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Going to make this one short because I am SWAMPED with house work…and making cookies of course 😉 In fact today is banana bread day. AND I just received my new beater blade for my 7 qt Kitchen-aid that I got for Christmas so I'm psyched to test it out.
I made these for a friend who had just moved into her new home:
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread should be everyone’s comfort food! On their own, chocolate and banana are delicious — but pair them together and they become something magical! The super sweetness of the very ripe bananas is toned down by the bitterness of the dark chocolate. Every bite of this homemade chocolate chip banana bread is somehow more delicious and comforting than the one before it…
For my Essential Chocolate Chip Banana Bread recipe, I even opt to use a good quality chocolate bar instead of the chocolate chips, but you can definitely just use chocolate chips. It just really amps up the flavor and makes it feel somehow more mature.
[ Try my Best-Ever Banana Bread recipe, too! ]
Yes, I am a responsible adult. My taxes are done on time, and I eat banana bread with chocolate chunks.
That said, I’m still down for chocolate chips in my banana bread because I’ll take this recipe anyway I can get it! Did I mention it can also be made in the microwave? Keep reading.
One day, some brilliant mind looked at their unappetizing brown bananas on their counter and thought, “I can make bread with this.”
Sometime later, another genius was eating banana bread and thought, “You know what would make this perfect loaf even better? If I threw some chocolate in with it.”
The rest is history.
Since bananas are so sweet, I would use semi-sweet chocolate chips. If you want to be even more decadent, use a darker chocolate bar. And if you want to go nuts, use an 80% cocoa solids bar!
This recipe is truly the best way to use up any forgotten bananas. Here’s how to make it (and don’t forget to get the full recipe with measurements, on the page down below.):
Store any leftover bread at room temperature for up to 3 days. You can also freeze chocolate chip banana bread in an airtight container for up to 2 months. Before serving, defrost at room temperature in the container for a few hours.
And don’t forget to buy my Bigger Bolder Baking Cookbook!
Full (and printable) recipe below!
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Full of Fall flavor, this Pumpkin Dump Cake is so easy and delicious! It’s like a cross between pumpkin pie and cobbler – and perfect for Thanksgiving!
It’s finally autumn, y’all!! Forgive me. I just couldn’t wait any longer! To be honest, I’m kinda over summer this year. Plus, I’ve been waiting to share this Pumpkin Dump Cake recipe with you for months!
I’ve been enjoying and sharing this recipe for well over twenty years now – and for good reason. Number one, this is the easiest fall dessert ever. And second, the combination of the pumpkin base will remind you of pumpkin pie, while the buttery pecan topping will remind you somewhat of a cobbler.
As I mentioned, this recipe is so easy – just like the name implies! Although this is perfect for Fall, you don’t have to wait that long! ? I sure don’t! Ha! My family loves this dessert all year long!
Lemme show you how to make it …
** Ingredients are at a glance. Be sure to scroll down to the recipe card for the full amounts and printable recipe. **
Time needed: 1 hour and 10 minutes.
How to make Pumpkin Dump Cake
Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9×13-inch baking pan with cooking spray and set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine the pumpkin, milk, eggs, sugar, salt, and cinnamon until well mixed. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
Sprinkle the dry cake mix over the top of the batter. Pour the melted butter over the top. Sprinkle with pecans.
Bake for 50 minutes.
Allow the cake to cool 10 minutes before serving.
If you have any questions about this recipe or if you would like some suggestions before getting started, be sure to check out these tips:
Personally, I would refrigerate it. Because of the eggs and milk having high protein and moisture content, room temperature conditions are ripe for bacteria to multiply rapidly. This cake is good, tightly covered, for up to 5 days in the fridge.
Yes! Make sure it’s tight;y wrapped and freeze it for up to 2 months. When you are ready to eat it, allow it to that in the fridge overnight.
It’s best eaten within 3-5 days.
Sure! Try a different flavor of cake mix – white, chocolate, butter pecan, and spice cake – all make great flavors!
Isn’t this the easiest fall dessert ever? I would love for you to drop a comment letting me know what you thought! Did you change anything or did you make the recipe as stated? If you run into any problems, drop a comment and let me see if I can help!
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Yield: 12 servings
Full of Fall flavor, this Pumpkin Dump Cake is so easy and delicious! It’s like a cross between pumpkin pie and cobbler – and perfect for Thanksgiving!
