Spelt Banana Bread

Summary

Yield2
Prep Time1 1⁄2 hours
RecipesQuick Breads, Biscuits, Muffins and Scones

Description

Josie and I can't eat wheat, so we're always trying to figure out how to get baked good-y goodness. So far, white spelt flour has been our salvation. This is a really good banana bread based on the recipe in Joy of Cooking.

Ingredients

  • 4 very ripe bananas, mashed
  • 10T unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 2⁄3c sugar
  • 2c white (or light) spelt flour
  • 2⁄3c whole spelt flour
  • 1 1⁄2t salt
  • 1t baking soda
  • 1⁄2t baking powder
  • 1⁄2t cardamom
  • 1⁄4t allspice
  • 1⁄4t ground pepper

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°. Beat the sugar and butter together until light, about 2-3 minutes on high. Combine the dry ingredients well and beat into the butter/sugar mixture; it will look crumbly, like brown sugar. Beat the eggs in, and then add the bananas. Mix just until combined.

Grease either two standard (6-cup) loaf pans or one 9x9 baking pan. Spoon the batter in, smooth it down, bake it in the lower third of the oven for about an hour or so, until a toothpick or knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

Let cool for ten minutes in the pan and then take out and cool on a rack.