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Simple & Delicious 10-Ingredient Banana Bread

This banana bread loaf is truly simple, has just 10 common kitchen ingredients, no animal products, no oil; it is gluten-free (while remaining soft and moist!), subtly sweet, and...while no banana bread is considered a healthy food, this gets you pretty darn close.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Cooling Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings: 10 Slices
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 148.3
Ingredients Equipment Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2.5 cups rolled oats sub all-purpose or whole wheat flour for non-gluten free
  • 1.5 tsp baking soda
  • 1.5 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 3-4 medium bananas ~2 cups
  • 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cups water
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Equipment

  • 1 medium or 1 large mixing bowls
  • 1 non-stick loaf pan (8x4 or 9x5 inches)

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
  2. Blend oats in a blender to make oat flour [note #1]
  3. In medium mixing bowl, combine oat flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon & salt [note #2]
  4. In large mixing bowl, mash bananas [note #3]
  5. Add sugar, water, lemon juice, and vanilla extract and stir to combine
  6. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix well
  7. Pour batter into loaf pan, then bake for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick or knife comes out clean in the center
  8. Remove from oven and let cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan
  9. Slice, serve, and enjoy!

Video

Notes

This loaf stores great in the fridge for about a week.
  1. If you want some texture in the loaf, reserve 1/2 cup rolled oats to put into the batter unblended
  2. This can we done in one bowl, I just mix the dry in a separate bowl to avoid any clumping of baking soda or cinnamon, etc. Start with wet, add the dry and mix well
  3. If you are using frozen bananas (or just want to be lazy), blend bananas with the wet ingredients rather than mashing and mixing in a separate bowl, then add to dry ingredients