Honey Roasted Cinnamon
Banana Bread
Recipe updated in 2024 from 2021
I don’t care what you have read. This is the BEST gluten free banana bread ever. Yes, I said that. It’s true. You have finally found the BEST of the BEST.
And one of the secrets to really good tasting and moist banana bread is how ripe the bananas are. Wait until the skins are very brown, even black – then its TIME. The natural sugars in the bananas have come out and the flavor is that much more intense.
No processed sugar here.
You won’t miss it. You won’t believe it either.
There is zero processed sugar in this banana bread recipe.
High quality honey and real maple syrup on the star of the sweets in this recipe. It’s prefectly balanced. The natural sweetness from the bananas with the honey and maple syrup – well it’s just right. You won’t miss all that processed sugar.
and I like I said, this is the BEST gluten free banana recipe you will find.
Ingredients list
- very ripe bananas
- coconut oil
- cinnamon
- eggs
- honey
- maple syrup
- baking soda
- salt
- gluten free flour blend
- vanilla extract
This is random, but thought I would share.
I don’t like bananas. I don’t like eating them without baking them.
I won’t eat them right out of the peels.
I have convinced myself that I was fed too many as a child, so now as an adult, I just want to eat my bananas in any bread or baking items I can…but I’ll pass on any bananas in the peel.
Ok, now you know.
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Honey Roasted Cinnamon Banana Bread
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Yield: 1 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 5–6 very ripe bananas
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon, divided in half
- 1/4 cup high quality honey, plus 1 teaspoon
- 1/4 cup real maple syrup
- 1/3 cup melted coconut oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup coconut milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 3/4 cups Gluten Free Flour Blend
Instructions
To make the honey roasted bananas
Use an airfryer, set to 400F or set your oven to the airfry setting at 400F (or if you don’t have an airfryer, set your oven to broil on low).
- If you have 6 bananas, slice 3 of the in half length wise or if using 5, slice 2 of them in half length wise. Place the sliced bananas on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, sliced side up. Drizzle with 1 teaspoon honey and a pinch of cinnamon.
- Bake/airfry or broil for 2-4 minutes. Watch the bananas – you want them to become slightly browned but not burnt. Remove from the oven/airfryer and set aside to cool.
To make the banana bread,
- Preheat your oven 375F. Line a loaf pan with parchment paper or grease with coconut oil.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, smash the remaining 3 bananas with a fork until there are very little clumps. Add in the melted coconut oil, honey, maple syrup, eggs, coconut milk and vanilla extract.
- Then add the dry ingredients: baking soda, salt, and flour. Don’t forget the rest of the cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon. Mix with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon to combine.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Top with roasted bananas – see picture for how I did it.
- Bake for 45 minutes. Turn the oven to 400F after baking for 45 minutes. Bake for another 15 minutes or until a toothpick or thin small knife, insert it into the center comes out clean. If not, bake for another 6-8 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let bread rest for 10 minutes in the pan. Transfer to a wire rack to cool for an additional 10 minutes before you slice into.
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 65
- Category: baking
- Method: oven
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