This Dairy Free Banana Bread is absolutely delicious and made in just one bowl. Completely vegan and can be made into a gluten free dairy free banana bread.
In the warmer months of the year, all you want are ice cream and quick meals like pasta salad or sandwiches. No one wants the oven on during those months and for sure no one wants to be standing over the stove cooking hot food for hours on end.
Winter, however, all that changes. Many of us love throwing things into the oven just to heat up the house a little warmer. Comfort foods, soups, and delicious warmed baked goods are the perfect addition to any cold winter day.
Insert: Dairy Free Banana Bread.
It’s the perfect way to start your day on a cold winter morning. Even if it’s not winter, this dairy free banana bread recipe is the perfect accompaniment for any day of the year truly. It’s also a completely vegan banana bread recipe. I may even venture to say it’s the best vegan banana bread recipe.
In addition to being dairy free and vegan, this banana bread recipe is also:
- Egg Free
- Soy Free
- Has a Nut Free Option (including tree nuts)
- Can be made gluten free
Best of all, it’s one of those delicious recipes that you would never even know it’s a healthy banana bread recipe. You won’t miss any of the ingredients that it’s without.
Watch how to make this Dairy Free Banana Bread:
What ingredients do you need to make Dairy Free Banana Bread?
In order to make this a dairy free banana bread recipe, you’re going to want to start by getting everything prepped and ready to go. We always recommend having everything sat out and prepared ahead of time, and that’s just as true with this vegan banana bread recipe.
The ingredients that you need for this dairy free banana bread recipe are:
- bananas
- flour (gluten free if making gluten free dairy free banana bread)
- baking powder
- baking soda
- cinnamon
- nutmeg
- salt
- brown sugar
- coconut oil
- vanilla
- applesauce
- sparkling sugar
- Optional: walnuts (don’t include if making nut free dairy free banana bread)
How do you make Dairy Free Banana Bread?
Believe it or not, this dairy free banana bread is super easy to make. Winning, right? In fact, all you need is just one bowl to make the entire recipe. Out with recipes that you need a bunch of bowls and steps, everything for this vegan banana bread recipe is included easily.
In order to make this recipe, you’ll start by mixing all the wet ingredients together into a bowl. Then, you will sift in the dry ingredients and then stir again. Finally, fold in the walnuts if you are adding. Pour the dairy free banana bread mixture into a greased bread pan and bake.
It’s that simple. Delicious dairy free banana bread!
Can you freeze this Dairy Free Banana Bread?
You can absolutely freeze this dairy free banana bread recipe. We would recommend that you let it cool upon coming out of the oven, then slice the bread into desired size slices. Afterwards, you can place a small piece of parchment of wax paper between each piece and freeze the loaf.
The reason we recommended freezing the dairy free banana bread recipe in slices is because it will make it easier to thaw by being less time consuming. You can remove slices as needed and either place on counter to thaw or place in microwave to thaw more quickly.
Of course, you can freeze this vegan banana bread loaf in one whole loaf, but it will take longer to thaw. If doing it this one, remove and set on counter until it comes to room temperature and the middle is no longer frozen.
Dairy Free Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 4 ripe bananas
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoon coconut oil, melted*
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened applesauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 ½ cups flour (cup for cup gluten free if needed)
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
- pinch salt
- ¼ cup Optional: chopped walnut pieces
Optional Topping
- 1 tablespoon sparkling sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
- Oil your bread pan with coconut oil
- In a large bowl, add the peeled bananas and using the back of a fork, mash them well. No large chunks should remain. Try to mash as much as possible.
- To the bananas, add in the brown sugar, melted coconut oil, unsweetened applesauce, and vanilla. Stir together with a silicone spatula.
- Next, sift in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add in the salt.
- Stir again just until combined.
- Gently fold in walnut pieces if you are adding.
- Pour into greased bread pan and tap the bottom of the pan to ensure it’s evenly leveled.
- In a small bowl, combine the sparkling sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle evenly across the top.
- Place in oven for 35-45 minutes. When done, a toothpick inserted when come out clean.
- *The top of the bread should be a deep brown color. If after 45 minutes, your bread needs more time, cover the top with foil and continue cooking in 5 minute intervals until the toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and let cool for 15 minutes in pan. Then carefully remove and place on a cooling rack until completely cooled.
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Amy
Hi! I’m a huge fan of your recipes! Everything is so tasty. I have one question. This banana bread doesn’t rise much, compared to your other Vegan GF banana bread recipe. What is causing that? Even though it didn’t rise much, it’s absolutely delicious! Just wondering.
LarishaBernard
Hi Amy! Great question. It honestly just comes down to the ingredients. We made this one as a smaller loaf originally. The GF one has double the amount of flour
Aigul
Both this and chocolate banana bread are amazing! Made them so many times already. Thank you for sharing these recipes!
LarishaBernard
So happy to hear that!
Jazz N
Yesssss so yummy! I made both this one & the chocolate banana bread, (both delicious) but this one was my favorite by far. Nice & moist, and I added chocolate chips inside & on top for extra warm oozy goodness! 🤤🤤 Definitely going to be making some more loafs soon!!
LarishaBernard
So glad that you loved it so much!
Barbara Jean Parland
Deliciousness! I doubled the spices and used an extra 1/2 banana (since I didn’t have any applesauce). Turned out just right =)
Tania Wyn
Fantastic recipe and yum!
LarishaBernard
We’re so happy to hear that you like this! Thanks for taking time to leave a review, we appreciate that!
iara
hey! can i use any other oil instead of coconut oil?
LarishaBernard
Yes, any neutral oil
Ha Anh Do
As always, the only gripe I have is that Larisha and Andrew didn’t start posting recipes sooner. This banana bread is so simple yet astoundingly good. Had I discovered this in my first year of veganism, it would have saved so many bananas of mine from going into the trash bin.