Vegan Banana Bread with Toasted Walnuts and Coconut – 1 Bowl

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.

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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!

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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

5 from 16 votes

By: Vegan Richa

Prep: 15 minutes mins

Cook: 55 minutes mins

Total: 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Servings: 6

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: Vegan

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Vegan Banana Bread with Walnuts. Classic Super moist Banana bread with toasted nuts and coconut. No Palm oil. Vegan Recipe. Perfect Breakfast or Snack.

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Ingredients 

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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

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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

Adapted from my 1 Bowl Banana Apple Bread.

To make this Oil-free: Use nut butter instead of oil.

To make muffins: Pour batter into lined muffin pan. Top with chocolate or nuts. Bake at 365 degrees F for 27 to 30 minutes or until toothpick from the enter comes out clean.

Nutritional values based on one serving

Nutrition

Calories: 446kcal, Carbohydrates: 67g, Protein: 6g, Fat: 19g, Saturated Fat: 11g, Sodium: 181mg, Potassium: 467mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 25g, Vitamin A: 45IU, Vitamin C: 3.7mg, Calcium: 161mg, Iron: 3.9mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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