This paleo almond coconut banana bread is incredibly moist and just slightly sweet without any traditional flours or sweetener.
I didn’t title it as such, but this is a paleo bread. At least I think it is.
Can we discuss this whole paleo thing for a moment? So, the premise is to eat “like a caveman would”. Ok, I get that. But I have a really hard time distinguishing between eating the foods a caveman would’ve been able to eat versus the methods a caveman would’ve had at his disposal.
Baking just seems completely counterintuitive to the whole paleo thing. I mean, did cavemen have ovens? Baking soda? No.
And then there’s the whole bean thing. Beans were definitely around back then, why aren’t they included on the “ok” list?
So, no beans, but bread’s ok.
Um, I can’t be the only one confused by this.
And let me just disclose that I’m totally no paleo expert (as if that weren’t already apparent). I’ve done a bit of online browsing and read a decent amount of other people’s posts on the diet. That’s it.
What I’ve basically realized after wasting my time reading far too many articles about it is that maple syrup falls in the (quite large) gray area.
This almond coconut banana bread has a tablespoon of it. I’ll leave the determination up to you.
I had no intention of specifically making a paleo bread, I just wanted a higher protein one with no traditional flours or sweetener.
Had I judged the outcome based on what the dough looked like, this would’ve been inedible. The dough was incredibly thick and I didn’t think there was any way it would rise at all or turn out to be anything other than rock hard.
I was totally wrong. One of the few times in life I’m happy about that.
It’s just perfectly sweet enough from the banana and it’s so incredibly moist. If I could describe my perfect bread texture, this would be it.
I was floored.
Maybe those cavemen were on to something. You know, with their ovens and all.
But not that jelly! That’s just me being controversial.
Looking for more banana bread recipes? Try one of these:
Pumpkin Banana Chocolate Chip Bread
Cinnamon Sugar Banana Pecan Bread with Raspberry Butter
Almond Coconut Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 1/4 cup flax seed meal
- 11/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 eggs
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large ripe banana, mashed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 small loaf pans (5 3/4" x 3 1/2").
- Combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
- Combine wet ingredients in a small bowl and whisk together.
- Pour wet into dry ingredients and mix until fully incorporated.
- Divide evenly (dough will be thick) into loaf pans and smooth the tops.
- Bake for about 35 minutes.
- Remove loaves from oven, let cool in pans for 5 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to continue cooling.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I’ve been using coconut flour a little more too and really like it. I don’t really get the whole paleo diet either but like some aspects like the natural sweeteners. But some things I definitely couldn’t give up like beans!
I am not really into banana but this is one of the most exciting bread ever.. I want to give this a try..
I have been loving baking with alternate flours lately and this bread looks fantastic! I don’t totally understand the Paleo thing either…but if this bread is involved there’s definitely something good about it :)
I kinda wanna go home and make this rightnow. But I still have half a pan (somehow!) of your protein bars in the fridge.
And I totally love your baking/paleo points!
The whole paleo thing confuses me too. But I’m all for experimenting, and I love seeing more recipes that use almond and coconut flour. Looks yummy!
I’m also curious about the paleo diet. Not enough to actually do it, but it certainly works for some people. Do you make your own almond flour or buy it? I need to get some of these staples in my pantry!
I bought it the first time, but I just ran out making this recipe and ended up grinding my own. I used it in cookies yesterday and they turned out great. So much cheaper that way!
ugh, paleo diet thoroughly annoys me for exactly that reason. And I really can’t get behind anything that doesn’t support fruit or greek yogurt. I need to get some coconut flour in my house so I can make this-I have everything else!
The paleo diet doesn’t have a problem with fruit.
caveman bread ha love it.
This looks amazing!! Admittedly I don’t quite get the whole paleo thing either. Not that I think people are wrong for following it, I just am not sure I fully understand it. But I do understand that this bread is gluten-free and dairy-free and that makes me insanely happy :) bonus points for all the extra protein goodness! Looks so amazing, nicely done.
i just bought some almond meal this weekend for the first time, so i’ve been looking for some good recipes to use it with… this is perfect!! looks so good!