baking · loaf

Vegan Banana Bread

A one-bowl banana bread with cinnamon and vanilla, topped with sliced bananas.

time
70 min
serves
10

Ingredients

  • 4medium ripe bananas
  • ¼ cupvegetable oil
  • ¼ cupunsweetened nondairy milk
  • ½ cuplight brown sugar
  • 2 tsppure vanilla extract
  • 2 cupunbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 tspcinnamon
  • 1 tspbaking soda
  • ½ tspsalt
  • sliced bananas, for topping

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 9×5 loaf pan with nonstick spray, then flour it.

  2. In a large mixing bowl, roughly mash the bananas. Add the brown sugar, oil, vanilla and almond milk, and whisk to incorporate.

  3. Mix in the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon and stir until combined. Do not overmix, or the banana bread can come out dense and gummy!

  4. Transfer the batter to your prepared pan, and top with the extra banana slices.

  5. Bake for about 45 minutes.

  6. Then cover with foil and bake for 10-15 minutes longer, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with just a couple crumbs.

Health benefits

  • Egg and dairy-free

    Made with oil and plant milk, with no eggs or butter, so it suits vegan and dairy-free diets.

  • Potassium

    Ripe bananas bring potassium and some fibre.