Chocolate Zucchini Bread

 Maybe the best textured quick bread I’ve ever made. There have been lots of bad ones… but this one was like a regular moist chocolate cake. Allowing it to cool completely before cutting, covered in foil, probably helped. 

INGREDIENTS 

-1c GF flour

-1/4 c coconut flour

-1/3c fair trade cocoa powder

-2t powder 

-1/2t soda

-1/2t salt

-2t cinnamon & spice

-2 eggs

-1/3c avocado oil

-1/4c nut milk, room temp

-1/4c honey

-1t lemon juice

-2t vanilla

-1c shredded, squeezed zucchini

DIRECTIONS

-Beat wet ingredients together

-Add dry ingredients, combine well 

-Gently add zucchini

-Pour into parchment lined loaf pan

-Bake 350, 35-45 minutes 

-Cool completely 

Pumpkin Oat Cake

 Quick bread/snacking cake for fall. 

INGREDIENTS:

-1c GF flour

-1c quick oats

-2t pumpkin spice 

-1/2t soda

-1/4t salt

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-1/2c organic pumpkin purée

-1/2c oil

-1/4c honey

-2 eggs, lightly beaten

-1t vanilla

-2/3c chocolate and/or cacao chips

DIRECTIONS:

Combine dry ingredients. Separately combine wet ingredients. Slowly add dry to wet, adding chocolate chips last. 

Bake in parchment lined 8x8 pan at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until done. 

Flourless Chickpea Blondies with chocolate chips and peanut butter

 Not half as gross as they sound. And actually, they’re really good. 

INGREDIENTS 

• 1-15 oz can of garbanzo beans, rinsed with 2T of aquafaba reserved from can
• 2-3T honey
• 1/2c unsweetened, unsalted peanut butter 
• 1/4c chickpea flour
• 2t vanilla
• 1/2t baking powder 

• 1c+ dark chocolate chips
• Pinch of sea salt

DIRECTIONS

• Blitz all top ingredients in blender until smooth
• Mix in chocolate chips
• Smooth into parchment-lined 8x8 pan
• Top with pinch of sea salt
• Bake @350 for 45 minutes
• Cool pretty well before cutting 

Plain banana muffins

Plain and well mixed for a picky toddler, with a secret hidden veggie ingredient. 

INGREDIENTS 

• 2t baking powder
• 1/4t baking soda
• 1/2t xanthan 
• 1/2t cinnamon 
• 1/2t salt
• 1c GF flour
• 3/4c cassava-cauliflower blend (Trader Joe’s)

• 1/2c butter, softened
• 3T maple syrup 
• 2 eggs
• 4 bananas (~2c)

DIRECTIONS 

• Combine dry ingredients 
• Cream butter and syrup in separate bowl
• Beat in eggs
• Beat in bananas- remove lumps 
• Add in dry ingredients 
• Bake at 375, 20-25 minutes