Teff Banana Date bread/muffins

Teff Banana Date bread/muffins

Carlos 6/13/20

¾ cup pitted dates

2 1/4 cups water

1 1/2 ripe-ish bananas – more than 1 but not 2 large ones

1 cup teff flour

3 Tablespoons cinnamon

2 Tablespoons baking powder

2 teaspoon baking soda

½ to 2/3 cup walnuts chunked or crumbled

Simmer dates in water until soft – 16 to 30 minutes. Let cool

Put dates, water and banana in blender and blend until smooth

Add 1 C. teff and cinnamon and blend

Stir in baking soda and baking powder

Adjust the mixture until it’s a thick, barely pourable batter. You have total control at this point by adding more teff 1/3 cup at a time.

Stir in walnut crumbles with a spatula so as to not crush up walnuts

For muffins shovel batter into & bake in papered cups for 27 minutes at 335 – preheated

OR

Pour batter about 1 1/2” thick into pans of your choice like CorningWare (plopping the batter right onto baking parchment)

Bake at 345 for about 55 minutes - maybe less.

Baker’s notes:

I’m using deglet nour dates which aren’t that sweet and are fibrous. Both these qualities are advantages.

I sometimes add 2 teaspoons allspice if I have it around

Don’t crush up the walnuts too much - careful

I have no idea what the baking soda does in here – I just copied a bunch of recipes for banana bread and most of them had it in

The longer this sits around, in my place at room temperature, the better it is although a day and a half is as long as any has lasted. It gets better.

My latest strategy for baking of all kinds is to use parchment paper. So, I take this batter and pour it into Corning Ware about 6” x 6” lined with a large square of paper. If you use multiple dishes make sure the batter depth is the same as that governs the cooking time. Just use a toothpick to know when it’s done. The Corning Ware is particularly easy as I just put the cover on when it’s cooled.

If you’re worried about weight gain:

1.   Have you ever seen a fat Ethiopian? Teff is the national flour of Ethiopia and Somalia also to some degree.

2.   Compensate by knocking off ALL dairy. It’s cow mucus designed for BABY cows.

3.   Don’t eat any seeds or nuts except walnuts 4-5 a day.

4.   NO avocados, no oil at all.

5.   Do what NA people do if they have to take a troublesome prescription med – leave it at a sponsor’s or neighbor’s house and get a daily allotment and no more.