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When I first had to go gluten free, I did not know where to begin. I tried so many recipes and so many of them were awful. I decided to create a food blog to share my successful gluten free recipes. I am so grateful to all those people that have taken the time to give us good recipes and yummy gluten free products.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Banana Bread

This recipe came from my friend Hayley Kirkland.  Almost her entire family has Celiac Disease and they have a family cookbook.  I have loved this banana bread recipe.  It is better than the ones I've had that use gluten.  You can add chocolate chips (like I did) or just banana.  This recipe will make one loaf.  In my pictures I doubled the recipe.

You Will Need:
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (I always use 3 bananas)
1/3 cup oil
2 eggs
2 cups rice flour (With this recipe I prefer brown rice flour)
3/4 cup brown sugar (pack it down)
1 teaspoon xanthan or guar gum
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon (I love cinnamon so I do more like 3 teaspoons haha)
1/4 teaspoon salt
chocolate chips (optional)

Step One: Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.
Step Two: Mix bananas, oil, and eggs.
Step Three: Add all other ingredients and combine.
Step Four: Pour into greased loaf pan.
Step Five: Bake for 60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. (45 minutes for mini loaves.)
Step Six: Take out of pans and let cool.  I love to eat it while it's still warm.
Step Seven: Enjoy the aroma of bananas and cinnamon and eat!