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Vegan Banana Bread with Walnuts. Classic Super moist Banana bread with toasted nuts and coconut. No Palm oil. Vegan Recipe. 1 Bowl or 1 Blender.
There cannot be too many banana breads right. I love my 1 Bowl Banana Apple Bread. Its the right amount of sweet, moist and banana-ey. Its slightly different from the classic pound cake like banana bread. This version inspired by the many tips on serious eats, has shredded coconut, coconut oil, toasted nuts and lots more spice. The resulting loaf is a caremelly, bananey, nutty goodness, that you want to snack on morning and evening.
The wet ingredient list is blended up. Blend up the whole banana. The dry mixed in a bowl. Mix both, pour into a pan, Sprinkle walnuts and bake. Simple and ahmazing.
The bread is like a less sweet pound cake with amazing texture. I like to toast the walnuts and the coconut for deeper flavor. Add spices of choice. I use cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg. These Bakery style Banana bread is great as is or with a drizzle of maple. If you use very ripe bananas and add in dried fruit like dates and currants, you can omit the added sugar.
Make this Coconutty 1 Bowl Vegan Banana Bread!
More Breakfast Bakes from the blog
- Banana Walnut Breakfast Loaf. Gluten-free
- Banana Oat Quinoa Quick Bread bar.
- One bowl Pumpkin Bread
- Turmeric Pumpkin Chocolate Marble Loaf.
- Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins
Is it The Best Banana Bread? I don’t know. I have made only a few from the web. I love this one with less sugar and just a bit of coconut oil to keep the bread soft and moist. Its the best for me right now. If you make it, do let me know in the comments or tag me on Instagram.
Whisk the dry in a bowl. Add the nuts, dates, dried fruits etc. Blend the wet ingredients in a blender and add to the bowl.
Mix to make a stiff batter. Pout into parchment lined loaf pan. 
Bake for 45 to 50 mins. Cool completely before slicing.
Vegan Banana Bread with Coconut and toasted Walnuts 1 Bowl
Ingredients
Dry:
- 1¾ cup flour, I use 1 cup spelt/white whole wheat + ¾ cup unbleached white flour
- 1/4 cup shredded coconut
- 1/4 cup oats
- 2¼ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1 1/4 tsp ground spices or spice blend of choice, I use 3/4 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp cardamom,1/4 tsp tsp nutmeg, a big pinch of ground cloves
- ¼ tsp salt
- A few tablespoons of toasted walnuts or pecans, plus more for garnish
- A few tablespoons vegan chocolate chunks, dried fruit like currants, chopped dates or other additions
Wet:
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup non dairy milk
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 large ripe bananas or 3 medium, 1 cup if well mashed, heaping 1 cup if sliced
- 3 to 4 tbsp coconut sugar or other sugar, depends on the sweetness of the bananas
- 3 tbsp coconut oil melted, or other oil or use smooth nut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 365 degrees F / 180ºc. Line a 8.5 by 4.5 or 9 by 5 inch loaf pan with parchment.
- Toast the nuts if you havent already on a dry skillet over medium heat for 3 to 4 mins. Stir occasionally. Mix in the coconut in the last 30 seconds to toast slightly and set aside. This step is optional.
- In a bowl whisk the dry ingredients flour through salt, including salt really well. Add the nuts and other additions if using and mix in.
- In a blender, add all the wet ingredients maple through vanilla extract and blend until smooth. (You can also mash the banana in a bowl until smooth then mix in the rest if the wet ingredients).
- Add to the dry ingredients. Mix until well combined into a somewhat muffin like batter.
- Transfer batter to parchment lined loaf pan. Sprinkle chopped nuts or chocolate on top (optional).
- Bake for 40 minutes at 365 degrees F / 180ºc.
- Reduce heat to 350 degrees F / 170ºc. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until toothpick from the center comes out almost clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes in the pan. Remove from the pan. Cool completely before slicing. Store on the counter for the day, refrigerated for upto 5 days, frozen tightly wrapped for upto a month.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Hi Richa, Can I omit the shredded coconut and still have good results?
yes. add a bit more oats
This looks so good!! Can’t wait to try this myself 🙂 xx
I made it today and it was simply delicious! Thanks for the recipe, Richa!
Awesome!
I just made these and they are perfect! I made as 24 mini muffins. I used 3 bananas, left out the coconut sugar and used 2 tbs of tahini for the fat. I used zante currents instead of nuts. The batter was really silky and the texture of the baked muffins is really light and fluffy. They rose nicely and are slightly crispy on the top. Love em! Thank you for your great recipes!
Tahini is a great idea! the blending blends up the banana really well helping the batter rise evenly, and with ingredients like maple and coconut for extra moisture, the bread stays moist and amazing.
If I substitute frozen berries in place of the nuts, etc, should I just cook a bit longer? Perhaps I should thaw them first? I find nuts annoying, in baked items. It’s like enjoying delicious & then this hard thing gets in the way… Haha. Thank you for your recipes and advice! If better, I know I would enjoy this without nuts completely too, if that would turn out better. Thank you again!
The nuts that are inside the batter soften during baking. You can omit them completely in this one as there is enough texture from the oats and coconut. You can add some blueberries tosses in flour (frozen is ok).
This is my new “go to” Banana Bread recipe. I made them into 9 muffins yesterday and not a crumb left. The muffins were moist and the flavors well balanced.
Sounds perfect!
hey richa, this banana bread recipe sounds simply amazing! ever since i’ve been to the US i miss banana bread like crazy, we don’t really do that here in europe. already working on my grocery list, will definitely make this next week, thanks so much for the recipe 🙂 if you ever need new inspirations for more vegan recipe ideas, i’d love if you stop by at eatwholegreens.com to explore more vegan awesomeness!
cheers, stäf | eatwholegreens.com
Nice recipe. I subbed garam masala and 5 spice powder as short cuts for individual spices. And left out the sugar. Just enjoyed my first slice – delish.
Great idea using garam masala and 5 spice!
What would flours would you recommend for a gluten free version?
There are some glutenfree options linked onthe post. Try https://fettabbau-trim.today/?s=glutenfree+banana+loaf
This banana bread looks absolutely perfect, Richa – the texture is spot-on!
Thank you Sarah.