Ingredients
Ripe bananas. Eggs. Oil. Canola oil or avocado oil. Milk. Nut milk, lactose free or regular cow’s milk will all work. Rolled oats or old fashioned oats. Quick-cooking oats and steel cut oats don’t work as well. If you are allergic or sensitive to gluten, make sure the oats you are using is gluten free. Baking powder. Sweetener of your choice. I prefer using unrefined sugar. Honey and maple syrup work but the bread can sometimes be a bit sticky when using them. Salt. Cinnamon. Vanilla. Chocolate chips. The chocolate chips are completely optional and can be substituted with nuts.
How to make healthy banana bread?
How to make banana bread moist?
The bananas and oil make this banana bread super moist. The oats result in a denser banana bread than when flour is used so it’s essential that the oil used is canola, avocado or another vegetable oil. This recipe was tested with butter and coconut oil as well but the vegetable oil resulted in a moister baked banana bread.
How ripe should bananas be for banana bread?
For banana bread made with flour, the bananas can be over ripe (black and mushy are perfect). For this gluten free banana bread recipe though, you want the bananas to be ripe and not mushy at all. Because we don’t have the structure of gluten (in flour) to work with, the ripe but firm bananas and eggs help with the structure of this bread.
Can you freeze banana bread?
Yes, banana bread freezes very well. Freeze individual slices by wrapping in wax paper and plastic wrap and placing in a freezer safe container or freeze an entire loaf by wrapping well. Thaw completely before serving.
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