Blissful Banana Bread

The other day I had a bunch of bananas getting a little too ripe.  I happened to mention that fact to my husband and he knew just what I should do with them – banana bread!!  Of course. He’s so smart, no really he is!  I mean, over-ripe (dark/spotty) bananas make the very best banana bread.  And with some chocolate chips?  It’s pretty much perfect bliss. 🙂  And it’s a great way to make your honey very happy. 😉

I’m always trying to make my recipes a little more healthy.  So I made a couple versions of my old standby.  They were all good, but this one is just amazing.  It’s really a treat.

Notice I use flax eggs in the recipe.  Other egg replacers would also work here.  I’ve used Ener-G and Follow Your Heart and I like them both.  Flax meal is just inexpensive and super healthy, so I like to use that where I can.

The Soy Buttermilk is so easy to make; just whisk 1/3 C. Soymilk with 1 tsp vinegar and in a couple of minutes you’ve got soy buttermilk.  It kinda thickens the soy milk and really adds to the moist richness of this banana bread.

Oh yeah, and we already discussed the bananas – they gotta be spotty guys!  Almost goners (at least for me.)  Their sugar content is really high at this point and your bread is just going to be SO good!

I wanted to take more pictures of it after I sliced it etc., but it got dark around the time I finished letting it cool, and then it just didn’t last…  We just couldn’t stop eating it.  Good thing I have more bananas getting spotty!!

Blissful Vegan Banana Bread

Course: Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Chocolate Chip Vegan Banana Bread, Dairy-free, Vegan Banana Bread

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Resting Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Servings: 10

Calories: 348 kcal

Amazingly Yummy Knock-your-socks off Vegan Banana Bread - they won't know it's vegan unless you tell them!!   

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Ingredients

Dry Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 C. Flour
• 1 C. Sugar
• 1 tsp. Baking Soda
• 1/2 tsp. Salt
• 1 tsp. Cinnamon

Wet Ingredients:

• 1 C. Mashed Bananas Takes 2-3
• 1/2 C. Vegetable Oil
• 2 Flax Eggs 1 Tbs. ground flax mixed well with 3 Tbs. water = 1 egg Mix well, let set 5 min.
• 1/3 C. Soy Buttermilk 1/3 C. Soy milk w/ 1 tsp vinegar Mix well, let set 5 min.

Add-ins:

• 1/2 C. Chopped Pecans
• 1/3 C. Vegan Chocolate Chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. Mix Dry Ingredients: Flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon in a large mixing bowl.

3. Mix Wet Ingredients: Mashed bananas, oil, soy buttermilk and flax eggs in medium mixing bowl.

4. Combine wet ingredients with dry ingredients and mix well.
5. Fold in chopped nuts and chocolate chips.
6. Pour into greased 9X5 bread pan.
7. Bake at 325 for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a toothpick in the middle comes out clean.

8. After removing from baking pan, let it rest for at least 15-30 minutes before trying to cut. ???? Once it is cooled it cuts SO much better, I promise. I know it’s hard to wait!!

Nutrition Facts

Blissful Vegan Banana Bread

Amount Per Serving (1.5 Slices)

Calories 348 Calories from Fat 162

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 18g 28%

Saturated Fat 10g 50%

Sodium 235mg 10%

Potassium 153mg 4%

Total Carbohydrates 47g 16%

Dietary Fiber 2g 8%

Sugars 26g

Protein 4g 8%

Vitamin A 0.9%

Vitamin C 3.1%

Calcium 3.7%

Iron 10.2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.