Nutty Banana Bread With Cacao NIbs & Craisins

Name: Thermomix recipe: Nutty Banana Bread With Cacao NIbs & Craisins
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 50 min
Ingredients: 110 Grams butter cubed; 300 Grams coconut sugar; 390 - 400 Grams ripe bananas, peeled; 100 Grams Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO); 1 Teaspoon vanilla bean paste; 4 eggs; 2 Teaspoons baking powder; 2 Teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 Teaspoon ground cloves; Pinches pink salt flakes; 400 Grams plain flour; 150 Grams craisins (dried cranberries); 150 Grams pecans; 50 Grams cacao nibs

1 large loaf or 2 small Prep Time 5 minutes Cook Time 50 minutes Rated: Print

What's not to love when you add little chocolate nibs to anything? And chocolate banana bread? Match made in heaven! With a few nuts thrown in.

I love banana bread; it totally reminds me of my childhood…guessing there was a lot of over-ripe bananas in our household or something! Add a few nuts, some cacao nibs, (what isn’t better with chocolate? Seriously!) And then of course a little extra sweetness from the craisins. This was delicious slathered in butter, and when toasted, even better….it didn’t last until breakfast the next morning, but would be fantastic as a breakfast option. It does make 2 loaves, so thinking you should make sure you have plenty of people around to polish this off…not that you aren’t capable of doing it by yourself, but I don’t want to be responsible!

Need

110 Grams butter cubed BUY
300 Grams coconut sugar
390 - 400 Grams ripe bananas, peeled
100 Grams Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) BUY
1 Teaspoon vanilla bean paste BUY
4 eggs
2 Teaspoons baking powder
2 Teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 Teaspoon ground cloves
Pinches pink salt flakes BUY
400 Grams plain flour BUY
150 Grams craisins (dried cranberries)
150 Grams pecans
50 Grams cacao nibs BUY

Do

1: Preheat oven to 180ºC, fan forced setting. Butter 2 loaf tins and set aside.
2: Place butter and sugar into Thermomix bowl and blend 15 sec/speed 5.
3: Add bananas, oil, eggs, baking powder, spices and salt and blend 20 sec/speed 8.
4: Add flour and blend 10 sec/speed 6.
5: Add fruit, nuts and cacao nibs and blend further 10 sec/speed 6.
6: Divide between loaf tins and bake 45 minutes or until golden and inserted skewer comes out clean. Cover bread with foil in the last 20 minutes of baking if browning too quickly. Leave bread to cool in tins before turning out.

Serve toasted or untoasted, with or without butter, and or honey….or homemade Nutella is pretty awesome as well…but I’ll stop now!

Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.

Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!