Description
Vegan chocolate chip banana bread is a simply delish vegan breakfast, snack, or dessert! We’ll walk you through all the tips and tricks on how to make a perfect loaf of chocolate chip banana bread.
Ingredients
Wet Ingredients:
- 3–4 peeled bananas* note
- 1/3 cup melted butter or neutral flavored oil* note
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Dry Ingredients:
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cane sugar (white, brown, or coconut sugar also works)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Mix the wet ingredients. Add peeled bananas to a medium-sized mixing bowl and mash very well. Add vanilla extract and melted butter and mix to incorporate.
- Sprinkle dry ingredients across the top of the wet. Mix until just combined. Fold chocolate chips into the batter.
- Line a loaf pan with parchment paper and pour the batter in. Bake in a pre-heated 350* oven for 55-65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle removes clean and has no wet batter.
- If using a 9×5 loaf pan, the loaf will take less time to cook. Begin to check at the 45-minute mark.
- If using a dark metal or glass pan, you may need to dial back the temp 25* as these pans tend to cook up the edges faster than the center.
- If using a large amount of bananas, the loaf will take longer to cook! Banana bread can take up to 70 minutes to complete cooking.
- Leave the loaf to cool in the pan for 15-20 minutes before removing and slicing for best results. The loaf will firm up a bit as it cools.
Notes
There are two very common loaf pan sizes: 8×4 and 9×5. The 9×5 pans create shorter, wider loaves that cook up a bit quicker. An 8×4 pan takes longer as it’s a taller loaf!
On Bananas: If using 4 large bananas, the loaf may take a bit longer to cook. If using smaller or fewer bananas, you may need to add a small splash of milk to help the batter come together appropriately. Splash meaning 1-2 tablespoons! The batter should be thick but not resistant to incorporating all dry spots of flour in.
Oil vs Butter: Melted butter makes banana bread with a better flavor and texture. Using oil creates a very moist banana bread but it may have a gummier consistency.
Keywords: Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Bread