The best easy vegan oat flour banana bread recipe! Super moist, healthy vegan banana bread with no refined sugar or dairy.
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Soooo…… don’t you just want to curl up with a hot cup of coffee or tea and a giant slice of this fresh-out-of-the-oven banana bread? I know I do. This entire loaf was gone in just 24 hours, and now I’m thinking I need another batch cooked ASAP!
I am so happy to be able to share this recipe with you from Nourish & Glow, a book full of naturally beautifying foods and elixirs, by Jules Aron. She creates the most beautiful books, seriously. They look like vintage classics! Along with Nourish & Glow, I received a copy of Fresh & Pure, a book full of organically crafted beauty balms and cleansers. All made at home. How cool is that?
“this perfectly moist banana bread, bursting with flavor is a nourishing breakfast option with a macronutrient balance of fiber, protein, carbohydrates, and healthful fats that regulate your blood sugar and, in turn, support beautifully healthy skin aging.”
Using oat flour
Rather than white flour, this banana bread is made with oat flour! Oat flour has a very smooth texture and a flavor of oats that are perfect for baking.
Oat flour is packed with protein and fiber, making just one slice of this oat flour banana bread packed with 6 grams of protein. Huzzah!
Pro tip: If you don’t have oat flour, you can grind up old-fashioned oats in a food processor until a fine flour forms. The ratio is almost 1:1, maybe just add an extra 1/8 cup of oats to make the flour.
Using almond meal
Almond meal is the same thing as almond flour. Using almond meal in banana bread gives it a nice texture, a nutty almond flavor, and a lot of protein.
Pro tip: To make your own almond meal, process raw almonds in a food processor until a fine flour forms. Sift through a fine sieve and you have almond meal!
FAQs
- Can I use frozen bananas? YES! You can use thawed frozen bananas. For best results, freeze the bananas when they are brown.
- What can I sub the almond flour with? You can use regular all-purpose white flour!
- How do you get the bananas on top? To get the bananas on top, just thinly slice a banana and arrange the slices on the batter before baking.
- Can I freeze banana bread? YES! Wrap the banana bread tightly in plastic wrap and freeze for up to 3 months. I wouldn’t recommend baking the bananas on top if you are planning to freeze.
- Can I add chocolate chips or nuts? Of course! Love chocolate chips and/or walnuts in banana bread.
Recipe
The best easy vegan oat flour banana bread recipe! Super moist, healthy vegan banana bread with no refined sugar or dairy.
- 1/4 cup melted coconut oil, plus more for pan
- 4 ripe bananas, peeled
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups certified gluten-free oat flour
- 3/4 cup almond meal
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
Preheat the oven to 350° F. Grease an 8-inch loaf pan with coconut oil and set aside.
Combine the bananas, coconut oil, maple syrup, and vanilla in a blender and blend.
Transfer to a medium bowl and add the oat flour, almond meal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk together and pour the batter evenly into the prepared pan. Bake for 60-70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Allow to cool before enjoying.
To get the bananas on top, just thinly slice a banana and arrange the slices on the batter before baking.
A giant thank you to Jules Aron for letting me share her amazing recipe!
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Margaret
My daughter shared this recipe with me and it is a STAPLE in our family. I’ve made it so many times and it’s so easy to make my own spin on it. Moist, delicious, holds up beautifully. Compared to any banana bread it’s delicious! For a gluten free, vegan, refined sugar free it’s a knock out of the ballpark. Thank you for your tips shared too. How have I not heard of the oven trick to ripen bananas before?
Yams
Could you use dates instead of maple syrup at the sweetener?
Trish Bozeman
You can use date syrup, but not just dates. Honey or agave would also work.
Ana
I don’t usually comment, but this is the first banana recipe that came out so perfect! Thank you so much!
April
What can I substitute the Oat Flour with?
Patricia Bozeman
Hello! You could try rice flour, although I haven’t tested the recipe with that.
Fay
I just made this. It is absolutely delicious. I also added a little bit chocolate chips. My husband can’t get enough of it. Thank you.
Patricia Bozeman
Oh, so glad to hear, Fay! You just made my day. This would be fabulous with chocolate chips. YUM!
Alexis Grettenberger
Can you just use more oats instead of almond flour or maybe flax seed or chia or something along the lines of that without it getting too gummy?
Patricia Bozeman
Using more oats would make the bread soak up a lot more liquid, so I don’t think you could swap the almond flour for more oat flour. You could certainly try it out, maybe add another banana to keep it from drying out? I haven’t tested it though, so I can’t say for sure. Let me know how it goes!
Pascale
Best banana bread ever!!! I put 5 bananas with nuts and dark chocolate, so good!! Thanks a lot for the recipe.
Patricia Bozeman
This would be so good with chocolate! Gotta try it once the weather cools off a bit. Thank you so much for trying out the recipe. 🙂
Sarah
I’ve made this recipe more times than I can count in just the couple of weeks since I first tried it. It’s awesome with nuts, chocolate chips, cinnamon and honey on top! Total winter for us!!
Patricia Bozeman
Yay! So glad you like it! It’s become a favorite of ours too, and I definitely have to try it out with some walnuts and chocolate chips. ❤️
Sarah R Rutland
I should have clarified, I was referring to three different varriations: nuts or chocolate chips, or cinnamon and honey in top. 🙂 It sounds like I was saying all together and that seems a bit much! But maybe I’ll try it and see, lol
natalie
Hi!
I am dying to try this recipe… but I am allergic to almonds. Is there something I can use to replace the almond meal??
Thank you!
Patricia Bozeman
Hi Natalie! You can actually just use all-purpose flour if that works for you. I’ve also heard that sunflower seed flour works great too. I haven’t tested this recipe with either, so let me know how it goes if you try it!
Debra
are u saying almond flour or almond meal are they the same thing?
Trish Bozeman
Yes
Stacie
Could you add zucchini? If so what adjustments need to be made?
Patricia Bozeman
Hi there! I haven’t tried adding zucchini, but there is a lot of water in zucchini. You might try looking up some vegan zucchini recipes on Pinterest or google before trying this one.
Chelsea Kordas
Currently eating my FOURTH slice this morning. We had a surplus of bananas in my office this week and I couldn’t let them go to waste. We have a lot of intolerances and dietary restrictions in the office so I wanted something that was inclusive to everyone. THIS RECIPE IS PERFECT. I made two loafs, one chocolate chip and the other walnut and chia. Both came out perfectly. They took a bit less time to cook than expected which was perfect because I wasn’t up way too late. My house smelled exactly what I imagine Heaven to smell like while these were cooking. Super, super easy to make. It is only 8:45 am (I get in at 8:30) and we’re down to half already. Thank you for sharing this recipe, this has made it into my permanent recipe box. Will be making this again soon!
Patricia Bozeman
Oh my gosh, AWESOME! So glad it was a hit! This is actually a recipe from Nourish and Glow cookbook, that Jules Aron let me share with my readers. I’m so glad she did because it’s such a keeper!
Bonnie
What can you replace the almond flour with? I am sensitive to almonds.
Patricia Bozeman
Hi Bonnie! Maybe cassava flour? I haven’t tried that, but I’ve heard it’s a good replacement.
Georgie Mullen
LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea!!! I will have to try it out and see if it tastes as good as it looks!! Thanks for the inspo 🙂 Have pinned the recipe 🙂 X
Patricia Bozeman
Yay, thank you Georgie! Be sure to let me know what you think!