Banana Walnut Bread

Banana Walnut Bread

Ingredients:

• Vegan egg (2 tablespoons flax meal + 1⁄4 cup water)
• 1 cup brown rice flour
• 3⁄4 cup arrowroot starch
• 1 teaspoon guar gum
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup avocado oil
• 1⁄2 cup maple
• 3⁄4 cup banana, mashed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 cup unsweetened almond milk
• 3⁄4 cup walnuts, chopped

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Grease a loaf pan (glass, 1.5 qt pan is what I used).
3. Mix water and flax meal in small bowl and let thicken for 5 minutes.
4. In a bowl add brown rice flour, potato starch, guar gum, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt then set aside.
5. In a separate mixing bowl add avocado oil, agave, mashed bananas, and vanilla, mix well with a whisk.
6. Add vegan egg to wet ingredients and whisk in well.
7. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, mix with a spatula.
8. Slowly add milk, and stir until incorporated. Mix in walnuts until incorporated.
9. Spoon into greased bread loaf pan.
10. Bake for 50-55 minutes (rotating halfway through baking) or until toothpick comes out clean.
11. Let cool in the loaf pan for 5-10 minutes before placing the loaf on the cooling rack to cool completely.