Cashew Blue Banana Bread
 
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Make the most of blueberry season with this whole wheat cashew blue banana bread!
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Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • 6 tbsp olive oil
  • ¼ cup maple syrup
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup milk (regular, almond, whatever you like)
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 medium very ripe bananas, mashed
  • 1¾ cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ cup finely chopped cashews
  • 1 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen, if frozen don't bother defrosting)
Method
  1. Preheat your oven to 350F/180C
  2. Line and grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan, ser aside
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the oil, maple syrup, brown sugar, vanilla and milk until well combined. Mix in the eggs, and then the mashed bananas. Set aside.
  4. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Add the wet ingredients to the dry, and stir until *just* combined.
  5. Add the cashews and blueberries to the mix, and fold in gently in as few movements as possible. You want to be especially careful if you are using frozen blueberries, as you may end up with grey banana bread!
  6. Pour the batter into the tin and bake in the center of the oven for 50-60 minutes until a knife comes out clean. Check the bread at about 40 minutes, if the top appears to be browning but the center is still uncooked, lay some foil over the top of your bread and continue baking
Recipe by Emma's Little Kitchen at https://www.emmaslittlekitchen.com/cashew-blue-banana-bread/