Bread

  • Food, Sweet Treats

    Slow cooker banana bread

    So, slow cooker banana bread…is it really a thing?

    Apparently it is, and I have had the first slice of what is a truly tasty banana bread, fresh and warm from the slow cooker. So you might be thinking that you are seeing far more blog posts than you usually do from me and that is because I had an overwhelming number of people ask me to share my slow cooker banana bread recipe that I made yesterday that I thought getting it up onto the blog sooner rather than later would be a good idea! Now I am going to give you the basic recipe here. I actually doubled mine because I have a 4.7l crockpot and I wanted to make a big cake (because I love banana bread) and you can decide what would work best for your slow cooker.

    Ingredients:

    3 Banana’s (over ripe)

    2 Eggs

    2 Cups of Flour

    ½ cup of butter (grass fed)

    1 tsp of Baking Powder

    ½ tsp of Bicarbonate of Soda

    1 cup of chocolate chips

    1 cup of granulated sugar

    Slow Cooker Banana Bread

    Slow Cooker Banana Bread

    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Cook Time: 4 minutes
    Total Time: 4 minutes

    Ingredients

    • 3 Banana’s (over ripe)
    • 2 Eggs
    • 2 Cups of Flour
    • ½ cup of butter (grass fed)
    • 1 tsp of Baking Powder
    • ½ tsp of Bicarbonate of Soda
    • 1 cup of chocolate chips
    • 1 cup of granulated sugar

    Instructions

    1. Firstly, in a bowl combine your sugar, butter and eggs and mix well until all is thoroughly mixed together and smooth.
    2. Add 1 cup of flour, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder and mix until smooth.
    3. Add in the last cup of flour.
    4. Mash your over ripe banana’s in a separate bowl and add to the mixture.
    5. Next add in your chocolate chips and mix well.
    6. Grease your slow cooker dish and pour your mixture in.
    7. Cover and cook for 3-4 hours on low.
    8. Be sure to check that it is cooked all the way through before removing from the crock pot.

    Method:

    • Firstly, in a bowl combine your sugar, butter and eggs and mix well until all is thoroughly mixed together and smooth.
    • Add 1 cup of flour, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder and mix until smooth.
    • Add in the last cup of flour.
    • Mash your over ripe banana’s in a separate bowl and add to the mixture.
    • Next add in your chocolate chips and mix well.
    • Grease your slow cooker dish and pour your mixture in.
    • Cover and cook for 3-4 hours on low.
    • Be sure to check that it is cooked all the way through before removing from the crock pot.
    banana

    This tasted absolutely amazing and in my opinion even better than the oven version. I doubled the ingredients for my large crockpot and it worked a treat. If you have a large crock pot (mine is 4.7l then I thoroughly recommend doubling everything and making a large banana bread).

  • Food

    Keto & Low Carb Bread

    But Bread is off limits, isn’t it?

    Yes, you would be right, standard bread is too high in carbohydrates if you are following a Ketogenic diet and it might be something you are choosing to avoid or having in moderation if you are following a low carb diet, but that doesn’t mean that you have to miss out on things like sandwiches, English Muffins or toast, because guess what? Help is here!

    keto bread

    Do I need many ingredients and is it hard?

    You do need a few specialised ingredients in and if you’re new to low carb or keto then they might not be something you have in your cupboards, but the good news is once you get them in stock it’s something you will always have, which makes this recipe super easy to whip up in just a few minutes. All you need is the ingredients and a microwave and it is that simple! Now, onto the ingredients and the recipe!

    keto bread

    Ingredients:

    • 3 tbsp of Almond Flour (but finely ground almonds works a treat, is are much cheaper too).
    • 1/2 tbsp of Coconut Flour.
    • 1 tbsp of Grass fed butter (We use Kerrygold unsalted).
    • 1 Egg (You can use the whole egg or just the egg white – with the yolk you’ll end up with bread more yellow in colour).
    • A pinch of pink Himalayan salt.
    •  1/2 tsp of gluten free baking powder (sometimes hard to find but this is always a good option).

     

    Method:

    1. Melt butter in microwaveable mug for 30 seconds.
    2. Add remaining ingredients and whisk until smooth.
    3. Let sit for a moment in the mug, to thicken.
    4. Microwave for 2 minutes.
    5. Turn out onto a plate.

    I then always like to slice my bread into small rounds and toast on a low heat setting or pop it under the grill.

     

    This has the taste and texture of normal bread and is very low carb too, so it works with both a ketogenic and low carb diet.