As part of my quest for gluten-free living, I’ve been experimenting with buckwheat. Baking is such a big part of my life that quite honestly, I don’t see how I can go gluten-free if I can’t bake. I’ve really enjoyed this experiment, and while I find it is more expensive to use buckwheat, there hasn’t been a huge ‘getting used to’ period where taste is concerned. It’s good, it tastes good, and it’s just as simple to work with as normal flour. It is a little gloopier, and the texture is a little grittier, but it’s a fabulous and tasty recipe. All you need is just a Blender and an Oven for this. If you don’t have one yet, then head on to 41ocean they have a wide variety of kitchen appliances and gadgets to choose from.
Buckwheat Banana Bread
Recipe Type: Bread, Free From
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Serves: 9 muffins
A lovely, sugar free banana bread
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3 ripe bananas
- 1 ½ cups buckwheat flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/3 cup date puree (1/3 cup dates, covered with hot water and blended)
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger spices
Instructions
- Melt the butter and set aside.
- Whip the bananas with a hand blender until they are smooth and airy. At https://blendinggadgets.com you can see all types of blenders.
- Add the date puree, egg, vanilla, spices and butter to the bananas.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour and baking powder.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry.
- Bake at 180C or 350F for about 30 minutes for cupcakes, 40-45mins for bread or cake
Notes
Gluten-free, sugar free
Hi there,
Could you tell me if there is a replacement for butter in this recipe that would work?
Hiya, I haven’t tried it with any replacement butter, but if I was going to, I would probably use unrefined coconut oil. Hope it works for you!