Sunday Funday Baking- Cinnamon Chocolate Swirl Banana Bread

Cinnamon Chocolate Swirl Banana Bread

An Adventure with The Paleo Kitchen Cookbook

I am in love with the Paleo Kitchen Cookbook- as you can tell by the many bookmarks and papers I've stuffed in mine…I will say that for the average person this cookbook can initially seem obnoxious with their grass-fed butters, organic honeys, and coconut flours..BUT the recipes are wholesome, healthy, and really teach you creative ideas with food. You don't have to follow every ingredient- tweak it for how your life works. 

 Each recipe I make is better then the previous and their photos and write-ups are amazing. Great cookbook recommendation! Christmas idea maybe?! Anyway, this was my favorite thing thus far so I thought I'd share.

Ingredients:

coconut oil to grease the pan ( I used Pam spray because that's how I roll)

For the Bread:
4 Bananas
4 large Eggs
1/2 cup Butter (unsalted grass fed apparently is best- I used unsalted land-o-lakes..)
1/2 cup Almond Butter (yeah I only had peanut butter- what a travesty)
1/2 cup Coconut Flour- it's not that hard to find...click here to purchase
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
pinch of salt

For the Swirl:
2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp ground Cinnamon
1/2 cup chocolate chips ( again, apparently vegan-type chips are best…didn't have those either)
1 Tbsp honey

Preheat the oven to 350. Grease a loaf pan (can also line with parchment paper but I did not and it was fine). 

Combine bananas, eggs, butter, and almond butter in a mixer until they are creamy. 

Add the coconut flour, baking soda, baking powder, vanilla, and salt. Mix until well combined. 

Pour the batter into the loaf pan and spread out evenly. 

In a double boiler (aka a bowl in a pot of boiling water) over medium low heat, mix together the swirl ingredients until all the chocolate is melted. 

Pour the chocolate mix onto the loaf and use a butter knife to make swirls. 

Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean ( Mine took closer to an hour because I was cooking other things at the same time). 

And BOOM- ENJOY! You will have no idea that this treat doesn't have oil, flour, or refined sugar in it!!! Nom Nom.