Desserts

Banana bread

50 min Cook
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Slice of banana bread with chocolate ice cream

Is there anything better than the smell of banana bread fresh out of the oven? Me thinks not.

Banana bread traces its roots to the Great Depression, when resourceful home cooks sought ways to use overripe bananas rather than let them go to waste. The recipe evolved as a simple, comforting quick bread, often sweetened with sugar and spiced with cinnamon or nutmeg. Over time, it became a beloved staple in kitchens around the world, celebrated for its moist texture and versatility.

This particular recipe keeps the classic charm but skips the eggs, proving that delicious banana bread can be just as rich and soft without them.

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Banana bread

Banana bread

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This banana bread recipe is so simple that you'll want to make it every time your bananas go overripe. As it uses no eggs, it's easy to make it vegan. Here, we have enriched it with dark chocolate chips, walnuts, and a drizzle of honey.
prep time
10 min
cooking time
50 min
servings
8
total time
1 hour

Equipment

  • Flour sifter

  • Vegetable masher (or fork)

  • Whisk

  • Mixing bowl

  • Baking tin

Ingredients

  • 3 ripe bananas

  • 210 g (1 3/4 cup) all-purpose flour

  • 75 g (1/3 cup) cassonade

  • 1 pinch of salt

  • 1 bag vanilla yeast for sweets*

  • 75 ml sunflower seed oil

  • 56 ml (1/4 cup) almond milk

  • 3 tablespoons dark chocolate chips (optional)

  • Walnuts (optional)

  • Honey (optional)

  • 1 tablespoon butter (for greasing)

Instructions

1

Prepare the base

Pre-heat the oven to 180 C or 356 F. Peel the bananas and mash them into a large mixing bowl. Add the oil and whisk them together. Mix in the vanilla yeast, cassonade and salt.
2

Finish the batter

Add the flour, passing it through a sifter, and mix it in. If the batter is too thick, add the almond milk. If using the optional ingredients, stir in the chocolate chips and the walnuts.
3

Bake

Grease the baking tin with butter (or vegetable alternative) and pour the batter in. If desired, garnish with a few more walnuts and drizzle with a little honey. Put the tin in the oven and bake for 50 minutes. Before taking it out of the oven, test if the banana bread is ready by inserting a long skewer in the middle: if it comes out wet, leave in the oven for another 5 minutes. If it's clean, take it out of the oven.
4

Serve

Set aside the banana bread to cool down for 10 minutes. Take it out of the baking tin and let it rest for another 30-45 minutes before serving. You can serve your banana bread as is or topping a slice with a ball of vanilla or chocolate ice cream for a scrumptious dessert!

Notes

Common substitutions: you can use spelt flour or whole wheat flour as well in place of all-purpose flour. As a sweetener, you can use any type of cane sugar, granulated sugar, or even stevia or monk fruit. If you don't have vanilla yeast for sweets, you can substitute with a teaspoon vanilla extract plus 1 teaspoon of baking powder and 1 teaspoon of baking soda. You can substitute sunflower oil with canola oil or applesauce. Also, any type of vegetable milks will work well in this recipe.
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