Vegan Banana Bread Recipe With Oat Flour

Oat flour banana bread is a hearty, delicious healthy banana bread made with just a few simple ingredients! No refined flour (oat flour only), butter, or dairy!

I had a different recipe planned for today. However, in the light of current events, I thought something warm and comforting, like a slice of delicious hearty banana bread, would be more appropriate than what I had planned. (Ain’t nobody care about how to make butternut squash zig-zags right now, right? Exactly.)

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Do you know what’s funny? Four years ago, one day, I decided I wanted to make a bread out of just oat flour, but couldn’t find any recipes that didn’t use refined flour or sugar, so I made my own honey oat flour bread.

Easy Oat Flour Banana Bread Recipe (vegan)

Since then, I fell in love with baking and cooking with oat flour (see: how to make oat flour and oat flour recipe round-up). It’s the flour I use the most in my kitchen as a binder and for baking. I also love adding oat flour to dessert recipes!

That day I was messing around making my first oat flour recipe creation, I would have never guessed it would become my most popular recipe. So apparently you guys love baking and cooking with oat flour as much as I do.

Soon after, you guys started requesting a savory oat flour bread version so that you could eat oat flour bread as part of sandwiches and toast. Now that recipe is 100% my most popular recipe on the blog.

Ingredient Healthy Banana Oatmeal Bread (no Flour, Refined Sugar Or Butter)

Over the holidays, you guys requested a pumpkin version, so I made that and happily ate umpteen loaves. Now, I’ve made this oat flour banana bread version five times already and can’t stop won’t stop. The baby loves it for breakfast (even though he hates bananas), and I love it pre/post workout with salted butter. And you can even make oat flour banana muffins out of it as well!

This recipe is a “quick bread” recipe, which means you can’t mess it up, and it’s fast to get it in the oven. The first step is to combine all your dry ingredients, I forgot to take a picture of that, but I think you’ll be okay there. Next, in another bowl, you will want to mash down three large banans (about 1.33 cups of mashed banana.)

TIP: Mash bananas by squeezing them while they are in the peel first. This way, they are easier to mash when you get them in the bowl. I like to leave my mashed bananas just a little bit chunky, but you can use a blender or electric mixer to get rid of the chunks if you want.

Oat Flour Banana Bread Recipe

Next, add your wet ingredients into your dry and then let the mixture sit for FIVE minutes. The sitting time allows the oats to absorb the liquid before the baking process begins.

Then, you’ll bake in a parchment-lined loaf pan for 50-55 minutes. I chose to use a taller, more narrow pan, if you use a wider shorter loaf pan it might bake faster, so check it at 40-45 minutes. Yes, the top with get crispy, all forms of banana bread do this, including traditional. You are not overbaking it, I promise!

Now! The MOST IMPORTANT information. If you can manage it, leave it alone. The best-case scenario is you let it cool on a cooling rack for a few hours before transferring it to the fridge and allowing it to cool OVERNIGHT in the refrigerator. I KNOW! Trust me, I know, it’s a long hard wait, but worth it.

Award Winning Oatmeal Banana Bread (vegan Subs!)

But this is the best-case scenario, if you follow my directions, you can microwave to reheat slices, and you’ll bread won’t be crumbly at all. If you don’t, it wills till be good, but it might be slightly chewy and a bit crumbly.

This recipe also makes delicious oat flour banana muffins! The recipe is the exact same, but the cooking time is shorter! Get the recipe here.

Oat Flour –I prefer to make my own, but you can also buy it. Make sure it’s ground super fine with a food processor.Get step by step instructions on how to make oat flourin this post.

One Bowl Vegan Banana Bread (gluten Free)

Bananas – Don’t omit. If you want a different version of this bread, I suggest my pumpkin version, honey oat, or savory versions.

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Oat flour banana bread is a hearty, delicious healthy banana bread made with just a few simple ingredients!  No refined flour or sugar, butter, or dairy!

Want a more savory version of oat flour bread?  Click here to get the savory version of this bread which is perfect for toppings like avocado, lunch meat, and cheese!  Or try one of these:

Easy Vegan Gluten Free Banana Bread.

