Eggless Banana & Walnut Bread

There is nothing more delicious than the smell of banana bread wafting through the house in the morning.

This week we are sharing a the eggless version of this much loved recipe from Trisha who also makes all of the superb healing balms that we sell – Naturally By Trisha.

Yesterday we had a working bee at the marae. I made two vegan banana breads, and a double batch of anzac bikkies for the whakanoa morning tea. The whakanoa is the final part of the powhiri process where we “break bread” together.

In this way we go from a state of tapu back to a state of noa. Manaakitanga is one of the underpinning protocols of most marae which means that all visitors are welcomed as esteemed guests. It is always a heart warming experience to be a part of these occasions.

Eggless Banana & Walnut Bread

3 large very ripe bananas

75g coconut oil

100g brown sugar

225g spelt flour

3 heaped tsp baking powder

3 tsp cinnamon

a small handful currants

30g chopped walnuts

( walnuts are primo but we used macadamias this time).

Method

Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.

Use a fork to mash the bananas. Mix well with the coconut oil and sugar.

Add the flour, baking powder and cinnamon.

Mix in the currants and walnuts.

Oil and flour a loaf tin, pour in the batter and cook for 45 minutes. Check with a skewer whether any more cooking is needed.

Remove from the pan and slice when cool. Yummy spread with butter for the non-vegans amongst us.