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BANANA JAVA recipe

DATE BREAD  Add the pumpkin seeds to a small skillet
over medium heat. Toast until they start
From Sweet, Savory, and Free to snap, crackle, and pop and turn a light
by Debbie Adler (BenBella Books, 2017) golden brown, about 3 minutes. After
the pumpkin seeds cool, give them a
INGREDIENTS rough chop.
 ¼ cup pumpkin seeds, cut  Whisk together the all-purpose flour, ca-
 1 ¾ cups all-purpose gluten-free cao powder, hemp seeds, baking powder,
flour mix baking soda, guar gum, salt, and roasted
 ¼ cup cacao powder pumpkin seeds in a large bowl. Make a
 ¼ cup hemp seeds well in the middle.
 1 ½ teaspoons sodium-free  Add the coconut sugar, applesauce,
baking powder vanilla, mashed bananas, and dates, and Makes 1 loafs,
9 slices
 1 teaspoon baking soda stir to combine. Add the coee and stir
 ½ teaspoon guar gum to incorporate.
 ¼ teaspoon sea salt  Pour the batter into the prepared loaf
 ½ cup coconut sugar pan and bake until a toothpick inserted
 ¼ cup applesauce in the center of the bread comes out
 1 tablespoon gluten-free vanilla extract clean, about 45 minutes. Rotate the loaf
 2 very ripe medium bananas, mashed pan from front to back halfway through
 5 Medjool dates, pitted and chopped baking.
into ¼-inch pieces  Transfer the loaf pan from the oven to a
 ½ cup black coffee, at room temperature wire rack, and let it sit for 20 minutes be-
fore removing the loaf to cool completely.
DIRECTIONS  Keep in an airtight container for up to
 Preheat the oven to 375 F. Line a 9 x 5 3 days, or wrap and freeze for up to 3
x 2-inch loaf pan with parchment paper. months.