The Easiest Healthy Banana Bread Recipe (No Sugar)
This healthy banana bread has no sugar and is wonderfully soft, fluffy, and moist! Ideal for a healthy breakfast or a satisfying snack, this is the best banana bread recipe. There are a lot of vegan banana breads out there, but this is sure to become your go-to recipe. It has the perfect texture and banana flavor.
Servings 12 slices
Calories 170kcal
Ingredients
- 3 bananas, very ripe
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup coconut oil, refined * Note 1
- 1/4 cup non-dairy milk
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp salt
Optional
- 1/2 cup monk fruit sweetened brown sugar * Note 2
- 1/4 cup chopped nuts
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350ºF, grease a 9″ loaf pan, or line with parchment paper.
- In a small separate bowl, mix the non-dairy milk and apple cider vinegar and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, sift together white flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt. If you want added monk fruit sweetener, mix it in, too.
- In a large mixing bowl, mash bananas. Add the coconut oil, vanilla extract, and buttermilk.
- Next, gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, and do not overmix. Add optional ingredients to the banana mixture if you want.
- Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 ℉ for 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Place the loaf pan on a cooling rack and allow it to cool for 30 minutes before removing it from the pan. Allow the loaf to cool on a wire rack for another 10 minutes or so before slicing and serving.
Notes
Note 1: 1/2 cup of vegan butter can be substituted for the coconut oil.
Note 2: Optional add-ins are monk fruit-sweetened brown sugar, coconut sugar, nuts, chocolate chips, dried fruit, seeds, coconut, lemon zest, peanut butter, or almond butter.
Nutritional Information is only an estimate. The accuracy of this recipe may differ depending on the ingredients you use.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 slice | Calories: 170kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Fiber: 1g