Vegan Chocolate & Nut Banana Bread
Author:Transform those overripe spotty bananas into this delicious Vegan Banana Bread that is loaded with chocolate chips and chopped nuts! It's perfectly moist, sweet, flavourful, and quick and easy to make all in one bowl!
Ingredients
- 3 medium 7 to 8 inch long bananas , (weighing approx 375 grams or 13 oz in total when peeled). Plus some extra slices for the top if you can.
- ¼ cup (60 ml) liquid oil, or ¼ cup (4 tablespoons) of natural nut/seed butter
- ½ cup (100 grams) sugar , white, cane, brown or coconut
- 1 tablespoon molasses , blackstrap or regular
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cup (250 grams) all-purpose flour or spelt flour , (plain flour in the UK). Wholewheat flour or 1 to 1 Gluten-Free all purpose flour work well too
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ cup (85 grams) chocolate chips , plus a few more for sprinkling
- ½ cup (60 grams) chopped walnuts or pecans , (omit to make nut-free), plus a few more for sprinkling
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350°F and grease an 8.5 x 4.5 inch or 9 x 5 inch loaf pan. Line the pan with a strip of parchment paper along the bottom, making sure it comes up over the ends so you can use it as a handle to lift the loaf out once cooked.
- Peel the bananas then mash them really well with a fork until they are a puree.
- Add the coconut oil (or nut butter), sugar, black strap molasses and salt and beat well until smooth.
- Add the flour and baking powder and gently fold it all together. Do not over mix. You want it so that it is just combined and so that you cannot see any dry flour throughout the mixture. When almost mixed up, add the chocolate chips and nuts and stir gently to combine.
- Pour into your prepared pan and sprinkle over a few more chocolate chips or nuts, or both.
- Bake in oven for around 50 minutes or until a tooth pick or skewer comes out clean when inserted through the middle. Lift out of pan, remove parchment paper and cool on a cooling rack.
NOTES
This bread freezes really well. I often double the recipe so we have one to eat and one for another day.
NUTRITION
Serving: 1of 10 slices | Calories: 263kcal | Carbohydrates: 37.5g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Sodium: 221mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin C: 4.1mg | Calcium: 90mg | Iron: 1.6mg
