Ok, it’s not really just for climbers, and you can eat it in other places besides at climbing areas, but this banana bread is staple crag food for Seth and me because it’s filling, mildly sweet, and it has a good amount of carbs, protein, and fat all in one package. And it’s very portable. We make large batches of it (this picture is a quadruple batch), freeze large pieces of it separately and then just take one of the big pieces with us to the crag and let it thaw out on the way up.
This is grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, and soy-free, but definitely not flavor-free. This is good stuff 🙂
Banana Bread Recipe for Climbers
Combine the following into a bowl with a mixer (or your hands like I do):
4 ripe bananas
4 eggs
1/2 cup coconut flour
1/2 cup coconut butter or almond butter
1/4 cup honey
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbs vanilla extract
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
Pour into a bread pan or a pie dish (whatever you prefer) and bake for about 25 minutes (or until a butter knife poked into the middle of it comes out clean) at 375F. Makes 8 slices.
Nutritional Info for 1 of Those Slices
Calories: 240
Carbs: 31g
Protein: 7g
Fat: 13g
Fiber: 8g
Enjoy!
Hi Neely…5 years later and this is still my go to for climbing snacks. They freeze well and as muffins are perfect little servings. I’ve been successful making these vegan by doing ground flax seed egg ‘substitute. Since less liquid that way I need to add a bit of water to still make 12 muffins. Peanut butter also works! Love these!
Nice, Peggy! So glad you like them 🙂
Do do have a recipe/variation for pumpkin bread similar to this? I tried subbing a similar amount of pumpkin for the bananas and adding some spices to this recipe but the pumpkin flavor didn’t come through as well as I had hoped…
Ps. The banana bread is awesome!
Erica – Sorry, but I don’t have a pumpkin variation! Sometimes pumpkin takes more sweetness and salt to make the flavor of it come out. Maybe add more honey and salt? Or use fresh pumpkin instead of canned (if that’s what you used)? Or more pumpkin – less of everything else? Just some ideas. Good luck!
These are fantastic and very tasty. The recipe as stated made 11 moist and sweet muffins. I am looking forward to having these as little fuel packets for the upcoming week in Rifle. Thanks Neely!
You’re welcome, Peggy! See you soon probably!
Awesome! So excited to try this- I have it baking in the oven right now! Will send out with my hubby the climbing guide tomorrow. Please put more crag-worthy recipes like this up!!!