No-Sugar Spelt Flour Banana Bread

Cancer tends to REALLY like sugar, and the all-purpose highly-processed wheat flours aren't all that great either. With so many of my friends and family currently fighting the "Big C" vigorously, I came up with this modification last week (or was it the week before). Either way, it was a BIG hit.

My recommendation is to actually make this into muffins. They freeze really well and using the paper cup liners will make it easier to get the baked goodies out of the pans. Otherwise, it's really sticky, so lots of greasing and flouring of the pan will be needed.

Mary's Magic Banana Muffins

Tips: if you're short on mashed bananas add more unsweetened applesauce to make up the difference.
Use the organic version of items wherever you can when prepping this for a Cancer Fighter.



1 1/2 cups UNSWEETENED applesauce
1/2 olive oil OR 1/2 cup butter (melted)
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (usually about 4)
1/2 cup milk (or buttermilk)
2 tsps vanilla
2 1/2 cups + 2 tbls SPELT flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt optional
1 cup chopped nuts optional - strongly suggest you use Walnuts
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 tbsp cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

For loaf pans: grease the entire pan with olive oil or butter and flour heavily - even for non-stick pans. For muffin pans: use paper liners.


In a separate bowl, mix the spelt flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon and nuts. Again, this is a recipe where I tend to add the cinnamon and nutmeg until it just "looks right".

In a large bowl whisk or stir the butter/oil and sugar until well mixed. Add in the bananas, milk and vanilla. Stir in the already mixed dry ingredients until it's all moistened and there's no loose flour in the bowl.

Pour or spoon the batter into the pans in even amounts, you'll want each loaf pan or muffin tin about 3/4 full, it will need room for the top to rise.

Bake loaves for 50-60 minutes. Bake muffins for 22-25 minutes. Test with a fork or toothpick until center comes out clean.  Let cool and turn out of loaf pan (basically grab the bottom of the pan and flip it upside down into your other hand) or remove paper cups from muffin pans.