Banana Nut Bread with Flax Recipe by Jesse Bluma

Banana Nut Bread with Flax Recipe

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Whether you are a beginner baker or seasoned professional, you will enjoy this deliciously healthier bread recipe.

Remember

Cooking and preparing food is a powerful skill.  Some readers are at an advanced level and will prepare this dish with ease.  Some will go on to experiment with other ingredients.  While others looking at this recipe may be too intrepid to cook.  As with any skill there can be barriers and self-doubt involving fear, sensitivity, motivation, and emotions.  

If you are stuck at the point of merely looking at recipes, thinking about changes you want to make to your diet, and are unsure of your way around the kitchen, then make this recipe your one goal.  Start with this recipe, read the directions a few times, make notes, and plan out the preparation needed.  Once you conquer this recipe you will feel more inspired to make other recipes and create ones of your own.

After you discover the foods, recipes, and techniques you like, the barriers will melt away.  Not sure?  No need to be scared in the kitchen.  Here is where expert knowledge of cooking, restaurants, and trusted expertise comes in handy.  Many readers rely on Jesse Bluma at Pointe Viven as a source for how-to and where-to regarding cookery, culture, and community.  Let an enjoyable experience with this recipe be your start.  If you are a more advanced cook, then come back and share what you made and other ideas.

Ingredients 

3 very ripe organic bananas

1/2 cup organic honey

3 tablespoons canola oil

1 teaspoon Madagascar Bourbon pure vanilla paste

1 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup flaxseed meal

1/2 teaspoon grated cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

3/4 cup chopped nuts (walnut, pecans, or Brazil)

Directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (177 Celsius).

Apply cooking spray to a loaf pan.

Peel then mash the bananas with a fork.

Mix the mashed bananas, honey, oil, and vanilla into a mixing bowl.

In a separate bowl stir together the flour, baking soda, salt, flax, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and nuts.

Gently blend the two mixtures together.

Spoon the mixture into the loaf pan.

Bake for about 40 minutes.

Serve this banana bread with your favorite cookies by Jesse Bluma at Pointe Viven at your next party, event, or brunch.

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