PaleoBread.. oh bread. How I love the smell of baking bread, or anything sweet for that matter. And can I tell yo something? 80% of the time, the gluten free food/treats I bake are for the Kiwi. Don’t get me wrong, I eat them too, but I mean I make things I know he will love (flavor wise). Then again, there isn’t much that man won’t eat. Which makes my job easy!
That other 20% of the time, I make something that is MY FAVORITE and then completely hoard it. Okay, I give him a few pieces, then hide the rest. Come on, you know you’ve done that before.
Well, this bread is my craving. My dark chocolate, nutty, molasses craving. And it’s grain free because that’s what my body wanted.
This bread.. it’s rich, in the best possible way. And if you warm it up, add butter or coconut butter, and drizzle with more molasses or dark chocolate sauce, you’re totally allowed to lick the plate.
This bread… I probably make again soon for the Holidays, and the hoard more. Hey, sometimes a Sherpa Wife needs to be selfish. Oh and that I did!
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Paleo Cocoa Hazelnut Bread with Molasses
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 35 min
- Total Time: 45-50 min
- Yield: 8-9 1x
Description
Paleo Cocoa Hazelnut Bread with Molasses. Updated 2018
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 grain free flour (ie. cassava flour or almond flour) See notes for baking times.
- 1/4 c arrowroot flour or tapioca starch
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder (unsweetened)
- 1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts
- 1 cup almond or coconut milk
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2–3 tbsp molasses
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- Optional –> to make sweet feel free to add in stevia baking sugar or 1/2 cup coconut sugar/brown sugar, etc.
Instructions
- Mix your dry ingredients first in a bowl. In another bowl, whisk your eggs and milk. Pour into bowl with dry mix. Whisk until batter is smooth.
- Fold in your hazelnuts and molasses and beat or mix until batter has consistent texture. If there are any flour clumps, be sure to remove them.
- Pour into an oiled 8×4 bread pan and bake at 350F for about 35 to 45 minutes. Check center of bread for doneness at 25 minutes to see how it’s baking.
- If you are using a different flour, it could take longer/shorter. Adjust accordingly.
- Once done, remove and let cool, do not touch, for 15 minutes. The bread will have a very dense cake like texture.
- Once cooled, drizzle with extra molasses, cocoa powder, and chopped hazelnuts to top!
- Makes about 8-9 slices.
Notes
You can use other paleo flour like cassava flour here or gluten free multipurpose flour if you don’t have plantain flour
- Category: bread
- Method: oven
- Cuisine: american
Make this, share if you’d like, or selfishly save it all for YOU! Santa won’t put you on the naughty list quite yet, I promise.
Do you hide food from your family? Favorite way to use Molasses?
Cheers!
LC
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I LOVE the tigernutflour in it!! I baked with it past weekend and I just love the natural sweet taste it has. This bread looks amazing. I would totally eat it by myself! 🙂
thanks to you i’m hooked! Love you! miss you!
Haven’t tried that type of flour, but this bread looks really delicious!
i think you would love it! i buy it on amazon
Oh wow… that bread is calling my name. I love that you threw pumpkin in there, too! I have everything except the plantain flour so if I find a sub in my cupboard I’m making this today!
what flour do you have? I think oat or GF flour would work. Or spelt! It’s not sweet, just rich, which is why i like it! i’d add in baking stevia or brown sugar if you want it sweeter. xxoo Keep me posted!
I do have gf flour so I think I’ll try that!
Chocolate, molasses, pumpkin, so many good things in this lovely bread, I can see why you hoarded it. I often hoard my home baked granola from my hubbie, tucking it to the back of the shelf, so it’s there, but not really there 😉
Yep! Me too, I just made my weekly loaf last night….although I forgot it was rising, went to yoga, came back and it was flat….I honestly think it must have gone too high and popped…..bummer….but it still tastes good at least. Love the idea of adding molasses, yum yum!
