Peach Banana Bread

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Hey blog, it's been a few months.

Took a break because:
 1) Finishing up my last semester of college kept me pretty preoccupied.
 2) It's kind of awkward when you have a blog devoted to sugary, greasy, tasty concoctions…and then you switch to a primarily clean-eating diet.

I've been doing a lot of experimenting with paleo/gluten-free recipes, and I get super excited when a recipe turns out as good as (sometimes even better than) its less healthy equivalent.  This recipe is just that! Moist, sweet, satisfying cinnamon banana peach bread without the guilt.

Preheat the oven to 350*. Grease a loaf pan with oil. I used coconut!

You'll need 2 cups of oat flour. I threw some oats in my food processor, and that worked just fine. Add the ground oats to a small bowl and mix in 1&1/2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp all spice, and 2 tsp cinnamon (I like cinnamon A LOT). Set this bowl aside.

In another bowl, add 3 pureed bananas. I used my food processor again. You could also just mash them in a bowl, if they're soft enough.

Add 1&1/2 tbs melted coconut oil. As you can see from my jar, mine was already melted from the summer heat.

Next add 1/4-1/2 cup honey (I used 1/4, but if you like your breads on the sweeter side, add more), 1/2 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt, 1&1/2 tsp vanilla, and 2 eggs. Mix well.

Slice up a couple peaches, reserving 7-8 thin slices to put on the top of your loaf later before baking.

The rest of the peach slices go in your food processor. I left my mixture a little chunky. You can just dice them with a knife if you don't have a food processor, but it makes things a lot easier.  Love that thing!

Now add the peaches (liquid included) into your wet ingredients and blend well.

Then slowly incorporate the dry ingredients into the wet. The mixture will have the texture of a large bowl of oatmeal!

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan, then line up your extra peach slices on top. I sprinkled additional cinnamon over the whole loaf and added some coconut sugar, although that's optional. I recommend it though!

Mmm cinnamon! Bake for 30 minutes, take out and cover with foil to prevent the top from burning, and bake another 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Mine didn't jiggle after the first 30 minutes, which made me think that it was somehow already finished, but nope! Let it keep baking!

Once it's finished baking it'll look something like this…Nom nom bread!

I like it warm the best. Enjoy!

Peach Banana Bread

Ingredients:

2 cups oat flour (make your own by putting oats in a food processor)

1&1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp all-spice

2 tsp cinnamon, plus extra to sprinkle over batter

3 mashed bananas

1&1/2 tbs coconut oil, melted

1/2 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt

1/4-1/2 cup honey (depending on how sweet you want it)

1&1/2 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

2 peaches

*coconut sugar for sprinkling on top of loaf (optional)

Directions:

1) Pre-heat oven to 350*.  Grease a loaf pan (I added parchment paper to the bottom for easier removal).

2) In a small bowl, mix oat flour with baking powder, baking soda, salt, all-spice, and cinnamon. Set aside.

3) In a medium bowl, add pureed (or mashed) bananas, melted coconut oil, plain nonfat Greek yogurt, honey, vanilla, and eggs. Slice peaches and reserve some for putting on top of the batter. Dice up the rest using a food processor or knife, then add to wet ingredients.

4) Slowly incorporate dry ingredients, then pour into prepared loaf pan. Place extra peach slices on top, then sprinkle cinnamon and coconut sugar over them if desired. Bake for 30 minutes, remove pan and cover with foil, then cook an additional 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.