Christmas Spiced Sweet Potato and Banana Bread
Christmas is just around the corner- and whether it is your first Christmas with a little person at home or you have been doing this for a few years now...it is ALWAYS an exciting time.
A lot of Christmas recipes are full or added sugar which isn't ideal for little people (we want to minimise and ideally avoid added sugar as much as possible before 2 years of age!) so, we have created this delicious and baby appropriate Christmas loaf. Think banana bread... but a Christmas edition.
Age Recommendation - Suitable from 6 + months. We recommend adding some yoghurt or a fruit puree for 6-9 months of age to make it a better texture for bub (cakes/muffins can become a little claggy in bubs mouth and adding some extra moisture can make it easier to eat).
This recipe contains several common allergens including:
- Egg, milk and wheat
Swaps:
- You can swap egg for flax eggs
- You can swap the flour for a gluten free flour
- You can swap the cow's milk for a plant milk
Christmas Spiced Sweet Potato and Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup of mashed sweet potato (we peeled, chopped and covered it in water in a microwave safe dish. We then cooked it until soft, drained and mashed it)
- 2 cups of self raising flour (can use wholemeal)
- 1 cup of dates (soaked in boiled water for 10 minutes then drained and mashed)
- 1 ripe banana
- 1/4 cup of olive oil
- 1/2 cup of milk
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp all spice
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 180 degrees
- Mix your eggs, sweet potato, dates, banana, milk and oil in a bowl
- Add in your spices and flour and stir until combined
- Line a bread tin with baking paper and pour your batter in
- Cook for 45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean
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