Serving: 1 /10 of loaf | Calories: 167 kcal | Carbohydrates: 32 g | Protein: 5 g | Fat: 3 g | Saturated Fat: 1 g | Cholesterol: 33 mg | Sodium: 135 mg | Potassium: 291 mg | Fiber: 4 g | Sugar: 11 g | Vitamin A: 70 IU | Vitamin C: 3 mg | Calcium: 60 mg | Iron: 1 mg

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Kelli Shallal MPH RD is a Phoenix, Arizona based Registered Dietitian with a Masters in Public Health from Loma Linda University. She is a blogger behind the popular blog and nutrition practice Hungry Hobby. She is also the owner and creator of What to Eat? Meal Plans.An amazing one bowl banana bread that’s gluten free and yields perfectly moist banana bread with a tender crumb and satisfying flavor. The best ever vegan gluten free banana bread!

Chocolate Oat Flour Banana Bread

Introducing the only Vegan Gluten Free Banana Bread Recipe you’ll ever need. That’s right I said it. It’s Saturday and I can do whatever I dang well please! 😉 Plus, we’re allowed to go a bit bold, a bit adventurous and more than a bit sassy come the weekend! Or else what’s the point of all that hard work we did during the week, right?

Now before I go off on another tangent totally not related to magical one bowl banana bread, let me steer this recipe/ship towards the right location. Today’s the day we revisit one of my most popular banana bread recipes—in fact, the most reader-loved gluten free banana bread I’ve ever shared.

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We’re going to chat about how to make vegan gluten free banana bread, how to store it, and why you’d even think about making this one bowl banana bread. Are you game? Let’s bake this!

Marbled Banana Bread Recipe (vegan)

“Delicious vegan gluten free banana bread isn’t possible, ” they said. “There is no such thing as a vegan gluten free banana bread recipe that isn’t gummy, gross and straight up inedible, ” they cried. “Secretly gluten free one bowl banana bread might as well be a dream!!”, they ranted. Let’s defy what they

Think and make the best friggin’ vegan gf banana bread ever. Wanna see what beautiful vegan gluten free ingredient we’re using? Let’s do it.

Add the rest of the wet ingredients: coconut oil, maple syrup, flax egg and vanilla. Whisk all the ingredients together until it’s well mixed.

The Best Vegan And Gluten Free Banana Bread

Add all of the dry ingredients to the same bowl (1-bowl, woohoo!!): oat flour, almond meal, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Now whisk it all together until no flour patches remain.

Now, for the fun part: choosing your favorite add-ins! I love using walnuts for a classic banana bread taste, but feel free to use chocolate chips and more!

Pour your vegan gluten free banana bread batter into the loaf pan your prepared earlier. Smooth the batter out, then shape it to resemble a loaf—your loaf will bake up very much how it looks raw.

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Vegan Banana Bread (simple And Flexible)

For fun, grab a butter knife and cut a slit slightly off center down the loaf. Once done, give the knife a wiggle back and forth in the slit to widen it. Go ahead and sprinkle your vegan gf banana bread with walnuts or your favorite topping.

Good question! We’ve all been in the banana boat (couldn’t help it) where we’re trying to use green bananas to make banana bread. Unfortunately, that’s not gonna cut it. Green bananas have what some might call a vegetable-y taste. It’s not what’s intended for today’s perfect vegan gf banana bread. Here are some tips on when to know if a banana is the perfect ripeness for making banana bread:

“LOVED this recipe. I did have to make a few modifications due to some allergies, but it was AMAZING!!! This is the first time I’ve ever baked banana bread, but I’ve tried gluten free/vegan bakeries, and nothing has compared to how delicious this recipe is!! I ended up making this twice… My kid who hates bananas LOVED them… Thanks for getting me so excited to bake!”

Oat Flour Banana Bread Recipe (gluten & Dairy Free)

“This was amazing! I baked it in an 8×8 pan as my family has declared war on “loaf” breads…it baked in 45 minutes in case anyone was wondering! I then made a thin glaze with powdered sugar, almond milk and vanilla extract…Fabulous!! thanks so much for this amazing recipe!”

“Just made this and it’s so great! My 4 year old