Bakin' with Shelby...
Gluten Free/Dairy Dree Lemon Bluberry Banana Bread
- 2 1/3 cups of your favorite GF flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- zest of 1 medium lemon
- 3 extra ripened bananas
- 1/2 cup stevia (if you like a sweet loaf!)
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 1/4 cup ghee or oil, melted (avocado, coconut, macadamia nut oil)
- 1/4 cup honey or maple syrup
- 3 TBS freshly squeezed lemon juice (1 medium lemon)
- 1/2 tsp almond extract (or vanilla)
- 1/2 tsp lemon extract (optional but boosts flavor)
- 3/4 cup fresh blueberries
- 2 TBS sliced almonds for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF and line a 8x4 medium loaf pan with parchment paper; set aside.
- In medium bowl add your GF flour baking soda, salt and zest from 1 lemon; set aside.
- In large bowl whisk together eggs, oil, honey, lemon juice, sugar and extracts. Then mash in your bananas!
- Pour dry ingredients into large bowl of wet ingredients, using spatula to stir. Then fold in blueberries.
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan – I like to make sure not all of the blueberries are sitting on the bottom of the pan so give the batter a gentle stir in the pan. Top the batter with sliced almonds if desired.
- Bake lemon blueberry bread for 20 minutes uncovered, then add foil for the last 15-20 minutes of baking to prevent the top from browning too quickly. My bread took 43 minutes but check the middle for done-ness with toothpick after 35 just to be sure. **EVERY OVEN IS DIFFERENT!
- Allow bread to cool in pan for 15 minutes before lifting from the parchment paper to remove bread. Slice into 10 slices and ENJOY!
OPTIONAL: Add some powdered sugar to a bow and mix in 1 tablespoon of unsweetened vanilla almond milk to it at a time until you reach your desired consistency and then add in some lemon zest for a little extra razzle dazzle!
NOTE: You can use frozen blueberries, but I'd add them frozen so you avoid any extra moisture in the batter! I picked up fresh farmers market berries and they were amazing! But use what you have (which is why I added banana! They were near rotten on my counter!) SO BAM! A bread was born!
XOXO
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