This is probably my favorite grain free treat that I make. My son would agree! It is similar to my banana muffins but has that little extra oomph on top that makes it more like a coffee cake.
I use Kerrygold grass-fed butter as the topping. Grass-fed butter has a whole host of nutritional benefits that I wanted to share with you. Given the choice I would pick grass-fed butter, ghee, coconut oil, olive oil or avocado oil any day over margarine, and vegetable/seed oils for baking and cooking.
Grass-Fed Butter:
According to Kris Gunnars from the website Authority Nutrition:
Butter is basically just milk fat, also known as butterfat.
Butterfat is highly complex. It contains about 400 different fatty acids, and a decent amount of fat-soluble vitamins.
Fatty acids are actually more than just energy sources, some of them have potent biological activity.
As it turns out, many of the fatty acids in butter can affect our physiology and biochemistry in some way, leading to major health benefits.
This includes the fatty acid CLA (conjugated linoleic acid). It is popular as a fat loss supplement, and studies show that it can have powerful effects on health.
Grass-fed butter contains 5 times more CLA than butter from grain-fed cows.
Butter from grass-fed cows is also much higher in Omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin K2, compared to butter from grain-fed cows
and p.s. don’t’ be afraid of the saturated fat, the link between heart disease and saturated fat has been debunked in my opinion. I will be writing about that at a later date but if you want to read something on that, here is a link to a WSJ article. Everyone has an opinion on this and there is scientific studies done by both sides. This is the one I personally agree with based on my reading and studying and what has worked for me.
The topping also includes 2 Tbsp of coconut sugar. You need the sugar to make the topping crunchy, stevia will not work. Coconut sugar is still sugar but it is lower in fructose than sugar, has a lower glycemic load and does contain more nutrients. For an occasional treat it is a decent sugar substitute.
This is probably my favorite grain free treat that I make. My son would agree! It is similar to my banana muffins but has that little extra oomph on top that makes it more like a coffee cake.
I use Kerrygold grass-fed butter as the topping. Grass-fed butter has a whole host of nutritional benefits that I wanted to share with you. Given the choice I would pick grass-fed butter, ghee, coconut oil, olive oil or avocado oil any day over margarine, and vegetable/seed oils for baking and cooking.
Grass-Fed Butter:
According to Kris Gunnars from the website Authority Nutrition:
Butter is basically just milk fat, also known as butterfat.
Butterfat is highly complex. It contains about 400 different fatty acids, and a decent amount of fat-soluble vitamins.
Fatty acids are actually more than just energy sources, some of them have potent biological activity.
As it turns out, many of the fatty acids in butter can affect our physiology and biochemistry in some way, leading to major health benefits.
This includes the fatty acid CLA (conjugated linoleic acid). It is popular as a fat loss supplement, and studies show that it can have powerful effects on health.
Grass-fed butter contains 5 times more CLA than butter from grain-fed cows.
Butter from grass-fed cows is also much higher in Omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin K2, compared to butter from grain-fed cows
and p.s. don’t’ be afraid of the saturated fat, the link between heart disease and saturated fat has been debunked in my opinion. I will be writing about that at a later date but if you want to read something on that, here is a link to a WSJ article. Everyone has an opinion on this and there is scientific studies done by both sides. This is the one I personally agree with based on my reading and studying and what has worked for me.
The topping also includes 2 Tbsp of coconut sugar. You need the sugar to make the topping crunchy, stevia will not work. Coconut sugar is still sugar but it is lower in fructose than sugar, has a lower glycemic load and does contain more nutrients. For an occasional treat it is a decent sugar substitute.
- 3 ripe bananas
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup almond butter
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- pinch salt
- 1/4 tsp liquid stevia
- 4 tbsp grass-fed butter
- 2 tbsp coconut sugar
- 2 tbsp almond four
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup walnuts (crushed) or other nut
- Preheat oven to 350. Mash bananas and add other wet ingredients. Add in dry ingredients and mix well. Spray a loaf pan with coconut or other non-stick spray and pour batter into pan.
- Meanwhile mash topping ingredients together. This works best by using your hands.
- Break apart into pieces and place uniformly over the top of the batter.
- Bake at 350 for approximately 30-40 minutes depending on your oven.
- Cool and slice. Be prepared to have to exercise some willpower not to eat the whole thing!
Adapted from Paleomg.com Banana Coffee-cake bread
2 Comments
Mariah venti
What research did you study to determine that the link between heart disease and fat is false? Just wondering because my son has heart disease and his doctor has him on a strict diet.
Michelle
I believe in preventitive medicine, meaning eat well BEFORE getting a chronic disease. I write to educate people on alternatives to eating processed foods and sugar which I believe contribute to chronic disease. But I also believe in science and I believe once you have a disease or are at high-risk that you should see a specialist in that area to guide you in the appropriate manner, you can also see a nutritionist to aid in healing, or lessen symptoms. Although genes are not completely deterministic to our health, we are all bio-individuals and some people will have heart problems no matter how they eat, food does not solve everything. I just personally believe it can help. I don’t think saturated fat causes heart disease. But once you have heart disease you need to follow what your Doctor and nutritionist says as each person is different. Here is the study I used in making that statement…http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/early/2010/01/13/ajcn.2009.27725.abstract and here is an article that summarizes the study http://www.drbriffa.com/2010/01/15/two-major-studies-conclude-that-saturated-fat-does-not-cause-heart-disease/ I hope that answers your question.