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=== Assistant: Absolutely — here is a perfectly tuned banana bread recipe designed specifically for your fresh-milled blend of hard wh… ===
Absolutely — here is a perfectly tuned banana bread recipe designed specifically for your fresh-milled blend of hard white + soft white + spelt 🍌🌾
This version is moist, tender, deeply flavorful, and never dense or gummy.

==== (Hard White · Soft White · Spelt — equal blend) ====

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===== • 1 standard 9×5 loaf =====
• Slices cleanly, stays moist for days, freezes beautifully

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* 2½ cups total fresh-milled flour - ~¾ cup hard white wheat berries - ~¾ cup soft white wheat berries - ~¾ cup spelt berries

👉 Mill fine, then rest flour 10–15 minutes before using.

===== - 3 very ripe bananas, mashed (about 1¼ cups) =====
* ½ cup melted butter (or avocado oil)
* ½ cup coconut sugar (or organic cane sugar)
* ¼ cup maple syrup or raw honey
* 2 large eggs, room temperature
* 1½ tsp vanilla extract

===== - 1½ tsp baking soda =====
* ¾ tsp fine sea salt
* 1 tsp cinnamon (optional but recommended)
* Pinch nutmeg (optional)

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* Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C)
* Grease or parchment-line a 9×5 loaf pan

===== In a large bowl: =====
# Mash bananas thoroughly
# Whisk in melted butter/oil
# Add coconut sugar + maple syrup
# Whisk in eggs and vanilla

===== In a separate bowl, whisk: =====
* Fresh-milled flour
* Baking soda
* Salt
* Cinnamon + nutmeg (if using)

===== - Gently fold dry ingredients into wet =====
* Mix just until no dry flour remains
* Batter will be thick but pourable

⏸️ Optional rest (highly recommended):
Let batter rest 5–10 minutes before baking
→ hydrates bran, improves softness

===== - Pour batter into pan =====
* Smooth top gently
* Bake 55–65 minutes

✅ Check at 55 min
• Toothpick with moist crumbs = perfect
• Internal temp: 200–205°F

If top browns early, tent loosely with foil.

===== - Cool in pan 15 minutes =====
* Remove and cool on rack 1 hour before slicing

==== - Spelt → moisture + tenderness ====
* Soft white → soft crumb, no heaviness
* Hard white → structure so loaf holds beautifully
* Balanced sugars + fat prevent dryness common with fresh-milled flour

==== - ½–¾ cup chopped walnuts or pecans ====
* ½ cup dark chocolate chips
* 1 tbsp collagen peptides (no texture change)
* Cinnamon-sugar swirl (I can give you exact method)

==== - Keeps 3–4 days at room temp (wrapped) ====
* Freezes exceptionally well (slice first)

===== I can easily adapt this to: =====
* Lower-glycemic
* Dairy-free
* Cast iron pan
* Muffins
* Extra-protein / gut-friendly

Just tell me how you plan to bake or store it 💛