Black Pepper Balsamic Banana Bread

A wonderful banana bread from http://renegadekitchen.com/black-pepper-balsamic-banana-bread/

• Brown Rice Flour 3/4 cup
• Quinoa Flour 1/3 cup
• All Purpose Flour 1/3 cup
• Tapioca Flour 1/4 cup
• 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
• 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
• 1 ½ teaspoons Freshly Ground Black Pepper
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• ⅔ cup Sugar
• ⅓ cup Oil (Coconut, Safflower, Sunflower…)
• 4 Ugly Brown Bananas
• 2 Eggs
• 1 tablespoon Balsamic Vinegar
• ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• ⅓ cup Chopped Walnuts or Pecans
• 1 tablespoon Sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon Pepper (for topping)

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a 9×5 loaf pan with parchment paper.
2. In a medium bowl, measure and mix the dry ingredients (everything through the salt).
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the sugar and oil until well blended.
4. Add the bananas and mash/whisk/puree the mess with a wooden spoon/whisk/electric hand mixer. It doesn’t have to be completely smooth, but you don’t want chunky banana pieces floating around.
5. Add the eggs one at a time and stir to combine.
6. Add the vinegar, vanilla, and nuts and mix well.
7. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet in three batches.
8. Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan and sprinkle the top the the additional sugar/pepper mixture (this makes a lovely crust).
9. Bake the cake for one hour, or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
10. Let the cake cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing it to a wire rack to cool completely.