Brown Rice Banana Bread

This is a healthy and easy to make gluten, dairy and refined sugar free banana bread.  They key is to use extra ripe bananas.  Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 1/4-1/3 cup coconut oil (melted) or grapeseed oil
• 1/3 cup unpasteurized local honey 
• 2 large local eggs 
• 1/4 cup any non-dairy milk (soy milk, rice milk or almond milk)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups brown rice flour
• 1 tbsp arrowroot powder
• 1 tsp baking powder (aluminum free)
  
• 1/2 tsp baking soda (aluminum free)
  
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1 1/2 cups really ripe bananas mashed bananas in a separate bowl
• 1/2 cup chopped raw nuts (walnuts, almonds, pecans) (optional)
• 1/4 cup Camino brand chocolate chips (optional)
  

Preheat oven 350 degrees F.  Use a cloth to coat bread pan with coconut oil.  Mix oil and honey together. Add eggs and beat well. Add milk and vanilla and beat again. Mix dry ingredients together in a separate bowl and add alternately with mashed banana to egg mixture.  Stir in chopped nuts and/or chocolate chips if desired.  Bake at 350 degrees for 45-55 minutes until browned and tooth pick comes out clean in the middle.  (If the top starts to brown early on in baking turn the oven down to 300 degrees).

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