Flourless Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Flourless banana bread slices arranged on brown parchment paper.

Flourless Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

You will love every bite of this flourless banana bread. It's naturally sweet, has a slight peanut buttery taste, and is truly the tastiest healthy banana bread I've ever had.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword banana bread with almond flour, flourless banana bread, gluten free banana bread, healthy banana bread

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 1

Cooling Time 15

Total Time 1 10

Servings slices

Calories 328kcal

Author A Simple Palate

Ingredients

2/3 cup mini chocolate chips (plus 2 Tbsp extra for topping)

Dry Ingredients

3/4 cup almond flour
1/2 cup old-fashioned oats (use gluten-free if needed)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder

Wet Ingredients

3 Very ripe bananas
1/2 cup peanut butter/almond butter
1/4 cup butter, melted (vegan or regular butter)
3 eggs
1/2 cup coconut sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F
Whisk dry ingredients: in a small bowl whisk oats, almond flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and baking soda.
Wet ingredients: in a large bowl either use a fork or hand-mixer and mash bananas until smooth. Then add coconut sugar, vanilla, and melted butter - mix into bananas. Then add eggs and gently mix in.
Add dry ingredients to batter: Add whisked dry ingredients to batter, and gently fold together - don't over-mix batter. Fold in chocolate chips.
Bake: line a loaf pan with parchment paper. Then carefully add batter and sprinkle extra 2 tablespoons chocolate chips. Bake for 60-65 minutes - test with toothpick. Let loaf rest for 15 minutes before lifting edges of paper and removing bread. Slice and enjoy!

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Notes

Tips

Swap peanut butter for almond butter or cashew butter if desired.
Make sure bananas are very ripe.
Store in a sealed container or ziplock bag in refrigerator to keep fresh and moist.
Add walnuts, nutmeg, or shredded coconut for extra flavor and texture if desired.

Make this banana bread into muffins
Follow recipe as is, then scoop batter into greased muffin tin - fill up to 1/2 inch from the top of the muffin pan. Bake at 350F for 15-18 minutes - let cool for 10 minutes before removing from muffin tin.

How do you keep banana bread moist?
Cover in plastic wrap, foil, or place in a ziplock bag to lock the moisture in the banana bread and keep it from drying out.

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