Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Banana and pear bread



Ingredients

½ cup of coconut flour
2 tbsp sunflower seeds/2 tbsp sesame seeds ( if you are not nut fee you can just use 4 tbsp LSA)process to a flour using a spice grinder or thermie
1 ½ tsp each of ground ginger and cinnamon
2 tsp baking powder
¼ cup of chia seeds
2 tbsp honey
¼ cup of coconut oil/melted butter
4 eggs
½ cup milk
1 ripe, mashed banana
1 ripe pear, peeled, cored and sliced

                                                      
                                                      Method
                                                      Preheat oven to 180c
In a medium bowl put your chia, eggs, honey, oil, milk and banana, whisk well and set aside. For 5 minutes for the chia to absorb some liquid.
Add your coconut flour, sesame/sun flour, spices and baking powder, beat well with a wooden spoon. In a loaf tin grease or line and then put your sliced pear along the bottom and drizzle over 1 tbsp honey ( opt) then add your bread mix, make sure the top is even. Bake for about 35-40 minutes, a skewer should come out clean. Keep in an airtight container. You can slice, wrap and freeze. You can serve warm as a dessert with some ice cream or just with some butter.