Comments on: Spelt Banana Bread

By: Melanie McDonald

Melanie McDonald — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 21:34:54 +0000

In reply to DM. Just omit it. It won't affect how the recipe technically works. There isn't really anything else that will give the same flavor.

By: DM

DM — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 21:16:49 +0000

Hi
Can I sub anything for the molasses as I see that as an ingredient in a lot of your recipes but don't currently have any...I have Carob Molasses...or would golden syrup/maple syrup/honey work?
Many thanks
Danielle

By: Rochelle

Rochelle — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 19:37:35 +0000

This is very good. I used whole wheat instead of spelt. Took less than 10 minutes to bring together. Soft inside and delicious crunchy outside, and lots of bananas used up!

By: A Virtual Vegan

A Virtual Vegan — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 23:28:33 +0000

In reply to Cat. The recipe hasn't been tested with gluten-free flour. When switching the flour other changes need to be made to a recipe to compensate for that. All flours have different qualities and they don't bake the same. It's very rarely a straight swap. That's why the texture wasn't right when you made it. For best results, I recommend following a recipe that is already gluten-free rather than trying to change one that it isn't.

By: Cat

Cat — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 07:30:08 +0000

I try your recipe with all purpose GF flour but turns out so chewy (not soft). I use the same ingridients, also for sugar i use brown sugar. Do you have any suggestion and why my bread turned out so chewy?:(

By: A Virtual Vegan

A Virtual Vegan — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 21:27:44 +0000

In reply to Maureen Cram. I hope you enjoy it Maureen, and there are lots more spelt flour recipes where that came from. It's my favourite flour!

By: Maureen Cram

Maureen Cram — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 14:31:04 +0000

I bought some spelt flour (took me a while to find it here in South Africa) and by then I couldn't remember why I bought it! Sigh... so just looking for recipes in which to use it and found this one! Making tomorrow for sure. I know it will be fantastic - your recipes always are xxx. I am a cardamom fan.. I use it in carrot cake, banana bread and my Christmas stollens. So thank you so much for this recipe and for using cardamom :).

By: A Virtual Vegan

A Virtual Vegan — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 16:52:56 +0000

In reply to Courtney. Thank you Courtney! Bananas and tahini are great together!

By: Courtney

Courtney — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 13:45:35 +0000

Just made this with whole wheat flour and tahini because I didn’t have spelt flour, almond or cashew butter. Annnnnd it was amazing! Another fool proof virtual vegan recipe. Thanks, Mel.

By: Norah

Norah — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 12:46:57 +0000

I've made this for the third time now. First time with whole wheat flour and the last two times with buckwheat flour. All of them turned out amazingly soft, moist and they smelled heavenly! Thank you for this foolproof recipe; I'm now confident to make banana bread any time now :)
P/s I was thinking about another comment maybe a combination of almond meal and buckwheat flour might work because buckwheat flour can give a sticky, mochi-like texture to the batter and help hold the meal together. Just a thought and maybe I will try it next time.