Christmas is just around the corner- and whether it is your first Christmas with a little person at home or you have been doing this for a few years now...it is ALWAYS an exciting time.

A lot of Christmas recipes are full or added sugar which isn't ideal for little people (we want to minimise and ideally avoid added sugar as much as possible before 2 years of age!) so, we have created this delicious and baby appropriate Christmas loaf. Think banana bread... but a Christmas edition.

Age Recommendation - Suitable from 6 + months. We recommend adding some yoghurt or a fruit puree for 6-9 months of age to make it a better texture for bub (cakes/muffins can become a little claggy in bubs mouth and adding some extra moisture can make it easier to eat).

This recipe contains several common allergens including:

• Egg, milk and wheat

Swaps:

• You can swap egg for flax eggs
• You can swap the flour for a gluten free flour
• You can swap the cow's milk for a plant milk

Christmas Spiced Sweet Potato and Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup of mashed sweet potato (we peeled, chopped and covered it in water in a microwave safe dish. We then cooked it until soft, drained and mashed it)
• 2 cups of self raising flour (can use wholemeal)
• 1 cup of dates (soaked in boiled water for 10 minutes then drained and mashed)
• 1 ripe banana
• 1/4 cup of olive oil
• 1/2 cup of milk
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp all spice

Directions

• Preheat your oven to 180 degrees
• Mix your eggs, sweet potato, dates, banana, milk and oil in a bowl
• Add in your spices and flour and stir until combined
• Line a bread tin with baking paper and pour your batter in
• Cook for 45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean