Almond Joy Mini Loaves
 
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Gluten free, dairy free, sugar free and delicious! A recipe for Chocolate Almond Joy Bread made with cocoa, almond butter, and coconut oil. No guilt here!
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Recipe type: Bread
Serves: 4 loaves
Ingredients
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • ½ cup coconut milk (original flavor)
  • ⅓ cup honey, plus more for drizzling
  • 3 tablespoons coconut palm sugar
  • ½ cup natural almond butter
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • ¼ cup coconut flour
  • ¼ cup buckwheat flour
  • ¼ cup almond flour
  • ⅓ cup potato starch
  • 2 tablespoons tapioca starch
  • ¾ cup cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon xanthan gum
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground flax
  • ¾ cup regular or dairy free chocolate chips (optional)
  • ½ cup sweetened coconut flakes
  • ½ cup sliced almonds
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour with buckwheat flour 4 mini size loaf pans. Set aside.
  2. In a large mixing bowl whisk eggs together. Add applesauce, coconut milk, honey, coconut sugar, almond butter, and vanilla. Stir until thouroughly combined, making sure that almond butter is smooth and mixed throughout the batter.
  3. In a separte smaller mixing bowl, sift together coconut flour, buckwheat flour, almond flour, potato starch, tapioca starch, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, xanthan gum, salt, and flax. Add dry ingredients to wet and mix until combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
  4. Pour batter into loaf pans*, filling ⅔ way full. Top each loaf with sweetened coconut flakes and sliced almonds. Drizzle about 2 teaspoons of honey on top of each loaf. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center of loaf comes out clean.
  5. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes in pan before removing to cooling rack.
Notes
*You can opt to make these muffins. Mini muffins take 12-15 minutes to bake and regular sized muffins take 20-23 minutes to bake.
Recipe by Breezy Bakes at https://www.breezybakes.com/gluten-free-chocolate-almond-joy-bread/