Description

The easiest flourless, dairy free banana bread! Toasted cinnamon oats and ripe bananas are blended together to make a soft crumb. Low added sugar (or no sugar!) adds a touch of sweet and the cinnamon sugar layer gives a fun crisp topping.

Ingredients

Scale

2 1/2 cups of old fashioned rolled oats, divided
4 teaspoons cinnamon, divided
3/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 large, very ripe bananas
3 large eggs
1/3 cup coconut oil, softened (if you are tolerant, butter is fantastic here!)
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
Optional: 1/4 cup sugar (for topping)
Optional: 3/4 cup chocolate chips, pecans or walnuts

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Instructions

Lightly oil or butter a 9×9 baking pan.
Pre-heat oven to 350 and spread oats plus 3 teaspoons cinnamon onto a large baking sheet. Stir together then toast for 2-4 minutes until golden brown.
In a high powered blender or food processor, add 2 cups of oats, salt, baking powder, and baking soda and blend until consistency of flour. Add this straight to the baking pan.
Next, add the bananas, oil or butter, eggs and apple cider vinegar. Blend for 20 seconds until completely smooth OR to leave the bananas with more texture, pulse until blended to your liking,
Mix the wet and dry ingredients right in the baking pan, adding any add ins if you want.
If you want to add the cinnamon sugar oat topping, mix together 1/4 cup sugar and the remaining cinnamon and sprinkle evenly on top of the batter. Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup oats on top too.
Bake in oven for 20-25 minutes until center is set and a toothpick comes up clean.
Let cool in pan for 5 minutes before cutting into squares.

Notes

If you want this banana bread to be sweeter, feel free to add sweetener in the form of sugar or honey. Just add it in with the bananas and eggs when you blend them together in step 4. However, I wouldn’t add more than 1/4 cup!

This freezes well! Just wrap each piece tightly in plastic wrap or foil and slip in a ziplock bag. Thaw overnight in the fridge and feel free to reheat before eating!