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Your next go-to basic Vegan Banana Bread

Kayla Castle • May 17, 2021

This is your go-to classic banana bread. Can easy add-in any extras, like blueberries, chocolate chips or pecans ….. I say this all the time but I love baking with bananas! Adds natural sweetness without need of a ton of sugar. Whip up this bread the next time you have spotty bananas on your counter!

Recipe 

Ingredients:
• 3 spotty ripe bananas, mashed
• 1/3 cup coconut sugar
• ½ cup old fashioned rolled oats
• 2 tablespoon coconut oil, melted
• 2 tablespoon unsweetened applesauce, can sub with maple syrup or honey* (not vegan) 
• 2 tablespoon ground flaxseed meal
• 1 ¼ cup Spelt flour, can sub with oat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup add-ins of choice. Here I used 1/3 cup chocolate chips 

Method: 
1.) Line a banana bread pan (9x5) with parchment paper and preheat oven to 350F. 
2.) In a large bowl add the mashed bananas. Next mix in the unsweetened apple sauce, coconut oil and ground flaxseed meal. 
3.) Next stir in spelt four, coconut sugar and rolled oats. 
4.) Lastly, stir in the baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. If using any add-in’s fold, them in last. 
5.) Evenly pour batter in bread pan and bake for 46-48 minutes. Till passes toothpick test. 

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