Step 1

Place oats in a food processor and process until a fine flour forms. Place oat flour in a mixing bowl.

Step 2

Process macadamia nuts (or your nut of choice) in food processor until they are evenly broken down (still a little bit chunky, making sure not to over process or you’ll end up with nut butter). See picture for texture.

Step 3

Place oat flour, processed macadamia nuts, and 1/2 cup of flax seed meal back into food processor and pulse until mixture is evenly mixed and place back into mixing bowl.

Step 4

Make date paste by mixing dates and water in a blender.  (sometimes, if you use less than 1/2 cup of dates, the blender will have a hard time blending such a small amount.)  You should have a thick sweet paste when done blending. Add this paste to the mixing bowl and mix.

Step 5

Smash ripe bananas in a separate bowl with a fork until a soft and smooshy (wait, is that a word?) mixture forms and then add this mix to the bowl as well.

Step 6

Add vanilla extract and pinch of salt and mix everything together until you have a nice sticky dough.If mixture looks dry, go ahead and add a little bit of water at a time until it is evenly mixed and very sticky. You can also add an extra very ripe banana if it’s really dry.

Step 7

Using a piece of parchment paper, cover all sides of an 8×4 loaf pan (see picture), and place the banana bread mix inside the loaf pan. See notes below as to why I use parchment paper.

Step 8

Place loaf pan inside dehydrator at 155 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour. This helps to firm it up quickly so that you can then remove the bread out of the loaf pan.

Step 9

After the first hour, remove banana bread with parchment paper out of loaf pan, cut into slices (see notes about cutting) and continue to dehydrate at 115 degrees for another 6 to 8 hours. (if you don’t slice it there is a good chance it will still be wet and gooey on the inside even after hours of dehydrating.)

Step 10

Once ready to serve, use a spoon to mix agave and cacao powder in a small bowl. Drizzle over the banana bread and serve up a slice. Enjoy!