Gluten-free banana and date loaf
- Woman's Weekly Magazine
- Jun 24, 2015
- 1 min read

Gluten-free banana and date loaf, banana recipe, brought to you by Australian Women's Weekly
Ingredients
1 cup(135g) dates, pitted, chopped finely
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
40 g butter, diced
1/2 cup(125ml) boiling water
1/2 cup(110g) firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup(130g) mashed banana
1/2 cup(140g) greek-style yoghurt
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla bean paste
1 1/2 cups gluten-free self-raising flour, sifted
Steps
Preheat oven 200°C (180°C fan-forced. Grease a 8 x 20cm loaf pan; line with baking paper.
Place dates, soda and butter into a large bowl; pour over boiling water. Stir to combine; allow to sit 5 minutes.
Stir sugar into date mixture. When sugar has dissolved, add banana, yoghurt, egg and vanilla bean paste. Stir to combine, then sift over flour. Fold to combine, then spoon into prepared loaf tin. Bake 35-40 minutes.
Stand in pan 10 minutes before turning, top-side up, onto a wire rack to cool.
Tips
Suitable to freeze. Not suitable to microwave.
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