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

  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF and line a 8x4 medium loaf pan with parchment paper; set aside.
  2. In medium bowl add your GF flour baking soda, salt and zest from 1 lemon; set aside.
  3. In large bowl whisk together eggs, oil, honey, lemon juice, sugar and extracts. Then mash in your bananas!
  4. Pour dry ingredients into large bowl of wet ingredients, using spatula to stir. Then fold in blueberries.
  5. 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.
  6. 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!
  7. 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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