paleo chocolate and cinnamon banana bread

ingredients

• servings: 8
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chunks
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon coconut oil, or more as needed
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
• 1/2 cup coconut flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 cup almond butter
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon coconut oil

recipe

preparation time: 15 mins cook time: 55 mins ready time: 1 hr 10 mins


• melt the chocolate, butter, and 1 teaspoon coconut oil in the top of a double boiler over simmering water, stirring frequently and scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula to avoid scorching. remove from heat and stir in cinnamon.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). lightly grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with 1 teaspoon coconut oil.
• sift coconut flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. place mashed bananas in a large bowl; fold flour mixture into bananas with a rubber spatula.
• beat almond butter and eggs together in a bowl until creamy; add to banana mixture and mix well.
• pour 1/2 banana mixture into prepared loaf pan; top with 2 tablespoons chocolate mixture. use a fork to spread and swirl the chocolate mixture through the banana batter. repeat with remaining banana batter and chocolate mixture.
• bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown and loaf is cooked through, 50 minutes.