Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 1 egg (room temperature)
- 1 cup banana (mashed, about 2 bananas)
- 1 cup carrots (shredded)
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cup Gluten Free Flour
- 3/4 cup Gluten Free Rolled Oats
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup macadamia nuts (roughly chopped )
- 1/2 cup Greek cream cheese
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
Instruction
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Prepare a loaf pan with parchment paper or grease well with coconut oil.
- To a food processor, add the bananas, egg and vanilla extract. Process until smooth than add the maple syrup, Greek yogurt, cinnamon, nutmeg and carrots.
- Process again until smooth then add the oats, Gluten Free flour and baking soda. Mix until smooth.
- Pour the batter into the loaf pan and smooth with a spatula.
- Bake at 350 F for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick can be inserted into the center clean.
- Cool in the pan 1 hour before transferring to a wire baking rack to cool more. If lining the pan with parchment paper, you can remove from the pan after 10 minutes and finish cooling on a wire baking rack.
- After the bread cools, prepare the optional frosting by blending the cream cheese with maple syrup until smooth.
- Frost the bread with the cream cheese and top with roughly chopped macadamias or nut of choice. Add additional shredded carrots as desired.