The Best Vegan Banana Bread You’ll Ever Eat

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The best vegan banana bread you’ll ever eat is moist, flavorful and tastes like the nostalgic, traditional banana bread you know and love. This easy vegan banana bread recipe uses simple ingredients and makes an incredible brunch treat or snack. Options to add chocolate chips and nuts to make it extra special!
Author

Kelsey Nichols

Published

June 26, 2026

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Ingredients

For the wet ingredients:

  • 3 medium to large extra ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 ⅓ cup mashed banana)**
  • ⅓ cup (75g) melted and cooled coconut oil
  • ½ cup (107g) packed brown sugar (or coconut sugar)
  • ½ tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 3 tablespoons dairy free milk of choice

For the dry ingredients:

  • 1 ¾ cup (210g) all purpose flour*
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Optional add-ins:

  • ½ cup (90g) chocolate chips
  • ½ cup (56g) chopped walnuts (or pecans)

Recipe Notes

  • If you use whole wheat flour (I recommend whole wheat pastry or white whole wheat flour), you’ll likely need to add two more tablespoons of milk to the recipe. ** Frozen bananas should be thawed first and then drained of excess liquid before using in this recipe.

Instructions

Step 1:
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch pan with parchment paper and grease the inside of the pan to prevent sticking. If you use a larger loaf pan, such as a 9x5, please know your bread will be much thinner and will take less time to cook.

Step 2:
In a large bowl mix together the mashed banana, brown sugar, coconut oil, vanilla extract and milk to a bowl until well combined.

Step 3:
In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Do not overmix; it’s totally fine if there are some lumps of banana, etc. Feel free to fold in ½ cup chopped walnuts or ½ cup chocolate chips (or both!) if you’d like.

Step 4:
Add banana bread batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 40-50 minutes or until a tester inserted into the middle comes out clean or with just a few crumbs attached. Allow bread to cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes, then remove and transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Step 5:
Once bread is cool, cut into 10 slices. Serve with nut butter spread on top for a healthy snack or breakfast on the go.

Serving Suggestions

Eat right out of the oven - you won’t be sorry!