Gluten-free banana bread
This is a super-tasty treat and a great way to use up overripe bananas – eat this with a nice, hot cup of tea and you’ll be in heaven.
Reviewed by our expert panel Serves: 10
Time to make: 1 hr 10 mins
Total cost: $8.40 / $0.84 per serve
(at time of publication)
Ingredients
- ¾ cup gluten-free baking mix
- 1 ½ teaspoons gluten-free baking powder
- ¾ cup LSA (ground linseed, sunflower, almond)
- 1 cup castor sugar
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 4 ripe bananas, peeled, mashed
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line a 4-cup-capacity loaf tin with baking paper.
2 In a large bowl, combine baking mix, baking powder, LSA and sugar. In a separate bowl, beat together remaining ingredients.
3 Stir egg mixture into dry ingredients. Pour into loaf tin and bake for 1 hour, covering with foil if top of bread becomes too dark. Remove from oven. Cool 10 minutes in tin then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Original ingredients
125g butter, 1 cup castor sugar, 2 eggs, 375ml sour cream, 2 bananas, 1 3/4 cups self-raising flour, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup almonds
What we did
- Replaced butter with more bananas
- Replaced sour cream with olive oil
- Swapped flour for gluten-free flour
- Removed brown sugar
- And cut the cost!
Traditional banana bread (per serve)
Total energy 1750kJ Total fat 22g (12g saturated fat)
HFG gluten-free banana bread (per serve)
Total energy 1300kJ Total fat 11g (2g saturated fat)
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 310cal
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Kilojoules 1300kJ
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Protein 5g
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Total fat 12g
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–Saturated fat 2g
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Carbohydrates 45g
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–Sugars 35g
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Dietary fibre 3g
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Sodium 90mg
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Calcium 20mg
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Iron 1mg
Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.
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