Banana Bread Sans Gluten

If you're looking for a moist, flavorful and delicious banana bread sans gluten, this recipe is for you! It can be made in one bowl and is incredibly easy. It's packed with chocolate chips and I bet you won't be able to tell it's gluten-free. We've even included instructions to make it vegan too.

Banana bread is such a staple in our household. I think banana bread is perfect all year round; however we particularly love making it as summer changes to fall.

This was inspired by my easy banana chocolate chip loaf on this site. It was such a hit with my kids that I thought, why not try to make it gluten-free so our gluten-free friends can have it too.

Ingredients for Banana Bread Sans Gluten

Here are the main ingredients needed for this recipe. You'll find a complete list of ingredients listed in the recipe card below.

• Vegetable Oil - Key to a moist banana bread. Use any neutral flavored oil.
• Bananas - These should be very ripe. Like the type of bananas you've forgotten about on the counter for a week. Brown spots, perfect!
• Light Brown Sugar - An important component to adding depth of flavor to our loaf.
• Granulated Sugar
• Eggs
• Pure Vanilla Extract
• Gluten-free Flour - I highly recommend using Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1:1 Baking Flour. It's my tried and true gluten-free flour. You won't even be able to tell a difference to regular flour.
• Salt
• Baking Soda - Helps with rise.
• Baking Powder - Helps with rise.
• Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips - A delicious add in that I highly recommend! My kids of course love them.

See recipe card for quantities.

Instructions to Make Banana Bread Sans Gluten

Here you'll find the basic steps to make this gluten-free banana bread. See the recipe card for full instructions.

Into a medium bowl with your mashed bananas, add your eggs, Greek yogurt, oil and pure vanilla extract. Mix to combine.

Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, white and brown sugars. Mix to combine.

Fold in chocolate chips.

Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake.

Hint: this loaf takes a surprisingly long time to cook. Don't rush the process by opening the oven door early. This can cause the loaf to sink in the middle.

Substitutions

• Eggs- instead of eggs, you can use unsweetened apple sauce. For every egg required in the recipe, use ¼ cup of unsweetened applesauce.
• Chocolate Chips - use milk chocolate chips for a slightly sweeter banana bread
• Greek Yogurt - if you don't have Greek yogurt, you can replace it with equal quantity of sour cream.
• Vegan. If you'd like to make this loaf gluten-free and vegan, simply substitute your eggs as indicated above and use a vegan plain yogurt in place of the Greek yogurt.

Variations

Here are a few variations you might like to try with this gluten-free banana bread recipe.

• Milk Chocolate Chips - need I say more?
• Nuts - Adding nuts to this loaf can add such a delicious crunch.
• Raisins - These can add a lovely texture.

See this not gluten free easy chocolate chip banana bread recipe on my website if you're looking for another banana bread option!

Equipment

You truly don't need any equipment to make this banana bread recipe. You can use a fork to mash up your ripe bananas and then fold in the rest of the ingredients with a spatula.

Most of the time I do end up using either an electric stand or electric hand mixer to make the process a bit easier.

Storage

Store your banana bread sans gluten wrapped tightly in plastic wrap at room temperature for up to 4 days.

This banana bread does hold up well to freezing for up to 2 months wrapped tightly in plastic wrap and in an airtight container. Allow the banana bread to thaw on the counter for about 2 hours before enjoying

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Banana Bread Sans Gluten

Blair Braz

If you're looking for a moist, flavorful and delicious banana bread sans gluten, this recipe is for you. It can be made in one bowl and is incredibly easy. The banana bread is packed with chocolate chips for the chocolate lover in your family.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 49 minutes mins

Course Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 8

Ingredients

  

• 3 Large Ripe Bananas
• ½ cup Vegetable Oil
• ½ cup Granulated Sugar
• ½ cup Light Brown Sugar
• 2 Large Eggs at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
• ¼ cup Unsweetened Greek Yogurt
• 1¾ cups Gluten-Free Flour
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• ½ teaspoon Salt
• 1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips plus more for the top

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 1.5 quart glass loaf pan with baking spray or butter. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mash bananas. Pour in vegetable oil, Greek yogurt, vanilla and eggs. Beat with electric hand mixer to combine. 1-2 minutes. Mix until combined.
• With the mixer on low speed, gradually pour in dry ingredients. Mix until just combined.
• Fold in chocolate chips. Save a handful to place on top of the loaf once the batter has been added to the loaf pan.
• Pour batter into loaf pan. Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips on top. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool completely in pan before removing.

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