Description
This simple banana bread tastes like traditional banana bread, yet is free of dairy, eggs, and refined sugar. It’s vegan friendly and includes a gluten-free option as well!
Ingredients
Scale
Banana Bread: (Gluten-free version below)
- 2/3 cup coconut sugar
or pure cane sugar (can add additional 1/3 cup sugar if your bananas are not very ripe/sweet)
- 3 large mashed ripe bananas (with spots. About 1 1/2 cups)
- 1/2 cup avocado oil
, melted coconut oil
, or other oil of choice
- 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk or other milk of choice
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, optional
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon, optional
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or chocolate chips, optional (plus more to sprinkle on top)
Gluten-Free Banana Bread:
- 2/3 cup coconut sugar
or pure cane sugar (can add additional 1/3 cup sugar if your bananas are not very ripe/sweet)
- 3 large mashed ripe bananas (with spots. About 1 1/2 cups)
- 1/4 cup avocado oil
, melted coconut oil
, or other oil of choice
- 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk or other milk of choice
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, optional
- 1 cup gluten free 1-to-1 all-purpose flour (I used Bob’s Red Mill 1-to-1 GF Flour)
- 1 cup finely ground almond flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon, optional
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or chocolate chips, optional (plus more to sprinkle on top)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325ºF. Lightly grease or line a 9x5x3 loaf pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, mash bananas together with the sugar. Stir in oil, milk, vinegar, and vanilla.
- Add flour(s), baking soda, cinnamon, and salt, mixing just until incorporated. Stir in chopped nuts and/or chocolate chips.
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and top with additional nuts or chocolate chips.
- Place pan in the oven on the middle rack and bake for 60–70 minutes, until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Let loaf cool 10–15 minutes before removing from the pan. Remove and cool completely on a baking rack for easy slicing.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 65 mins
- Category: snack, gluten free, vegan