Its fall in America right now and after living in the states for a couple of years i'm feeling a little nostalgic for all of the beautiful pumpkin spice flavours! This is my spin on a pumpkin banana bread attempting to recreate that wonderful pumpkin spice flavour without the actual pumpkin spice!

Age Recommendation - Full disclosure this recipe does have a little added sugar in both the bread and the icing so is best suited for 2 years plus however if you have a few older kiddo's like me and are feeding the whole family I was comfortable serving it to my one year old.

I often see a lot of recipes like this one claiming to be "healthy" by switching regular sugar to a fancier sounding sugar or switching butter to coconut oil.

FYI these things actually don't make them any healthier. Coconut oil is basically just another form of saturated fat and doesn't deserve the health halo it gets. The same can be said for other forms of sugar like maple syrup, honey, coconut sugar, agave syrup etc. When it comes down to it they may be more "natural" forms of sugar but when we add them into things they are still essentially just added sugar with an inflated price tag. My advice when it comes to sugars is to choose the one you enjoy that fits within your budget and use it in moderation.

If you were making this recipe just for a little bubs you could easily leave out the sugar in both the bread and the icing to make it more of a savoury slice!