Learn how to make the perfect vegan banana bread! Fluffy, perfectly sweetened and easy to put together. Plus, it requires just one bowl and about an hour of your time.

Has anyone else been on a baking spree during this quarantine? So far I have made our vegan egg bread, no knead bread, pandesal and chocolate chip cookies, and I’m still itching to make more! After seeing SO many banana bread being made on Instagram over the last few weeks, I knew that it was finally time that I made my own.

I don’t know about you, but banana bread hits home for me. It always was a special treat when my mom made it for my brother and I at home, and it was always my go-to when my school and church had bake sales.

Although we do already have a date-sweetened banana bread recipe on the blog, I wanted to put together a “regular” banana bread recipe in case that wasn’t your cup of tea. I tried my best to use ingredients that you probably already have at home and to keep this recipe very straight forward. We used coconut sugar to make this recipe refined sugar-free, but regular cane sugar works as well!

The beauty about this banana bread is that is requires just one bowl and just about 10 minutes to prepare.

First, mix together all of the wet ingredients in large bowl and then set it aside for about 5 minutes to let the flax seeds thicken.

Add in the dry ingredients except for the walnuts and mix until uniform. Lastly, add in the walnuts (and any other add ins of your choice) and fold in until just combined.

Take your last banana and slice it vertically. Place the banana halves, cut side up, onto the batter, gently pressing them in. 

If you would like, you can lightly sprinkle the banana bread with additional coconut sugar before placing it into the oven. This allows for additional caramelization and makes the bananas even prettier when baked! Bake for 55-60 minutes, or until golden brown and a fork runs clean.

A few notes:

• We used 3/4 cup coconut sugar for the banana bread because we like it on the less sweet side, but if you would like for it to be sweeter, you can add 1/4 cup of additional sugar.
• You can use regular cane sugar or brown sugar in place of the coconut sugar but note that those sugar are slightly sweeter than coconut sugar.
• It is important that the almond milk is warm so that the coconut oil does not solidify/get chunky.
• Melted butter should work in place of the coconut oil. We have not tested it but based on our experience it should work just fine!
• We have tested this recipe with 1:1 Bob’s Red Mill Gluten-Free Flour but it was not successful, so we do not currently have recommendations for gluten-free alternatives. We do have a gluten-free banana bread recipe that you can find here.

If you like this recipe, you’d also like:

• Date-Sweetened Banana Bread
• Fluffy Vegan Egg Bread
• Classic Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Vegan Cinnamon Butter

Make sure you tag us on Instagram @sweetsimplevegan and @consciouschris and hashtag #sweetsimplevegan if you recreate any of our recipes, we love to see your photos!

Easy Vegan Banana Bread (One Bowl)

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• Author: Jasmine @ Sweet Simple Vegan
• Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
• Yield: 12 slices
• Diet: Vegan

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Learn how to make the perfect vegan banana bread! Fluffy, perfectly sweetened and easy to put together. Plus, it requires just one bowl and about an hour of your time.

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Ingredients

Wet Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups (331g) mashed banana (about 3 large) + 1 more banana for on top
• 1/2 cup (105g) melted coconut oil * (see notes)
• 1 tablespoon (15g) apple cider vinegar (or lemon juice)
• 1/3 cup (78g) warm unsweetened almond milk (or plant-based milk of choice)
• 1 teaspoon (1g) pure vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons (16g) flaxseed meal (or chia seeds)

Dry Ingredients

• 2 cups (280g) unbleached all-purpose flour
• 3/4–1 cup (120-160g) coconut sugar *see notes
• 1 teaspoon (3g)  baking powder
• 1 teaspoon (5g) baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon (4g) sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon (1g) cinnamon
• 3/4 cup (85g) walnut halves, chopped

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Instructions

1. Line an 8×4-inch bread pan with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. In a large bowl, add in all of the wet ingredients and mix until uniform. Set aside for 5 minutes so that the flaxseed meal can thicken.
3. Add in all of the dry ingredients except for the walnuts until uniform. Fold in the walnuts until combined.
4. Transfer the batter into the lined bread pan using a spatula, and then smooth out the top of the batter to make sure that it is equally distributed in the pan.
5. Take your last banana and slice it vertically. Place the banana halves, cut side up, onto the batter, gently pressing them in.
6. If you would like, you can lightly sprinkle the banana bread with additional coconut sugar before placing it into the oven. This allows for additional caramelization and makes the bananas even prettier when baked!
7. Bake for 55-60 minutes, or until golden brown and a toothpick runs clean.
8. Remove the banana bread from the oven and allow it to cool for 15 minutes.
9. Slice the banana bread as desired  (we cut ours into 12) and enjoy!

Notes

• We used 3/4 cup coconut sugar for the banana bread because we like it on the less sweet side, but if you would like for it to be sweeter, you can add 1/4 cup of additional sugar.
• You can use regular cane sugar or brown sugar in place of the coconut sugar but note that those sugar are slightly sweeter than coconut sugar.
• It is important that the almond milk is warm so that the coconut oil does not solidify/get chunky.
• Melted butter should work in place of the coconut oil. We have not tested it but based on our experience it should work just fine!
• We have tested this recipe with 1:1 Bob’s Red Mill Gluten-Free Flour but it was not successful, so we do not currently have recommendations for gluten-free alternatives. We do have a gluten-free banana bread recipe that you can find here.

• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 60 minutes
• Category: Baked Goods, Breakfast
• Method: Oven

Keywords: Banana Bread, Oven, Baked Goods, Bread, Breakfast, Vegan

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