Almond Banana Bread

I have been experimenting with beans for two reasons, to find ways to get my kids to eat them and to cycle through food storage. It has been fun! Replace a quarter to half of the fat in your recipe with pureed white beans or ground white bean flour for some of the wheat flour. They taste great! You will be surprised how much you can increase the nutrition in your regular baked goods.

Almond Banana Bread

1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup oat flour (ground steel cut oats)
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/3 cup brown sugar
3 very ripe bananas, mashed
1/4 cup prureed white beans (great northern or navy)
1/4 cup almond butter
1/4 cup milk
1/2 tsp. almond extract (vanilla would work, too)
3 Tbsp. ground flaxseed meal (opt.)

Heat oven to 350°. Grease (I used coconut oil) and lightly flour a loaf pan. Combine flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Mix brown sugar, bananas, beans, almond butter, and extract in a separate bowl. Mix into dry ingredients. Pour into pan and bake for 35-40 minutes or until knife comes out clean. Do not overcook or it will be too dry.