Pear Upside-Down Banana Bread

Looking to satisfy a sweet tooth? Enjoy a delicious treat, sweetened with bananas, pears and dates. Incredibly moist, you will never believe it is gluten free, dairy free and contains  8 g of protein. So tempting, it is hard not to eat it all in one day!

Ingredients

• 2 small-medium pears sliced
• 1/2-1 tsp maple syrup
• 1 cup of gluten free oat flour (can make your own by grinding rolled oats) (or substitute preferred flour choice-whole wheat, gluten free mix, coconut etc.)
• 1/2 cup brown rice flour (or sub preferred flour choice)
• 1/2 cup quinoa flour (or sub preferred flour choice)
• 3 bananas
• 1 cup pitted medjool dates
• 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk (or sub dairy beverage of choice)
• 2 tbsp flax seed powder or chia seeds + 6 tbsps of water (or can sub 1 egg)
• 2 tsp of vanilla extract
• 1 tsp of cinnamon
• 1 tsp of baking powder
• 1 tsp of baking soda

Method

1. ​​Line a bread pan with parchment paper
2. Mix flax/chia seed powder with water and stir well. Set aside
3. Mix pears and maple syrup. Set aside
4. In a bowl mix dry ingredients-flour, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon
5. Using food processor or blender, blend together dates, almond milk, vanilla. Add bananas, flax/chia mixture and stir well. Add wet mixture to dry ingredients (flour etc. and stir until combined.
6. Arrange pear slices in bread pan.
7. Pour batter over pears. 
8. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes, or until tooth pick runs clean.
9. Let cool (5-10 minutes).
   
10. Place plate upside down onto pan; turn plate and pan over. Remove pan. Let bread cool and enjoy.