For the Love of Lavender.
Have you ever bought a product and never used it? That is totally me – I buy an ingredient with intentions to use it and then it goes to waste. But for the love of lavender, I’m on a mission to turn that around.
I really love lavender and on our spring break road trip to California, we found this great fruit stand called Casa de Fruta. Not only did they have fruit and yes- wine, they also had lavender! I told myself – ok I will get some but I better use it all, I will not waste this!!!
Some History
Now I’m culinary trained (savory foods) however I taught myself how to bake by following recipes to the tee. For the sake of this blog and my personal growth, I told myself I want to start creating my own baking recipes.
One of my things is that I create recipes on a whim. Which is asking myself what do I have on hand so I don’t need to go to the store, what needs to get used up first, etc.
I see you pile of very ripe bananas….
Looking at a pile of very ripe bananas that my toddler didn’t eat through that week and staring at my lavender , I googled: does banana go with lavender.
I was shocked to find out, it does- strangely enough I have never had the combo which is why I googled it in the first place.
With the fate of my bananas and the 9.00 lavender that I vowed to use, I decided I would create a Lavender Banana Bread.
The Results
As I have made this twice now, I’m pretty proud of myself for a few reasons:
It actually turned out the way I was hoping for.
My husband really enjoyed it.
This was stepping out of my comfort zone by creating a sweet/baking recipe. If only you could have seen my face when he was biting into it, I was thinking, please don’t make the look of disgust! LOL
Some things I love about this loaf is that its made with gluten free oats and the oats make a nice little crust on top.
This bread can be eaten by itself or you can enjoy with your favorite vegan butter.
While looking into my pantry the other day, I realized I had bought 2 bottles of it, so more lavender recipes to come! LOL
Let’s Get Baking!
Please Note : This recipe has been updated to Lavender Banana Bread.
For The Love of Lavender
Equipment
- loaf pan
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup oat flour
- 1/4 cup almond flour
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup cane sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/3 cup coconut oil melted
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large bananas very ripe
- 4 ounces apple sauce
- 1 tablespoon lavender
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Add all the dry ingredients to a bowl and whisk them together.
- In a small bowl, add the bananas and mash them with a heavy wooden spoon or a masher
- In separate bowl, add all the wet ingredients and gently stir to combine.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry, then add the banana. Combine with a spatula or whisk.
- Then fold in the dried lavender.Spray a loaf pan with non stick spray and line with parchment paper.
- Pour the batter in.
- Place in the center rack and bake for 55-60 minutes.
- Check the bread for doneness and if needed, bake an additional 15-20 min.
- Remove the bread from the oven and set aside for 10 minutes.
- Grabbing the parchment paper, transfer the bread to the cooling rack.Slice and Enjoy!
