Gluten-Free Date Orange Banana Bread (Edit recipe)

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Love this banana bread for its subtle change of flavor, with chopped dates and orange zest. It's gluten-free and perfect for when you have bananas that extra ripe.

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PREP TIME

20 minutes

COOK TIME

1 hour

INGREDIENTS

Serves: 8

Ingredients

4 Medjool Dates, (make sure there are no pit fragments)
2 cups Gluten Free Flour
2.5 tsp Baking Powder
.5 tsp Salt
.5 cup Granulated White Sugar
1 Egg, large, lightly beaten
1 cup Banana, Mashed (about 2 medium, plus one whole to put on top of the batter), Mashed
.5 cup Milk, regular or non-dairy
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
.333 cup Canola Oil, Vegetable or
3 Tbsp Orange Juice
1 Orange, Zest of one
1-2 Tbsp Turbinado Sugar, Raw or ((optional) )

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Note, these instructions are written assuming the standard serving size, since you have modified the number of servings, these steps may need to be modified for best results

Preheat oven to 350. Grease 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 loaf pan or line with parchment paper.
Place the 4 dates in a cup of hot water to soften about 5 min.
Place the sugar in a small bowl and zest the orange into it. Rub the orange zest into the sugar with your fingers.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Add in the sugar with the orange zest and mix well.
Drain and chop the dates into small pieces then add to the flour mixture stirring to ensure they are coated in the flour.
In a separate bowl combine egg, mashed banana, vanilla, milk, oil, and orange juice. Mix well.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, stirring until moistened.
Add batter to the greased or lined loaf pan.
Cut a whole banana in half lengthwise and place the cut side facing up onto the batter.
Sprinkle the top of the batter with raw or turbinado sugar. (Optional)
Bake at 350F for approx 1 hour or until tester comes out clean.
Cool in pan 10 min, then remove to cooling rack to finish cooling.
Cool completely before cutting into it.

Notes

This recipe can be made using regular flour and regular milk.

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This is our estimate based on online research.
Calories:	277
Fat:	10 g
Carbohydrates:	46 g
Protein:	2 g
Cholesterol:	2 g
Sodium:	357 mg
Fiber:	3 g
Sugars:	18 g
Sugar Alcohol:	0 g
Calculated per serving.