Darcy's Banana Bread

This is named after a friend's little girl who is on a restricted diet so protein content really matters. It sounds complicated but I am assured it is actually very quick and easy!

MEWS free, corn free, nut free and delicious!

PREHEAT oven to 170C

Ingredients

• 350g peeled bananas (peeled weight)
• 180g-200g plain flour (rice and quinoa flour mixed works well with 140g-150g rice flour to 30g-40g quinoa flour)
• 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1tsp salt
• 1/3 cup brown sugar and white sugar mixed (if you convert this measurement remember different ingredients have different weights to cup values....)
• 1 tbsp water
• 1tsp xanthan gum
• 3tbsp oil plus any extra to grease a loaf tin
• splash of vanilla extract (I use the Madagascan vanilla extract from Lakeland, it's lovely!)
• 1tsp cinnamon (optional)

Optional nutritional supplements :-
2tsp calcium and vit D powder
5 scoops of Neocate
dash of apple juice if using the above and the acid helps the rise

Method

• Mash bananas in a large bowl
• Mix Sugar, water and oil and microwave/heat 30 seconds. CAREFUL IT WILL BE VERY HOT!!
• The oil will be sitting on top of the sugar so whisk through then whisk it into the bananas fast. (You could use a Kenwood type mixer instead)
• Add vanilla, salt to this "wet" bowl
• Mix everything else into the dry bowl and sift in to the wet bowl.
• Pour into a lined loaf tin, if you want a crunchy top then sprinkle some brown sugar over it before baking.
• Bake until a knife or cocktail stick comes out clean, allow to cool then cut in slices. 
• Freezes well.

IF YOU CAN USE EGGS THERE IS A BANANA MUFFIN/LOAF RECIPE HERE WHICH IS A GOOD ALTERNATIVE. I am looking forward to trying this myself - thanks Claire!