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.
Equipment
- 1 medium or 1 large mixing bowls
- 1 non-stick loaf pan (8x4 or 9x5 inches)
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
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
- Blend oats in a blender to make oat flour [note #1]
- In medium mixing bowl, combine oat flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon & salt [note #2]
- In large mixing bowl, mash bananas [note #3]
- Add sugar, water, lemon juice, and vanilla extract and stir to combine
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix well
- Pour batter into loaf pan, then bake for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick or knife comes out clean in the center
- Remove from oven and let cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan
- Slice, serve, and enjoy!
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Notes
This loaf stores great in the fridge for about a week.
- If you want some texture in the loaf, reserve 1/2 cup rolled oats to put into the batter unblended
- 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
- 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