Oops. Looks like I forgot the baking soda, yes?
It may have been the excitement of a long Easter weekend, or it could have just been that Portland had a gorgeously sunny weekend. All I know is, I like listening to Rory McIlroy talk.
Wait, what? I meant it is a good thing I like dense and chewy breads. Plus, when you have the combination of chocolate and peanut butter in that bread, do you really even notice?
Not when you eat it while watching the Masters, you don’t.
Maybe I should just call this a soft biscotti instead.
chocolate peanut butter banana bread
dairy, egg, soy and gluten free, vegan
makes one loaf
2 tablespoons chia seeds
1/3 cup water
2 bananas
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup canola oil
1 cup all purpose flour (gluten free)
3/4 cup almond meal
1 teaspoon baking soda
pinch sea salt
4 ounces dark chocolate, chopped
Combine chia and water, set aside to thicken. Mash bananas in a bowl, add maple syrup, peanut butter, oil and chia, stir to combine. Add flour, almond meal, baking soda and salt to the wet ingredients, mixing dry together before folding into wet. Stir in chocolate, pour into prepared (sprayed/buttered, parchmented) loaf pan. Bake at 350 for 50 minutes, or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.
I hope you had a good Easter, Passover, Good Friday, golf weekend.
What did you do?
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Oh wow – that looks just perfect. I want a bite right now. I think I actually have all the ingredients too. Had a very nice weekend. Hiking, time with family, and time relaxing with the pupsters.
sounds like a perfect weekend to me! hope your week is going just as well XO
Oh yum. I don’t know what it is, but banana bread is SO comforting to me. And would go SO SO SO well with my iced coffee right now, with a smear of (more) peanut butter on top of a slice of that banana bread, y’know, if I had a slice sitting here in front of me and all.
hehe, me neither. I had to look him up. But it’s okay, the bread makes it all worth it!! YUM!
I almost always smear peanut butter on my banana bread – LOVE it! I really wish I could just teleport you a slice…
I actually do like dense chewy breads. This looks perfect to me! I hope you’re feeling better and getting back in action. Have a great week my friend!
thank you, I am feeling better! just in time, too – we leave town tomorrow. YOU have a great week – enjoy the conference! XO
I love that it’s dense! I love when that happens, actually, even if accidental. I must make some banana bread with chia seeds! YUM!!!!
I hope you do, it’s pretty darn good!
hahaha nothing like forgetting an ingredient in a recipe. Gosh, I do it all the time. Or use baking powder instead of the soda… grr. But hey, if it tastes good, who cares!
yep, that is my motto also
that first picture is totally drool inducing, it looks so good!!!
thank you! I know, I look at that and it makes me want a slice…
OOOoooohhh! This looks super good! And Im obsessed with Chia seeds. Deftly going to try this
I love chia also, Sarah – I hope you like this!
I have a PB banana bread on my site and this looks…AMAZING! A must try!
Mmmmm chocolate banana bread is one of my faves, but it sounds even better with peanut butter! Will have to give this a try.
Happy Easter! I celebrated my 25th birthday this weekend! {though it’s not ’til Wednesday.}
woooo, happy *almost* birthday, Char! weeee – I hope you do something fun, and make it last at least a week!
peanut butter + chocolate = heaven so I wouldn’t mind that you missed an ingredient! Dense breads are yummy too so looks like you have a winner regardless! The sound of soft biscotti makes my tummy happy!
I know, now I think I may have to make a soft biscotti??
Yep, the Masters was on at ourhouse…all day long………The ‘kids’.. Jake and Elwood, our 2 doxies and myself got to be outside in the suuny garden enoying the wonderful day…….once in awhile we would come in and we would get a blow by blow of the match….oh goody, right?…ha ha….
By the way that bread looks great to me….that would be good mixed in ice cream too…..yum
happy it was a nice day and you were able to be out in it… soon you can come to MY back yard, BIG Long Dog Party!! weeeeeee!
Hi Kris, these look perfect just the way they are!!! Hope you have a fantastic week. (pats to Basil)
aw, Basil loves the attention, Roz! thank you XO!
Haha! soft biscotti! NOO! This is excellent… Yes, we bakers forget to put baking sodas, so what?! :p I won’t be paying attention to my shows while eating this!
yep, the baking soda may be “left out” more often…
This baking soda -less banana bread looks fantastic! Sometimes baking mistakes happen for a reason, I think.
I think this would be awesome for breakfast, looks so dense!
I agree, at least with some baking mistakes…
and yes this would be good for breakfast – as a french toast even! 
Well, Saturday we went for a 10 mile run and our tape of the Masters failed to record! But we did rest and laze and watch on Sunday.
My husband says he could win money by betting against whomever I cheer for at any sporting event! hahahahaaa
These bars look wonderful and I will be making them for sure! Thanks for the recipe!
oh noooooo – well, Sunday is the day to see anyway, right?
and you are very welcome – I hope you enjoy!
love dense breads! looks wonderful
did work over the weekend, though Gary did manage to watch some of the masters! he was happy
I had to (catch up on) work this weekend too… hope you got some relaxation time in too! XO
It sounds as though you were glued to the Masters like we were! I don’t think I’d notice anything missing from this bread – there’s chocolate, pb and bananas. What else does one need?!
what else does one need? not much!
yes, Masters weekend is always a good one – reminds me of Grandpa Z 
Yum, this looks delicious! I love dense and chewy bread, too.
thank you! yep – when enough people say they like dense breads like this, I can say I planned it that way
OK I am a massive fan of banana bread and now you’ve added my fave ingredients – pb & chocolate. This is a sure hit!
Happy Easter:)
I wish I could send a loaf of this over your way… hope your Easter was great too! I love that you still get baskets… XO
You are SO right…chocolate and peanut butter do drown out anything (supposedly) wrong with this bread. I’m sure I wouldn’t have noticed either! How are you feeling!? Much better and fully recovered I hope.
yep – kinda thought that would deflect from… everything!
I am doing GOOD, thank you! – seems to be all healed, although I am now in a habit of careful chewing, I still haven’t been eating many crunchy things yet…
Looks good to me, baking soda or not!
thank you – that seems to be the consensus, perhaps I’ll have to forget it more often…