I tried hard not to click on this (moments from lunch time and I need to get through some more work before I take my break!) but here we are and I’m DROOLING over the thought of this. Keep meaning to get my mits on some tigernut flour – do you find it gives things a distinct flavour, or no?
no, it’s a little nutty but sweet. SOOOOOOO good. kind of like sweet potato flour
This sounds incredible. I almost think it would be even cooler to add in actual plantain chips and chunks as well! (I just got some plantain chips, and they are rocking my world, so I’ve a bit of tunnel vision around the matter, haha).
now you’re talkin!
looks so yummy — this with a big cuppa coffee this morning would be perfect
yep… you read my mind
Bread is probably one of my favorite things to bake! I use molasses in a muffin recipe that tastes amazing. This bread looks delicious 🙂
me too brandi! its just so fun to eat too. LOL!
My brother… can you just ship me this? With a side of balls.
What if you made melting balls? So when I had a slice of this hot, I’d just top it with the ball and it would ooze all over. Yeah… I’d lick that plate shamelessly.
haha selfish sherpa wife! Hardly!! This looks amazing. This looks much more delicious than the breakfast I just ate!
Great mix of flours and flavors here!
This looks so ridiculously good. Pinning, tweeting, drooling!
yum, yum! I have got to get some plantain and tiger nut flour!!!
I still haven’t tried plantains let alone plantain flour. I had a big mishap with molasses once so I’m a bit gun shy on using it. I was trying to make a maple pumpkin pie for Jason’s family for Thanksgiving. I grabbed and used a TON of molasses instead. Holy cow it was STRONG.
uh oh, how much did you use?
Woah–this looks outstanding!! I need this bread in my life.
Is it possible to die from looking at deliciousness? Bc I think I just did! LOOKS SO GOOD!!!
I so love the smell of sweet treats baking, though I have yet to bake with molasses – think I found the perfect recipe to give it a go 😉
Yes – I have sharing issues – and I also have a teen who is taller than me and can hide her stash on shelves that I cannot reach! GAH!
Whoa! I didn’t know that plantain flour even existed! What is tigernut flour?!
it’s actually more a tuber flour. no nuts or grains and a prebiotic. it’s awesome!
Oh yes! I totally have a separate shelf in the fridge for “Megan-only” foods 🙂 🙂
yum! i’ve been craving some molasses-y carbs.
Ohhh yum! I almost shared a “gingerbread” recipe today too but decided last minute to go another way. I have over a dozen “gingerbread” recipes and realized I may have an obsession more than past years with it this year. I am thinking this bread will be made this week for my grandmother on a very big day as I always think of these flavors and in a bread/cake as a warm hug. Thank you for sharing!
You are so thoughtful! it will be perfect for your grandma
yum yum yum! Can I have a slice now por favor?
Oh my goodness–what an awesome flavor combo-like Nutella bread!
I have so few ingredients for that but man oh man that looks & sound amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS: Hope you got my thank you on IG – looks like a go in January!
oh no, i never got it. On IG?
I put it on the DM part of IG where I originally wrote to you. 🙂
Very unique ingredients. Never heard of tigernut flour or seen plantain flour. Love that it is Paleo of course.
you would love! it’s a great prebiotic too!
Wow how creative! I’ve been known to hide my Hershey Kisses from time to time. Thanks for linking up with us today for MM
thanks for hosting!
WOW! I love hazelnuts and with cocoa… this looks amazing.
Wonder if you could ship breads like you do balls. I’d pay for stuff like this.
These look delicious! So creative!
OH EM GEE what I would give for a piece or loaf of this as we speak! mid-flight to Cali and utterly starving. this looks delish!!
2 words –> PMS cure
Do I hide stuff? ALL THE TIME. But its normally not because I’m afraid Dan will eat it all but because i don’t want him to know I’m eating an entire bag of chocolate chips by myself.
I like where your mind is at.. put all that deliciousness in the bread, the drizzle more on top!
The man is the same way. I put it in front of him, it disappears!
Looks so yummy Linds!
thx friend. Can you come bake for me now? I’m tired. LOL.