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Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 426Total Fat: 21gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 79mgSodium: 632mgCarbohydrates: 56gFiber: 2gSugar: 36gProtein: 5g
Please note that the nutritional information listed on this page is an estimation based on the products I used. Ingredients and nutritional information can vary greatly between brands. Always be sure to read labels.
Originally published on July 21, 2014. Updated on September 21, 2020.
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These almond flour banana muffins have a great texture, with just a little bit of added coconut sugar and there’s also a vegan option. These paleo banana muffins won’t disappoint!
People loved my almond flour brownies so much that I figured I’d make another almond flour recipe.
And this one is a winner! It took me all these years to post a basic paleo banana muffin recipe because like I mentioned in my paleo chocolate banana muffins post, paleo muffins are so difficult to get right.
I’ve tried making paleo banana muffins on and off for years and I thought maybe I was the one with issues. So I tried a bunch of recipes from other people and have to say I didn’t like any of them.
The textures were eggy, soggy and just… bla. But not these!
While they’re not exactly like regular banana muffins, they’re still super delicious and the texture is great.
If you don’t have almond flour on hand but still want your banana muffins to be gluten-free, try my gluten-free banana bread. Unfortunately, I have no idea of the yield or how long to bake them as muffins for. I’m guessing it’d yield 12 muffins and you’d need to bake them for 15-22 minutes.
I wanted to make these muffins totally banana-sweetened but they were just hardly sweet. So I added two tablespoons of coconut sugar and that made a difference.
If you want to give these almond flour banana muffins to toddlers, you can go ahead and omit the coconut sugar. Unless they’re already used to sweet stuff, they should be totally happy with them. 🙂
To make them vegan, I went with my first choice of vegan eggs and used a chia egg. But they were soggy and never baked fully.
I tried again using 1.5 teaspoons less water in the chia egg and it worked great! Sometimes people complain about how I call for unusual amounts of ingredients.
Like 1/4 cup + 1 teaspoon of flour, water, whatever. And this is why.
Because just small amounts can have a huge effect on the recipe. Especially in paleo baking!
It’s why I usually test a recipe an absurd number of times before posting. Precision, precision, precision. 🙂
I have to say that the vegan version is uglier than the egg one. You have to smooth the tops of them because they don’t really flatten while baking.
They’re also a little darker brown rather than yellowish brown.
I kept these almond flour banana muffins totally plain but you can add nuts or chocolate chips.
If you live outside of North America, make sure you’re using the right almond flour. In the UK, almond flour = deoiled almond flour, which is a product that doesn’t even exist in the US.
Or at least it didn’t a few years ago when I looked into it. In Germany, it’s the same. What translates to almond flour = deoiled almond flour.
What you need to get is ground almonds! Ground almonds usually aren’t as fine as almond flour but it’s what I use without major issues.
Recipes will turn out a little more greasy but it’s usually not a huge deal. It does make cookies spread a lot more, though!
You can see a side-by-side comparison in my post on paleo gingerbread cookies. It’s a pretty huge difference, huh?
After a year of no new muffin recipes, I seem to be on a muffin posting spree. I’ve got one more coming up and then it’s on to other good stuff!
I hope you’ll enjoy these muffins!
I would have to recommend that you find a non-banana muffin recipe if you can’t use bananas.
I’ve only used modified chia eggs so I’m really not sure. I used 2.5 tablespoons of water instead of 3. When I made a regular chia egg, the banana muffins never cooked fully. So I can’t really say about other subs.
You could use maple sugar. Or another type of granulated sugar. Not a liquid sweetner.
They weren’t sweet enough for me without the coconut sugar but if you want the muffins to be hardly sweet, you can omit it.
Almond meal should be fine. Another type of nut flour or meal would likely work but I can’t say for sure without trying it myself.
Coconut flour, a GF baking blend, wheat – nothing else will work in place of almond flour except possibly for other nut flours / meals.
Using a muffin recipe in a loaf pan doesn’t always work. When it’s a grain-free recipe, especially one that’s just almond flour, it’s even more risky. I haven’t tried it yet and don’t recommend doing it, unless you’re okay with a possibly sunken loaf top and / or a soggy bottom.
Yes! I’d suggest about 1/2 cup chocolate chip or chopped nuts.
