I hate it when people write a lot on a food recipe blog so I’ll keep it short and, well, sweet this time. I found a recipe for vegan banana bread on a blog by “The Baking Fairy” and you can find hers here. It looked yummy but honestly I don’t think in advance and just realized my bananas were about to turn and tried to find a recipe for things I already had in my house. Hers came close, but not entirely so I made a lot of adaptations and additions and it shockingly turned out great! The base recipe must be good so I’d recommend checking out “the Baking Fairy”’s page. ALSO my friend doesn’t have a bread pan, so we literally baked it in a 7” pot. HA! Anyway, my non-vegan friend already had two big helpings, so it’s definitely non-vegan taste bud approved as well ;) It’s yummy! (or dare I say… rummy? lol)
INGREDIENTS
3 medium ripe bananas
¼ cup coconut oil
1/2 cup hot water
½ cup light brown sugar
1 TBS Spiced Rum (any brand)
2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
2 tsp ground flaxseed
1 tsp baking soda
2 heaping tsp Cocoa powder
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup chocolate chips
½ tsp salt
sliced bananas, for topping
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Spray a 9×5 loaf pan with nonstick spray, then flour.
2. In a glass measuring cup, mix the water and ground flaxseed together. let sit while you begin step 3 just to let the flax puff up and create more of a slimy egg-like texture. Then, add the coconut oil to ensure that it melts and is easily incorporated into the rest of the mix.
3. In a large mixing bowl, roughly mash the bananas. Add the brown sugar, rum, and water/flax/oil mixture, and whisk to incorporate.
4. Sift in the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. It will become a thick batter and almost a dough at this point.
5. Add chopped walnuts and chocolate chips and mix until incorporated.
6. Transfer the batter to your prepared pan, and top with the extra banana slices.
7. Bake for about 45 minutes, then cover with foil and bake for 10-15 minutes longer, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out pretty clean.
NOTE: I totally forgot to add salt. It was still really good, but the friend I was with wanted to make sure I wrote on here “Don’t forget the salt.” LOL
Adapted from the yummy recipe from this website:
