Banana Bread Sticks

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup light oil
• 2 eggs (i used energ egg replacer)
• 2 cups mashed bananas
• 1/2 cup nuts (roasted, chopped and optional)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or other flavor optional)
• 3 1/4 cups spelt flour (or unbleached)
• 3 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f if you've decided to use them, roast your nuts for 7-10 minutes. remove and cool.
• 2 grease two medium loaf pans.
• 3 mash the bananas and set aside.
• 4 chop the nuts (i used macadamia nuts), set aside.
• 5 put the flour, baking powder and baking soda in your food processor and mix to incorporate. put in a large bowl.
• 6 put the brown sugar and oil in the bowl of the food processor and combine. add the eggs or egg replacer. process until combined. add the vanilla and give it a couple more pulses. add the mashed banana.
• 7 pulse once to combine.
• 8 add the chopped nuts to the flour mixture and mix them to coat.
• 9 add the wet ingredients to the dry until just combined. don't over mix.
• 10 divide between the two loaf pans.
• 11 bake for 1 hour or until the loaves are done.
• 12 i found 40 minutes was sufficient, but it may vary for different ovens. i used a wooden kabob stick to test my loaves. once the stick came out clean i removed the loaves from the oven.
• 13 turn the stove temperature down to 200°f.
• 14 cool the banana bread in the loaf pans for about 15 minutes then turn them out onto metal racks and cool.
• 15 make sure they are cold before you cut them as they will fall apart.
• 16 using a serrated knife, cut each loaf in about 1 inch slices, then cut the slices in half so they resemble a biscotti cookie.
• 17 i placed them cut side down on a metal cookie sheet covered with parchment paper. bake for at least another hour. i found that more time is needed. be patient it might take a while.
• 18 the slices should be hard and crunchy when finished. store in a tightly covered container. i'm going to glaze these with chocolate. :0).