Banana Bread Recipe Without Butter

This banana bread with oil recipe is tasty and simple to make. Your family will love this delicious no butter banana bread. Our easy recipe simply replaces the butter used in most banana bread recipes with vegetable oil. It is the perfect solution if you have run out of butter late at night (“$@&%! No more butter in the fridge. How do I make banana bread now?“), can’t get to the store (due to snow, rainstorms, etc.) and/or want to reduce the saturated fat associated with butter. Moreover, this no butter banana bread tastes just like a traditional old fashioned banana bread.

This no butter banana bread recipe takes me about 10 minutes to prepare and clean up. Please be aware that this is an oven-baked banana bread recipe. It is not made with a bread machine. You will find a printable and “pin-able” recipe at the bottom of this page.

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You can also “tweak” this moist banana bread recipe to make no butter chocolate chip banana bread, no butter banana nut bread, etc. See the tips section below for more information on how to easily modify this banana bread recipe.

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Equipment Needed – Measuring cup & spoons, mixing bowl, long wooden spoon, 9 by 5 bread pan, oven mitts, silicon spatula, cooling rack and an oven.

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How To Make Banana Bread Without Butter

Yes. If you really love olive oil, you can use olive oil as a substitute for butter in order to make banana bread. However, I would suggest using a more neutral flavored vegetable oil such as canola oil or corn oil. Vegetable oils with more distinctive flavors (i.e. olive oil and peanut oil) can interfere with the sweet taste of bananas in the banana bread… and your guests might not like these more “unique” tasting banana breads!

Yes. You can make almost any variety of banana bread since you are just substituting vegetable oil for butter. For example, you can create no butter versions of chocolate chip banana bread, blueberry banana bread, cranberry banana bread and many more. If you like nuts, you might like to make our Pecan Banana Bread recipe. It is also a no butter banana bread.

There are many reasons that people like to make banana bread without butter. For example, they don’t have any butter at home (i.e. ran out of butter), want to reduce the saturated fat in their diet, don’t want to eat animal-sourced ingredients, have allergies, don’t like the taste of butter, etc. Many people think that vegetable oil banana breads taste similar to butter-based banana breads.

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Yes! It is easy to turn this banana bread with oil recipe into banana muffins. You are basically just pouring/scooping this recipe’s banana bread batter into a muffin tray in order to create banana muffins. However, be aware that muffins bake more quickly than banana bread (due to their smaller size).

This banana bread with oil recipe is tasty and simple to make. Your family will love this delicious no butter banana bread. Our easy recipe simply replaces the butter used in most banana bread recipes with vegetable oil. It is the perfect solution if you have run out of butter late at night ($@&%! No more butter in the fridge. How do I make banana bread now?), can't get to the store (due to snow, storms, etc.) and/or want to reduce the saturated fat associated with butter. Moreover, this no butter banana bread tastes just like a traditional old fashioned banana bread. Your family will love it! Visit for more great banana bread recipes.

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Serving: 1 Slice | Calories: 257 kcal | Carbohydrates: 39 g | Protein: 3 g | Fat: 10 g | Saturated Fat: 8 g | Cholesterol: 27 mg | Sodium: 235 mg | Potassium: 139 mg | Fiber: 1 g | Sugar: 20 g | Vitamin A: 58 IU | Vitamin C: 3 mg | Calcium: 29 mg | Iron: 1 mg

I want to thank everyone who shares their baking knowledge below. Visitor suggestions, recipe variations & baking tips are a great help to beginning bakers.This Dairy Free Banana Bread is made without butter and using oil instead, so it’s super moist and extra fluffy. It is also a great way to re-purpose old, soft, and spotted bananas!

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Like my dairy free banana muffins, this dairy free banana bread is made without butter and is a great way to use over ripe bananas!

My family tends to have these around the house a lot in the summer. In the heat, bananas seem to go from not quite ripe to soft and spotted in ten minutes flat.

Bananas are local produce in Israel. I sometimes see banana farms from the window of the car or bus on my way somewhere.

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The Easiest Classic Banana Bread Recipe With Oil *no Butter*

Some food historians believe that it was created as a way for women to re-purpose old bananas. People were extra careful about waste during the depression, and on top of that, bananas were expensive.

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When I think of bread, I think of white bread, dinner rolls, and the like. You know, traditional yeast breads that have dough and you have to let rise twice.

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Then I thought ofbanana bread, sweet potato bread, and pumpkin bread. So, I looked it up, and discovered that these are quick breads.

Naturally, quickly made foods became in high demand and it wasn’t long before recipes were being adapted from yeast to baking soda.

When I first started makingquick breads, my mother questioned the difference between it and cake. My conclusion was, cake is fluffier whereas bread is denser. I still think that is a fair analysis of it.

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I expect mychocolate caketo be light and fluffy, whereas I expect mybanana chocolate chip breadto have weight to it. Both, however, when done right, should be moist with a good crumb.

The name “cornbread” can be a little confusing to some. I remember once reading a review left by an English woman on a cooking site who said it came out nothing like bread.

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As far as classic yeast breads go, that is completely true. Instead, it’s a quick bread and more of a cake than a bread. Still, it is not a dessert but most commonly used as a side dish.

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There are a number of different types of cornbread. Among the most popular is sweet cornbread, which is popular in the North, and classic Southern cornbread which is light on sugar.

Bread flour has a higher protein content than all-purpose, which helps with gluten development. This is great for challah and other breads.

I almost never use anything other than all purpose flour, including in bread recipes. For quick breads, I only recommend using all purpose flour.

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Oil cakes tend to bake up taller with a better crumb. They also stay moist and tender far longer than recipes made with butter.

I use neutral oils like canola oil, safflower oil, and vegetable oil. However, it’s not unheard of for oils with stronger flavors, like olive oil or coconut oil, to be used.

If you want to convert your butter recipes to oil recipes, check out my baking with oil – butter to oil conversion chart.

Flourless Banana Bread (no Flour, Butter Or Oil)

The short answer is “no.” While a side-by-side comparison shows that baking with eggs at room temperature makes a better crumb, it’s not otherwise noticeable.

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Eggs do three things in most recipes: they help bind the ingredients together, act as a mild leavening agent, and they add moisture.

Eggs can be substituted with 1/4 cup of unsweetened apple sauce per egg. This means for recipes calling for 2 eggs, you’d need 1/2 cup of unsweetened apple sauce.

Banana Bread Without Butter

The reason applesauce makes a good binder is that it’s high in pectin. Pectin is a naturally occurring starch in fruits and berries that acts as a thickening agent and stabilizer in food.

Sugar may seem very basic if you’ve baked before, but I’ve been asked about it in the past – so I’ll explain.

White sugar (sometimes called granulated sugar, table sugar, or white granulated sugar) is made of either beet sugar or cane sugar, which has undergone a refining process.

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It is commonly used in chocolate chip cookie recipes, and