Gluten-Free Oat Flour Banana Bread

Quick breads like banana bread are simple and versatile, which makes them excellent comfort foods for when you want to customize a recipe to match your mood. This gluten-free banana bread recipe is also dairy-free. Customize your version with additions like chopped nuts, dried fruit or chocolate chips if you’ve got a craving for sweets.

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Ingredients

  • ¾ cup gluten-free oat flour
  • ¾ cup gluten-free 1:1 baking flour
  • 1 ¼ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • ⅓ cup organic palm shortening (or butter)
  • ⅔ cup cane sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 ½ teaspoons Nielsen-Massey Pure Vanilla Bean Paste
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  • 2 tablespoons almond milk
  • 1 cup mashed banana (about 2-3 bananas)
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts, chocolate chips, or dried fruit (optional)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the oat flour, baking flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, add the palm shortening and sugar. Beat with an electric mixer or the paddle attachment of a stand mixer until fluffy and combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, and mix until combined. Add vanilla and almond milk and beat for 1-2 minutes until light and combined.

Add half the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix to combine. Add half the bananas and mix to combine. Repeat with the remaining dry ingredients and mashed bananas. If adding nuts, chocolate or dried fruit, fold in with a spatula.

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.

Cool for 5 minutes in the pan before turning out onto a cooling rack and cool completely. Store covered at room temperature.

  • 70 grams gluten-free oat flour
  • 120 grams gluten-free 1:1 baking flour
  • 5 grams baking powder
  • 3 grams baking soda
  • 4 grams salt
  • 70 grams organic palm shortening (or butter)
  • 134 grams cane sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 8 grams Nielsen-Massey Pure Vanilla Bean Paste
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  • 30 grams almond milk
  • 230 grams mashed banana (about 2-3 bananas)
  • 60-80 grams chopped walnuts, chocolate chips, or dried fruit (optional)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a 23 x 13-centimeter loaf pan with cooking spray.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the oat flour, baking flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, add the palm shortening and sugar. Beat with an electric mixer or the paddle attachment of a stand mixer until fluffy and combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, and mix until combined. Add vanilla and almond milk and beat for 1-2 minutes until light and combined.

Add half the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix to combine. Add half the bananas and mix to combine. Repeat with the remaining dry ingredients and mashed bananas. If adding nuts, chocolate or dried fruit, fold in with a spatula.

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.

Cool for 5 minutes in the pan before turning out onto a cooling rack and cool completely. Store covered at room temperature.

  • Nielsen-Massey time icon

    10 minsprep

  • Nielsen-Massey time icon

    60 minscook

  • Nielsen-Massey yield icon

    1loaf

This Recipe Uses

Pure Vanilla Bean Paste