Here’s my ‘free from’ healthy banana bread recipe; free from gluten, dairy, soy, nuts, eggs and sugar.
Great for snacks and suitable for healthy lunch box treats.
Nourish 101:
- Sweetened naturally with banana. No added sugar or sweeteners.
- Top 8 free; allergy friendly (gluten free, dairy free, soy free, nut free and egg free)
- Great source of energy and fibre.
- Helps promote healthy digestion and support gut health.
- Rich in B vitamins, vitamins C, folate and minerals potassium, magnesium and copper.
- Nutrients to help boost your mood.
- Plant based/ Vegan. Buckwheat is also a source of plant based protein.
'Free From' Banana Bread
Here's my 'free from' healthy banana bread recipe; free from gluten, dairy, soy, nuts, eggs and sugar.Great for snacks and suitable for healthy lunch box treats.
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 4 large over-ripe bananas (500g peeled) cut into pieces (+ 1 extra to decorate)
- 1/3 cup coconut oil melted
- 3/4 cup buckwheat flour*
- 3/4 cup organic desiccated coconut
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla bean powder (or good quality vanilla extract)
Instructions
- Pre-heat fan-forced oven to 170°C.
- In a blender (I use a Vitamix) or food processor blend banana and melted coconut oil until smooth (be careful not to over blend*)
- In a medium mixing bowl combine buckwheat, coconut, baking powder and vanilla. Add banana and coconut oil mixture and combine well.
- Pour batter into a lined loaf tin.
- Bake in oven for 55-60 minutes or until cooked through.
- Allow to cool on a baking before slicing.
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Notes
Serving Suggestions:
Serve warm, toasted or chilled.
Make It Personal:
To make this recipe a little extra sweeter, stir through chopped dates.
You can add chopped walnuts to the mixture.
Decorate the top of the batter with desiccated coconut or slices of banana. Recipe Tips: *Despite the name buckwheat does not contain wheat. It is a gluten free pseudocereal (cereal).
*Be careful not to over blend the banana and coconut oil as this may cause the loaf to become denser.
The riper the banana, the sweeter your bread will be.
You can add chopped walnuts to the mixture.
Decorate the top of the batter with desiccated coconut or slices of banana. Recipe Tips: *Despite the name buckwheat does not contain wheat. It is a gluten free pseudocereal (cereal).
*Be careful not to over blend the banana and coconut oil as this may cause the loaf to become denser.
The riper the banana, the sweeter your bread will be.
Easy to make. My kids don’t like coconut so I substituted the coconut for cashews, blended finely. Tastes amazing!!!
Great idea swapping out the coconut for cashews, yum! Thank you so much for sharing your positive feedback. Great to hear you and the kids enjoyed the recipe 🙂
is there another oil apart from coconut oil that i can use
Hi! You could also use extra virgin olive oil or macadamia oil 🙂
Hello there
Can I add eggs or some milk for a bit more moistness if yes what quantities?
Hi! Yes you can add 1 egg. Milk will make it quite dense however. If you prefer a banana bread with eggs I would suggest searching “healthy banana bread” for a grain free recipe on our website or you’ll see here: https://livelovenourish.com.au/recipe/healthy-banana-bread-grain-free/ Hope this helps!
By air forced oven do you mean an air fryer? My oven does not have a fan? How will that affect the baking time ? How will it affect the bread? Thanks
The recipe method is 170’C fan-forced oven but if your oven doesn’t have a fan you can use the conventional temperature of 180/190’C and for longer – 60-65 minutes but test with a skewer to check 🙂