How to Make Gluten Wheat and Sugar Free Banana Bread

If you are like me and have the daunting task of finding foods without wheat, soy, or refined sugar in them you will love how easy to make and yummy this recipe is. Finally soft wheat free bread instead of tasteless bricks!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• oven =)
• 3-4 bananas
• real maple syrup
• canola oil (or oil of choice)
• butter
• egg (can be left out if you don't eat eggs)
• cream cheese
• buttermilk
• vanilla
• Rice Flour
• baking soda
• baking powder
• cinnamon
• ginger
• carob (optional)
• blueberries (optional)
• raspberries (optional)

1. Preheat Oven to 350. Mix together the wet ingredients in a bowl.
   
   2 to 3 regular bananas OR 4 to 5 small Apple bananas, mashed (a potato masher works great!)
   
   1 Cup of Maple Syrup
   
   1/2 Cup Oil
   
   1/2 Cup butter softened
   
   1 Egg
   
   1/4 block of cream cheese warmed and mashed (little Philly box)
   
   1/2 Cup of Buttermilk (Don't have buttermilk?? no problem, to make buttermilk put 1 tsp of vinegar in 1/2 cup reg. Milk..wait 10 minutes)
   
   1 TBP Vanilla

2. Mix together Dry Ingredients in a separate bowl:
   
   1 Cup of Brown Rice Flour
   
   1 Cup Gluten free flour or white rice flour or brown rice flour
   
   1/2 tsp of Baking Soda
   
   1 tsp of Baking Power
   
   2 tsp of Cinnamon
   
   1/2 tsp ground Ginger

3. 
    
   Carob Peppermint Banana Bread

   Slowly mix the two bowls together. You can continue as is and put this dough into two loaf pans or one loaf pan and one 6 slotted muffin pan.
   
   Or you can add these alternatives*...
   
   *To make yummy Peppermint Carob Banana Bread add 1/4 cup of carob, and 1 tsp of peppermint extract.
   
   *To make Berry Banana Bread add 1/2 cup of fresh blueberries or a mixture of blueberries and raspberries!

4. 
    
   Berry Banana Bread

   I usually divide the recipe in half and make both alternatives recipes. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes checking often. Take out of the oven when the top begins to crack and the center is solid. Don't cook too long or the bread will start to dry out.
   
   This recipe is so yummy that my friends like to eat it for desert with a little cream cheese in the top.

Tips & Warnings

• Best right out of the oven and also after its been cooled in the fridge.
• Cream cheese on top makes it almost like a moist cake.
• Don't have buttermilk?? no problem, to make buttermilk put 1 tsp of vinegar in 1/2 cup reg. Milk..wait 10 minutes
• A potato masher works great for mashing bananas

Resources

• The Gluten Free Girl Blog (awesome)
• My blog with occasional Wheat free recipes

[LNAngel]

on 5/1/2009 This sounds yummy! I'll be checking back for more recipes. 5* and recommended!

[truelyscumptous]

on 7/27/2008 This was DELICOUS!! I love the texture, specially cold. The carob one taste like yummy yummy chocolate cake!

[bake4u]

on 7/27/2008 excellent very imformative here, sounds very good also, i will try this one, thanks for this article

[AbbyNormal]

on 7/27/2008 This is a very well written article. And the recipe sounds delicious and a good alternative for the rock hard gluten-free bread!