If you love almond flour recipes, you’re going to love these moist, flavorful and delicious paleo banana muffins!
Pasta with Sweet Corn Gremolata is a no-cooking required sweet corn and tomato sauce and tossed with pasta. Fresh and ready in 15 minutes.
When it feels like the Earth is melting at the end of the summer and you cannot be bothered to turn on the oven, this pasta dish is the perfect solution for your “what’s for dinner” crisis.
It celebrates the sweet, end of summer corn (but you can make this any time of year), perfect vine-ripened tomatoes, and loads of fresh herbs from the garden.
Even better – the sauce is no-cook. Throw the ingredients into a bowl and it’s ready to go. Boil some pasta, give it a toss, and dinner is ready.
Gremolata is a fresh sauce similar to a chimichurri. It’s Italian and is a mixture of parsley, lemon zest, and garlic.
It’s typically served with ossobuco but it is amazing with grilled chicken, fish, swirled into soups or stews, or even with your scrambled eggs and toast.
I added tomatoes and sweet corn to mine to make it a no-cook pasta sauce, and you can add lots of things to change yours up too.
If you are like me, and have a summer garden that is overflowing, you might not even need to take a trip to the store to make this summery pasta dish.
A nice balance of pantry staples and fresh produce, this corn pasta requires minimal ingredients.
For the no-cook sweet corn and tomato sauce, you will need corn, tomatoes, green onion, lemon zest, lemon juice, oil, garlic, salt, pepper, basil, and parsley.
To make the pasta, you will need spaghetti, or your favorite pasta shape (I don’t recommend an open tube shape, the corn will get stuck inside), and Parmesan cheese.
Corn. You can use either fresh or frozen corn for this dish. Peak sweet corn is always ideal, but use what you have available. This is a great recipe to use leftover corn if you’ve made too much the night before. Just cut it off the cob and save it in the fridge for this recipe. If I don’t have leftover corn, I will quickly saute the corn in a pan with a tablespoon of grapeseed oil for 5 minutes until corn is cooked through.
Tomatoes. Super sweet cherry tomatoes are my favorite to use in this recipe. Slice them in half with a serrated knife and toss them into the bowl. If you have an abundance of tomatoes to use, you can use any variety from the store or heirloom from your garden, just dice into bite-size pieces.
Extra-virgin olive oil. Because this sauce is not cooked, use the best olive oil you can. It flavors the sauce and will coat the pasta creating a sauce. I like to go to an olive oil store and taste a few varieties before purchasing and try from different countries.
This no-cook pasta sauce comes together faster than your water comes to a boil. A quick corn and tomato gremolata and one-pot is all you need to for a fresh and flavorful summer pasta dinner. Simply:
1. Bring the water to a boil and cook the spaghetti according to the package directions.
2. Add the cooked corn kernels, halved tomatoes, and sliced green onions to a large bowl.
3. Use one of my favorite kitchen tools ever – the Microplane – to zest a lemon into the bowl.
4. Squeeze the juice from the lemon into the bowl.
5. Pour in the olive oil.
6. Use the microplane again to grate garlic into the corn mixture.
7. Season with salt and pepper.
8. Add chopped fresh basil and parsley.
9. Give everything a good stir and let sit until the pasta is cooked.
10. Drain the pasta and add to the sauce. Toss the well to coat completely.
11. Add Parmesan cheese and toss to coat the pasta. Serve and add more cheese.
This is an easy pasta recipe I make on the all the time because:
I love the freshness of this pasta recipe with my no-cook gremolata sauce, you can add or change an ingredient or two to make it your own. Try:
I love to make on the nights when I am short on time or just want to throw something together fast for my family. It’s perfect for a busy school night.
But it’s also really good as a cold pasta salad, which means I can meal prep it at the beginning of the week or bring it to picnics, potlucks or BBQs, or pack it in a lunchbox.
This recipe is so delicious, I hope that you love it as much as we do.
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Pasta with Sweet Corn Gremolata bursting with a no-cooking-required fresh sweet corn and tomato sauce and tossed with pasta. It’s an easy and flavorful weeknight dinner that’s ready in 25 minutes.
Yield: 6
Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 330Total Fat: 15gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 576mgCarbohydrates: 40gFiber: 4gSugar: 5gProtein: 11g
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