That classic bake when you have ripe bananas on the counter. Use the smart substitutions in this recipe to make this banana nut bread vegan, eggless and oil-free. Cinnamon and allspice bring it to life!
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Do you love nuts in your desserts? Or, pick them all out (like my husband)?
We're split down the middle here and so I almost always have to make two loafs of banana bread. One with nuts (the more the better!) and one without.
Keep reading if you love walnuts!
🧄 Very useful ingredient notes
- White whole wheat flour - If you can find it, white whole wheat flour keeps it whole grain, but doesn't make the bread as dense and dark as using standard whole wheat flour. If you can't find it, then use all-purpose flour or a combo of AP flour and whole wheat.
- Apple sauce - This is your oil/butter substitute to keep the bread moist!
- Apple cider vinegar - This, along with the baking soda, helps the bread to rise without eggs.
🔪 Instructions
Here's how to make banana nut bread without eggs, dairy or oil step-by-step!
- Step 1: Mash the bananas with a potato masher or fork.
- Step 2: Sift or whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice and salt.
- Step 3: In a small cup, mix together the almond milk and apple cider vinegar. Let sit for 2 minutes to curdle. (this is your vegan buttermilk)
- Step 4: In the bowl with the mashed bananas, whisk in the apple sauce, brown sugar, cane sugar, curdled almond milk and vanilla.
- Step 5: Add the wet ingredients to the dry. Mix well with a wooden spoon. Stir in chopped walnuts.
- Step 6: Pour batter into bread pan. Lightly press walnut halves on top. Bake for an hour to an hour and 10 minutes or until a butter knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
Expert Tips
- Don't worry if the bread takes longer to bake than you think it should. Vegan quick breads usually do. So, just keep baking it until a toothpick or dry knife inserted in the center comes out mostly clean.
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📖 Recipe
Banana Nut Bread (vegan, eggless, oil-free)
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 very ripe bananas mashed well, 400-425g
- 2 cups white whole wheat flour 330g
- ½ teaspoon baking soda 3g
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon 2g
- ¼ teaspoon allspice
- ½ teaspoon salt 2g
- ¼ cup almond milk 60g
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar 5g
- ½ cup brown sugar packed, 95g
- ½ cup cane sugar 115g
- ½ cup apple sauce 125g
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 10g
- ½ cup walnuts chopped, 65g
- ¼ cup walnut halves for top
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Use a non-stick 8×4 inch bread pan or line a bread pan with parchment paper. (I use the pampered chef stoneware bread pans and the bread always comes out glorious and does not stick. No need to grease the pan.)
- Mash the bananas with a potato masher or fork.3 very ripe bananas
- Sift or whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice and salt.2 cups white whole wheat flour, ½ teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon allspice, ½ teaspoon salt
- In a small cup, mix together the almond milk and apple cider vinegar. Let sit for 2 minutes to curdle. (this is your vegan buttermilk)¼ cup almond milk, 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- In the bowl with the mashed bananas, whisk in the apple sauce, brown sugar, cane sugar, curdled almond milk and vanilla.½ cup brown sugar, ½ cup cane sugar, ½ cup apple sauce, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry. Mix well with a wooden spoon. Stir in chopped walnuts.½ cup walnuts
- Pour batter into bread pan. Lightly press walnut halves on top. Bake for an hour to an hour and 10 minutes or until a butter knife inserted in the center comes out clean.¼ cup walnut halves
Lauren says
Do you think whole wheat pastry flour would work instead of white whole wheat flour?
Abi Cowell says
Hi Lauren! Whole wheat pastry flour would be an excellent substitute, yes!