A delicious vegan chocolate chip banana bread recipe, perfect for using up ripe or spotty bananas. It includes notes for ingredient swaps like whole wheat flour or gluten-free flour blends. Tag a friend and enjoy this plant-based comfort food!
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a small bowl combine 2 tbsp ground flax and 6 tbsp water. Stir and set aside for 10 minutes.
2. In a separate bowl, mash bananas with a fork well… Until you have a gooey mixture, takes about 3 minutes. Add the melted coconut oil and sugar to the bananas...mix, then add flax mixture, and vanilla extract. Mix with a wooden spoon.
4. In a separate bowl combine flour, chocolate chips, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Stir to combine then gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet, mixing with a wooden spoon as your incorporate.
5. Grease a loaf pan with coconut oil then pour the batter into the pan. Simply smooth out the top and place in preheated oven for 45-55 minutes or until top is golden brown. To check if center is baked through simply poke a tooth pick in the center... it is done when tooth pick comes out clean! Take out and immediately add chocolate chips on top (totally optional). Let sit for 15-30 minutes before slicing!
