Today's recipe was inspired by Ms. Teresa Adler of Primal Urge Cookery who is a gym buddy and kickass human being. I saw via instagram that she was whipping up some Almond Cinnamon Bread and thought, 'yes. that is what I need to do.' Bold independent women with their own ideas sometimes, well, sometimes they see a yummy fall recipe on a beautiful fall day and go, 'oh I am copying the snot out of that idea.' (Rule 4 of a food blog: don't mention snot for any reason. ever. [/shrug])
So I navigated to the recipe resource she mentioned and wouldn't you know, it was from a real life actual book. Like, with pages. Costing money. So I decided to search around until I found a few different but plausible similar recipes, read them, and then do what I wanted to do anyway.
And it worked! And it's yum! Hooray!
Here you have it, Cinnamon Date Bread
Ingredients:
1. 2 farm fresh eggs (or 1/4 cup ground flaxseed + 1/4 cup water if subbing in the vegan option)
2. 3/4 cup date paste (dried pitted dates blended in your food processor with just enough water to turn the mixture into a paste) OR 1 ripe banana, mashed
3. 3 Tbsp honey (replace with maple syrup to make vegan)
4. 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
5. 1 tsp vanilla extract
6. 1 1/4 cup almond flour (any other nut flour or seed flour will work)
7. 1/3 cup coconut flour or coconut flakes
8. 2 tsp cinnamon
9. 1/4 tsp salt
10. 1/2 tsp baking soda
Directions:
So I navigated to the recipe resource she mentioned and wouldn't you know, it was from a real life actual book. Like, with pages. Costing money. So I decided to search around until I found a few different but plausible similar recipes, read them, and then do what I wanted to do anyway.
And it worked! And it's yum! Hooray!
Here you have it, Cinnamon Date Bread
Ingredients:
1. 2 farm fresh eggs (or 1/4 cup ground flaxseed + 1/4 cup water if subbing in the vegan option)
2. 3/4 cup date paste (dried pitted dates blended in your food processor with just enough water to turn the mixture into a paste) OR 1 ripe banana, mashed
3. 3 Tbsp honey (replace with maple syrup to make vegan)
4. 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
5. 1 tsp vanilla extract
6. 1 1/4 cup almond flour (any other nut flour or seed flour will work)
7. 1/3 cup coconut flour or coconut flakes
8. 2 tsp cinnamon
9. 1/4 tsp salt
10. 1/2 tsp baking soda
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- If using the flax seed option, get your flax mixture ready to rock
- Add the date paste or banana, honey, coconut oil and vanilla extract to the eggs or flaxseed mixture and beat or stir until smooth
- In a separate bowl mix all of the dry ingredients together. Then mix in the wet ingredients. Combine. This will be wetter than traditional bread dough but this is normal
- Grease 2 small loaf pans with coconut oil or clarified butter
- Distribute the dough evenly and spread out with a spatula
- Bake for 23 minutes or until a fork comes out clean
7. Allow to cool 8-10 minutes before slicing.
8. Enjoy plain or with a pat of clarified butter (the sweet cream/unsalted variety) and a small sprinkle of cinnamon. Salted butter will fight with the subtle sweetness of the bread.
9. Share the first pan with someone you like a lot and give the other pan to a neighbor or co-worker you've been meaning to thank for something. Or mail it to me, this recipe is yummy.
9. Share the first pan with someone you like a lot and give the other pan to a neighbor or co-worker you've been meaning to thank for something. Or mail it to me, this recipe is yummy.