We need to talk about this flourless banana bread…
Eating this delicious banana bread will probably remind you of a giant oatmeal chocolate chip cookie…
And you’ll still be dreaming about it for days after it’s gone, wishing you could have some more.
The recipe can be easily modified to fit different diets:
✓Flourless
✓Refined-sugar-free
✓Vegan, gluten-free, & oil-free options
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Without any flour weighing down the recipe, the sweetness of the bananas really shines through.
Wholesome oats add substance, giving this bread its deliciously hearty texture.
And of course chocolate chips make everything taste even better… although the flourless banana bread is actually really good even without them!
You can also add raisins, shredded coconut, cinnamon, walnuts, or even dried cranberries for a Fall-ish banana bread.
Adapted from my Chocolate Banana Bread, which was the #1 most repinned recipe on my website for the month of September!
Guess you all really like banana bread!
Sorry, pumpkin.
The first step to making the flourless banana bread is to put the oats in a blender and blend until a fine powder forms.
This is what you’re using instead of flour in the recipe. Or for grain free, you could do the same thing with quinoa flakes if you’d prefer.
I also am working on a banana bread recipe using almond flour, so hopefully that one will be posted soon!
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Flourless Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups mashed banana (420g)
- 2 1/2 cups rolled oats (For low carb, try this Almond Flour Banana Bread)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup milk of choice OR oil
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup, agave, or honey
- 1 1/2 tbsp vinegar
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F, and grease a 9×5 loaf pan very well, making sure to go up the sides. Put the oats in a blender and blend until a fine powder forms. Add all other ingredients (except optional chips) and blend until smooth. Stir in optional chips if using. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, then bake on the middle rack for 35 minutes. Turn the oven off, but DON’T open the oven. Let the bread sit in the closed oven for another 10 minutes. Then remove from the oven and let cool completely before going around the sides with a knife, then inverting onto a plate.View Nutrition Facts
Notes
More Healthy Breakfast Recipes:
Flourless Banana Blender Muffins
Peanut Butter Brownie Baked Oatmeal
Keto Muffins – 6 Ingredients
Can I omit the added sweetness by replacing them with more bananas. Or possibly reducing the sweetners? Or possibly make a date paste?
Hi!
Thank you for sharing this recipe!
I made this today and it tastes good but it feels very dry once you eat it. I’m not sure what went wrong. I am very keen on making this again.. can someone please help me?
Thank you?
Hey Katie! I’m a seasoned baker…but fairly new to working with ground oats/oatflour as well as eggless baked goods. Followed this recipe to a T except I baked in an 8×8 pan lined with foil and greased( was done in 27 min on convection oven setting in a toaster oven). Oh and I used honey. And apple cider vinegar instead of regular. The finished product is like a pudding! Tastes great but I was hoping for a texture like in your picture! Can u speculate what happened? Thanks!
Well, Katie can only vouch for the recipe if it’s followed exactly. I’ve done this one several times and not had any problems.
I am trying this as we speak 🙂
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I just made this – it’s super tasty but mine turned out stodgy…no idea why, I won’t complain though, still goes beautifully with some raspberry chia jam!
@katie: this is really good. The heaviness and the gooiness is like cookie dough. This is serious comfort food. Unfortunately I cannot eat like this all the time lol, so I will sub half the oat flour with unbleached white flour (Bob’s) either gluten-free or not, which should lighten the load. 🙂 *This is my second recipe of yours I have tried, and I’m pretty hooked already. Thank You!
I used dates instead of the syrup and added chocolate chips and walnuts. It was so delicious! Thanks.
Could you subsutitue another fruit if you don’t have any banana, or enough bananas on hand?
This looks great, but I don’t always have bannanans on hand, would it work with a berries, or even applesauce?
Wondering if the with the Flourless Banana Bread Receipie could be substituted for another fruit, or even applesauce?
The recipe looks fantastic, but I do not always have enough bananas on hand, wondering if it would would with half the amount of bananas and another fruit? What are your recommendations or ideas on the recipe as a Apple Bread, or Berry Bread?
I subbed ground flax instead of oats, it was amazing!