Banana Spelt Gingerbread

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup coconut oil

  or ghee

• 1/2 cup honey
• 2 eggs

  at room temperature

• 3 large ripe bananas

  mashed

• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp fresh ginger

  finely grated

• 1 tsp fresh turmeric

  finely grated

• 2 cups sprouted spelt flour

  could also use a blend of rye, spelt and almond meal

• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup walnuts coarsley chopped

  optional

• 1/3 cup coconut milk

  optional

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius.

Step 2

In a bowl, whisk coconut oil and honey until light and fluffy.

Step 3

Whisk in eggs one at a time.

Step 4

Add in bananas, vanilla extract, ginger and turmeric.

Step 5

In another bowl combine spelt, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and walnuts.

Step 6

Add dry ingredients to the wet mixture and mix until just combined. Add coconut milk if the mixture is too dry or stiff to stir.

Step 7

Pour into a greased and lined loaf tin.

Step 8

Optionally, slice a banana in half, and press into the top of the mixture. Sprinkle coconut sugar and cinnamon on top.

Step 9

Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.

Step 10

Allow to cool in tin before removing to completely cool on a wire rack.