Best Banana Bread
This nutty, moist banana bread is just a perfect texture and the flavour is enhanced with roasted pecans and those “optional” chocolate chips!
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 4small loaves | 15minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 30minutes |
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Ingredients
- 3medium-sized ripe bananas
- 3teaspoons lemon juice
- 1/3cup oil
- 3/4cup brown sugar
- 4Tablespoons oat milk, or other unsweetened, unflavoured plant milk
- 2teaspoons vanilla
- 2 flax “eggs”Combine 2 Tablespoons of ground flaxseed with 6 Tablespoons of warm water and let sit for a few minutes.
- 2cups unbleached flour
- 1/2cup almond flour
- 1 1/2teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4teaspoon salt
- 1/2teaspoon finely grated orange rindoptional but tasty!
- 1/2cup chopped roasted pecansAlso good with other roasted nuts!
- 1/2cup vegan chocolate chipsif desired!
- 20 raw whole pecansto decorate.
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Make your flax “eggs” and set aside.
- Generously grease two regular loaf pans or four small ones. The small ones cook a little more evenly and more quickly.
- In a mixing bowl, beat ripe bananas until they are well-mushed. Add lemon juice, oil, brown sugar, milk, vanilla, flax “eggs”, and orange rind, if adding. Mix together until combined.
- In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients, except for chocolate chips and pecans.
- Add dry ingredients to the large bowl of liquid ingredients and stir together just until combined. Do not overmix.
- Fold in the chopped nuts and chocolate chips, if using.
- Spoon batter evenly into the loaf pans and decorate each with the whole, raw pecans.
- Bake for about 30 minutes, checking if it cooked through using a toothpick. If it comes out clean, it’s cooked.
- Let sit in pan for a few minutes and then turn out on a rack to cool thoroughly. Best if cool before slicing.The flavour actually improves with waiting a few hours! Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
These small loaves make great gifts and you can easily make a variety of flavour combinations by adding different nuts or chopped fruits, such as apricots! They are all delicious and are wonderful toasted!
