Gluten Free Banana Bread

I'm making my first trip to London this Fall and I am sooo excited.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 My husband has been there several different times with work but this time - we get to have the London experience together.  This is the point where I solicit all of you to send me all of your London travel tips - favorite restaurants and sights that are not to be missed while I'm there.🕰️  ⛴️

I am so excited about this trip that I started to make restaurant reservations even before we had our flights booked.   If you know me, that is probably not a surprise but what might shock you was that my very first booking was for HIGH TEA!! 🫖  I feel like high tea is a quintessential London experience.   I can tell you that my husband is not matching my enthusiasm over this experience.   Not to worry though, I made sure to book tea at a restaurant with burgers on the menu alongside the tea options.😂 🍔

Since this will be my inaugural high English tea experience - I'm not really sure what to expect.  I have visions of a beautiful tiered tray stacked with delicate finger sandwiches, scones, clotted cream and dainty cookies.🍡  Eeeeekkk.  I'm so excited.  Now who can help guide me as to what one should wear to a proper tea on a Thursday afternoon in London?👒

You better believe that I will report back with a full photo diary of my London tea experience this Fall.😂  There are a LOT of high tea options in London on any given day.  They range from formal to casual and expensive to reasonable.  And there are various menu options as well.  There were even a number of restaurants that offered gluten free tea options.  I'm not sure why that caught me by surprise because I seem to hear about even more people who are eliminating gluten from their diets everyday.  If you are on a gluten free diet - I invite you to try my Gluten Free Banana Bread.  It might not be up to Englands high tea standards but it does pair perfectly with a cup of hot tea.  

Gluten Free Banana Bread
2 very ripe bananas, mashed
½ cup sugar
⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
¼ cup almond milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1½ cups gluten free flour mix
½ cup almond flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
2 Tablespoons rolled oats

Combine mashed bananas, sugar, oil, milk, eggs, and vanilla.

Stir in dry ingredients.  

Fold in walnuts.

Spoon into a greased, parchment lined loaf pan and sprinkle with oats.  

Bake 42-48 minutes at 350.  

Ciao!

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