Banana Bread

• 1/4 cup walnuts, ground finely in blender
• 1-3/4 cups brown rice flour
• 1/2 cup arrowroot
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1-1/2 cups ripe mashed banana
• 1/4 cup safflower or sesame oil
• 6 Tbsp. apple juice concentrate
• Egg replacer to equal 2 eggs (1 egg = 1 Tbsp. ground flax mixed with 1/3 cup water and let sit 5 min.)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350°.  Mix finely ground walnuts with flour, arrowroot, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.  Stir in the chopped walnuts.
In a separate bowl, mix together the banana, oil, apple juice, egg replacer, lemon and vanilla.  Add to the flour mixture and stir until just moistened.  Do not over mix.
Pour into a greased 9x5” loaf pan and bake for 55-60 minutes or until cake tester inserted in middle comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool on wire rack.