Hearty Banana Bread

Name: Hearty Banana Bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted; 1/2 cup maple syrup; 1/3 cup coconut sugar; 1/4 cup almond milk; 2 eggs; 3 ripe bananas; 2 tsp vanilla; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 3/4 cup whole wheat flour; optional toppings: pumpkin seeds and a flax chia blend

by Andrea Lo

1 loaf

1 hr 15 min

I always buy a bunch of bananas. I like to freeze some smoothies and I used to have to find the patience to wait for the rest to get super ripe to make banana bread. But if you're in the same waiting boat, I have some tips for ripe bananas FASTER.

You can ripen bananas faster two ways. 1) Leave them in a paper bag. This will still take a day or two, but will ripen them faster than if you just leave them out on your counter. 2) Baking them at a lower temperature in the oven. This will turn the outside of the banana black, but don't worry, the inside will be perfectly ripe for your banana bread.