Spelt Banana Bread

This is the recipe my mom always used with a twist on the flour used. My baby cannot eat wheat, so I substituted whole grain spelt flour for the white flour and it tasted even better than I remembered. The baby loved it, too.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 206 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 ¼ cups white sugar
• ½ cup buttermilk
• 2 large eggs
• ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3 large bananas, mashed
• 2 ½ cups spelt flour

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pans.

Step 3

Cream sugar, butter, buttermilk, bananas, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a bowl.

Step 4

Mix flour, walnuts, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg together in a separate bowl. Pour dry ingredients into wet ingredients; mix to combine. Divide batter into the prepared loaf pans.