Gluten Free Banana Nut Bread

   We just found out that our 3yr.old son has Celiac Disease (on top of Type 1 Diabetes) so we will be changing to a Gluten Free diet. His specialist described it to us like this... when you have this disease, one side effect of it is an allergy to gluten. Gluten is in wheat (breads and pastas) and when you eat it, it makes your small intestine irritated & swollen. This causes your body to not break down and absorb the vitamins and nutrients from your food to go into your body. So, no matter how healthy you eat, you aren't absorbing anything your body needs to grow and to build up your immune system. Hence, why he has been so sick! I'm glad we have this all figured out, but it's just more for us to take on with his health. I am so grateful that he has diseases that we can manage and he isn't in a hospital somewhere all the time.
   So, with that being said, I am learning all about the gluten free change in our eating fast! So I will be posting any good ones I have tried and taste good!

Below is a recipe a friend of mine gave me and I changed it a little, so it's a healthier version.
You can use the recipe as a base for ANY bread, just switch out the fruit and nuts and change to anything else you want to use. I love this recipe because whatever fruit I use, it always comes out super moist and yummy! Enjoy!

GLUTEN FREE BANANA NUT BREAD
-3 cups Gluten Free Flour
-1 tsp. Salt
-1 tsp. Baking Soda
-3 tsp. Cinnamon
-1/2 tsp Baking Powder
-2 cups Sugar (I used 1cup Truvia baking blend)
-3 eggs
-1 cup canola oil
-3 tsp Vanilla Extract
-2 cups Bananas mashed (or any fruit)
-1 cup chopped Nuts (I used Walnuts)

Preheat oven to 350.
Sift dry ingredients (except sugar) together in large bowl, set aside.
Beat eggs in another bowl, add oil and sugar, mix until creamed. Add bananas and vanilla.
Add wet ingredients to dry, then add in nuts last. Pour into greased loaf pan.
Bake 25-30 min or until light brown on top.

Makes 2 medium size loafs.