Healthy Dark Chocolate Strawberry Banana Bread
By Paola of @ohsothymely
This decadent loaf is vegan, gluten free, and loaded with healthy ingredients such as flaxseed, chia seeds, and oats, making it a great mid-day snack, or a quick on-the-go breakfast. Just toss all the ingredients in your Blendtec, blend until smooth, pour in a loaf pan, and bake!
Servings: About 8 slices
Prep time: 5 minutes
Bake time: 40-50 minutes
Ingredients:
3 very ripe bananas
2 flax eggs (soak 1 tbsp of ground flaxseed in 2 tbsp of water to make 1 flax egg)
1/3 cup nut or seed butter
3 tbsp almond milk
1 ½ cups oat flour
1 ½ tbsp baking powder
2 tsp chia seeds
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
¼ tsp salt
1/3 cup chocolate chips
1/3 cup diced strawberries
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a loaf pan or line with parchment paper.
- On low speed, blend the bananas, flax eggs, nut butter, and almond milk. Blend until smooth.
- Add the oat flour, baking powder, chia seeds, cinnamon, vanilla, and salt. Blend again on low speed until smooth.
- Stir in the chocolate chips and diced strawberries, the pour into the loaf pan. Top with more chocolate chips and sliced strawberries (optional).
- Bake for 40-50 minutes. Enjoy!
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