Easy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread (vegan)

An easy recipe for moist banana bread studded with dark chocolate. Fabulous slightly warm and even more glorious toasted and spread with dairy free spread.

Banana Bread

Banana bread!

I usually get through my bananas easily. I often take them to work or use them in smoothies.

My son has gone off eating them fresh, so I don't add them to his school packed lunches and I don't remember the last time I saw my husband pick up a banana.

I woefully glared at the last five nearly black bananas. I could add one to a smoothie, but what to do with the rest?

I remembered I had an old recipe scribbled down from my mum, but it was in cup measures and had eggs in it.

I really couldn't be faffed making flax eggs. We were going to head out for a walk with the dogs, so I didn't want to take longer than I had to.

My husband was cleaning the hall and the dogs cage so I had enough time for a quick recipe.

And this is it.

also try - Oat Flour Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips

Vegan Banana Bread

I decided to just add extra banana to bind the mixture together. Once the banana was mashed and I added the sugar and vanilla bean paste it was quick gloopy.

It was still a bit thick though, so I decided to add some almond milk.

The banana bread is also amazing toasted and slathered with dairy free spread, if it lasts that long!

I've got a new oven I'm not sure of yet, so do the skewer test after about 50 mins and keep an eye on it. If the skewer comes out clean, it's ready.

UPDATE

2020 - I am still using this recipe regularly. It always works.

I also made it using oat flour (porridge oats whizzed up in a blender, or food processor into a flour) and that worked really well too.

also try Basic Wholemeal Bread

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Easy Vegan Choc Chip Banana Bread

Written by Jacqueline Meldrum

March 03, 2016

An easy recipe for moist banana bread studded with dark chocolate. Fabulous slightly warm and even more glorious toasted and spread with dairy free spread.

Ingredients

• 3 medium ripe bananas
• 120g/2/3 cup caster sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla bean paste
• 200ml/3/4 cup almond milk (or other plant based milk)
• 450g/3 3/4 cups plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• a pinch of salt
• 3 tsp flax seeds (optional)
• 2 tsp baobab powder (optional)
• 100g/5/8 cup  dark chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180c/160c fan/350f/gas mark 4.2. Line a 2 lb loaf tin. I like the cake liners rather than faffing about with greaseproof paper.3. Mash the bananas in a bowl, then mix in the vanilla bean paste, sugar and milk..4. In another bowl add the flour, baking powder, salt, seeds, baobab and chocolate chips and mix.5. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix. Don't over mix, just enough until it's mixed, then pour in the loaf tin and bake in the oven for 1 hour 10 minutes, covering with foil for the last 10-15 minutes so it doesn't get too brown..6. Do a skewer test before the time is up, if it comes out clean it's ready. Keep an eye on it.7. Leave to cool in the tin for a little while, then move to a rack to continue cooling.8. Enjoy!

Details

Total time: 70 mins
Yield: Makes 1 loaf

also try - No Knead Black Olive Beer Bread

Need some more vegan baking inspiration? 

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Oreo Chocolate Tiffin, Vegan Carrot Cake & Vegan Cupcakes with Faux Buttercream

Fresh Blueberry Flapjacks, Peanut Butter & Coconut Cookies & Triple Chocolate Donuts with Sprinkles