelnuts, baking powder, vanilla and cinnamon into a large mixing bowl and put aside for later.
3. Add the medjool dates, the soaking water, the bananas, chia seeds and coconut oil into a blender or food processor and process until smooth.
4. Pour the banana date mixture to the dry ingredients and carefully fold it in. Add the chopped almonds and pecans and leave aside approximately one tablespoon of the nuts for decorating. Fold the nuts through the batter. Your batter will be slightly sticky and you will have to spread it out a little.
5. Pour the batter into the lined loaf tin and top with the remaining chopped nuts.
6. Bake at 170°C for approximately 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick stuck into the middle comes out clean. Let cool down for about 1 hour and remove it from the tin.

Voila, enjoy! This tastes delicious with a dollop of chia pudding on top, some jam, nut butter or just plain. I mean it’s banana bread. Banana bread just tastes the bomb, that’s it.

 

Bisous