Banana Carrot Coconut Loaf
This is so good for breakfast! This loaf is moist, not over sweet, hearty and filling. I had made it several times with almond flour and it was delicious but I just made it with chestnut flour and I think I like it better with the chestnut flour. I highly encourage you to try it with the chestnut flour it has this great natural sweetness to it. Yum!
Author: Samantha B. Johnson
Ingredients
- 2 med carrots
- 2 small bananas
- 3 tbsp coconut butter
- 3 eggs
- 3 tbsp sunflower butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup honey + ¼ tsp honey
- 1¼ cup almond flour or chestnut flour (I prefer with chestnut)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ cup shredded coconut
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Cut carrots into smaller pieces and put in a pot and cover with water boil until you can easily put a fork in it
- When carrots are soft put cooked carrots and bananas in a Cuisinart and blend until smooth
- Add the rest of the ingredients except for the coconut shreds to the Cuisinart and blend until thoughly mixed
- Add coconut shreds and pulse for a few seconds
- Line a bread pan with parchment paper and pour batter into pan and bake for 60-70 min or until crust is a nice golden brown and when you press down on the top it is nice and firm.
The chestnut flour is lovely, thanks for the tip. I also used cashew butter the first time I made it as I didn’t have sunflower butter handy. With the cashew butter you get a moister loaf and a slightly different taste. I recommend trying it!
Isn’t the chestnut flour amazing! It has this lovely sweetness to it and a more doughy consistency than the almond flour. Mmm yes cashew butter sound good too. Thanks for sharing!
*Note to those starting out with the SIBO specific diet. Cashews are in the “high” FODMAP category and many people cannot tolerate them in the first few weeks of starting the diet. So those of you who are just starting out beware, but if you can tolerate them than I am sure that cashew butter could be a delicious alternative to sunflower butter. 🙂
Samantha,
I am so happy to have found your website!! I will try all of your recipes listed starting with this bread. I have run out of ideas for SIBO recipes so this wonderful for me. Thank you for much for your resources.
You are so welcome! Hope you enjoy the Banana Carrot Coconut Loaf 🙂
SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR WEBSITE. I am a newbie and with a combo issue of a severe dairy allergy. I am printing all your recipes, can’t wait to try them. Thank you thank you thank you!!
I react to coconut. Can you make it without the coconut butter and just double the sunflower butter or use ghee as a substitute?
Sure maybe try doubling the sunflower butter. 🙂
I used goat’s milk butter in place of the coconut and it turned out great. Thanks.
Hi, just made this and is really tasty (made mine with almond flour). For some reason though, the upper half of the loaf turned a shade of blue the next morning… not sure what went wrong there? I used all the same ingredients as the recipe. Do you keep it refrigerated?
You know Im pretty sure that has happened to me to before, I think it has to do with the bananas. (If I figure it out I will let you know.) As long as it still tasted good you did not do anything wrong 🙂 Yes I do refrigerate.
I have an almond sensitivity. Is the chestnut flour silo friendly?
Yes it is
Hi, I cant use almond flour because one of my children has an allergy. DO you think coconut flour would work? I know coconut usually requires less flour and more egg. Any suggestions.
I would substitute with another nut flour such as chestnut flour. I have not had any luck using coconut flour by itself. Here is a website that sells a huge variety of nut flour shttps://nuts.com/cookingbaking/flours/
Hi Samantha. Honey is considered high FODMAP. Would you recommend maple syrup?
Please refer to the following link to answer to your question. http://sibodietrecipes.com/frequently-asked-questions/
Hey Samantha, I’ve been making my way through quite a few of your recipes and am loving them, and incredibly grateful to have them! They’re the best resource I’ve found yet for finding inspiration while tackling this whole SIBO thing.
With this recipe, you call for 1/4 cup honey + 1/4 tsp honey. I just was curious what the 1/4 tsp honey was for? Is that for putting on top of the loaf afterward? Or is it just really specific that it needs 1/4 cup and 1/4 tsp honey for the right sweetness? It seemed really specific, and since I don’t bake much, I wasn’t sure.
Thank you!
Haha yes that is very specific. I will update the recipe. 1/4 cup honey should work just perfect.
When you say coconut butter do you mean coconut oil?
Thanks!
No coconut butter is actually a different product that the coconut oil. It is the oil mixed in with the coconut flesh.
Hi, was just wondering if you have used plantains at all in your cooking? I know they’re high in starch but I seem to tolerate them and they make great pancakes!
I do not use them because I do not do well with them myself. Thats great that they work for you thou, its nice to be able to expand your diet. 🙂
Is sunflower butter the same thing as sunflower seed butter?
Yes
recently found your website and made this recipe. Yum,yum! I slice it thin and make a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast!
When eating this I feel like I am eating a good old fashion piece of banana bread, wonderful to fill the need for feeling like I am eating bread without the grain! Wonderfully moist! I kept mine on the counter for a couple of days to enjoy the fresh taste and then cut it in pieces and froze the extra, so i could easily pull out one slice at a time. I will make this on a regular basis, love that it has carrot in it too!
🙂 yum yum
I’m trying to avoid coconut, so I’ll just use all sunflower butter. Is there something I can substitute for the coconut flakes or should I just leave them out?
You can probably just leave then out, although it could change the consistency.