I would probably hide my Nuttzo stash…That stuff is like GOLD! 😉 I cannot remember the last time I cooked with molasses. Send me some of this bread please!
Ok, seriously? Why can’t I reach into my computer work screen to get a piece of this????
Haha yes yes, I’m notorious for “hiding” baked goods. When Tim asks why the house smells so good, I’ll say I baked for a friend and there are no leftovers ;). Fast forward several hours and I’ll share a piece or two out of guilt haha. Anyway, this looks so so good, Lindsay!! I can only imagine what the house smells like! Want some now!!
WOW! Beautiful pictures and a delicious sounding recipe. One that I wouldn’t feel so bad about eating 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
for sure! let me know if you try it Pragati
What a yummy flavor combination you have here – I love me some molasses. I don’t use it very often, but it’s good stuff!!
This looks awesome! I have been loving baking sweetbreads recently. So good to grab for a quick breakfast!
yes, and with coconut butter! gahh.. soo god
Looks delicious! Pinned to recreate later. 🙂
Oh.my.GOSH. This looks (and sounds) incredible. And whipping up a loaf would actually make me appreciate the fact that I live alone — no need to hide food 😉
This looks awesome! I really miss hazelnuts – my daughter is pretty allergic to them so we can’t have them around the house. Sometimes I find the single serve Justin’s Chocolate Hazelnut butter at the store and get my fix when my not at home 😉
I’ve got to try this. Molassas and pumpkin – can you say heaven!! Thanks for sharing the recipe so we can all be stingy with our own personal stash!!
This looks incredible!!! Will have to go hunting for plantain flour online! Not a hope of finding it in Ireland!
That looks and sounds delicious! I’m definitely forwarding the recipe to my gluten free friends!
omg you teased us on instagram and now I’m just…besotted? Is that appropriate? I still remember almost a year to this day I made your sticky loaf (remember that!) and now I have a new one to make! Although tiger nut flour is new to me- might try with peanut!
peanut flour works! oh and now i want that sticky bread now. geeze. Can we quit life and just bake? please!
So there’s a chance I’ve hoarded some of my favorite foods before. It’s totally acceptable and I’m sure they do it too and we don’t even realize.
This looks incredible. Amen to freshly baked bread.
you are so right. In fact, mine sneaks down and gets food in the middle of the night. This i do know! LOL!
Oh my gosh this looks so good! I’ve never heard of tigernut flour but I’m going to find it cause I have to make this!!
I bought it on amazon. Tigernut is a tuber, so it’s a good prebiotic. Similar to sweet potato. and soo good!
Mmmmm, now I’m craving this too. And I don’t have plantain flour, but want to keep it grain free, so I may need to get some. Like, now.
you can just use coconut/almond flour or peanut flour! no prob
That looks ridiculously amazing! WHERE do you buy plantain flour?? All these things I miss out on living over here in Asia. I am ordering some while I’m home!
And, making this bread! My family would love it.
you can buy it on amazon! you’d love!
oh my word, this sounds wonderful. Just like Christmas! I’ve never heard of plantain flour – where did you find it? My favorite way to use molasses is in my famous gingerbread cookies!!!
you’d love jen! it’s on Amazon!
this looks amazing!!
Plantains are ALL THE RAGE these days, they’re kind of like Jennifer Lawrence….. I don’t know why, but that’s the first celeb’s name that came to my mind! ha ha
I’m allll about the hazelnuts lately. Where do you find tigernut flour/plantain flour… Amazon?
yep! amazon is a girls best friend! haha. You would love Cassie!
Okay I have had this in the oven now for 45 mins and its still semi liquid….why? Are you sure this is the actual recipe?
I’m so sorry to hear that ric! What flours are you using. This works well with TIgernut flour. It’s an old recipe. I’ll be sure to update it with new times after we retest with other Paleo flours. Because it is delicious!
Hi Ric! I always do the 1/3 cup almond flour plus another 1 1/3 cup of almond flour for grain free! I set the timer for 25 minutes and then watch it closely after that!