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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.

An easy recipe for chocolate chip banana bread with just a few ingredients. Deliciously moist bread studded with chunks of dark chocolate. Vegan, veggie and dairy free.

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.




An easy recipe for chocolate chip banana bread. It's crusty on the outside, moist and soft within and studded with a generous portion of chocolate chips. It's dairy free, egg free and vegan.

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.



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An easy recipe for chocolate chip banana bread. It's crusty on the outside, moist and soft within and studded with a generous portion of chocolate chips. It's dairy free, egg free and vegan.
Easy Vegan Choc Chip Banana Bread
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
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Yield: Makes 1 loaf


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14 comments

  1. Wow, your banana bread looks amazing. I can't believe this is vegan x

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    1. Thanks Charlene, I was so pleased it turned out so well first try. New recipes can be hot or miss when you're winging it.

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  2. It looks delicious. It's been a while since I made a banana bread, I should try your recipe as it's vegan. xx

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  3. My husband and I love banana bread! I have a recipe that I use but yours looks amazing! I'll have to try it next time I have ripe bananas on hand.

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  4. This looks gorgeous Jac and I approve of the chocolate addition :) I love toasted banana bread, but I can't put anything with chocolate in my toaster sadly. I posted a banana bread earlier this week and have now linked your one up.

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    1. Yes I think banana bread deserves chocolate chips :)

      As to the toasting, better to use your grill to toast it.

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  5. You're so clever with all your alterations - usually when I just wing it, it turns out a big mess! But this looks FANTASTIC. So moist and soft, must try this one.

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  6. Oh my gosh, yum!! Chocolate chips in quick bread is like the best thing ever, right?!

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