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Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

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There is nothing like a warm slice of homemade banana bread! This Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread recipe is vegan, allergy-free, soft & moist, and perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a snack! It’s 8 ingredients, high protein, sugar-free, oil-free, and can even be made paleo & grain-free!

Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread (Vegan, Allergy-Free) | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 There is nothing like a warm slice of homemade banana bread! This Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread recipe is vegan, allergy-free, soft & moist, and perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a snack! It's 8 ingredients, high protein, sugar-free, oil-free, and can even be made paleo & grain-free! #glutenfree #vegan #bananabread #baking #strengthandsunshine

Sometimes you just need a slice of banana bread, right? The most classic quick bread known to man. So cozy and comforting; one of the only acceptable ways to use bananas (in my non-banana-liking opinion). Of course we can make fancy banana breads with blueberries or peanut butter, but sometimes I just want a slice straight up. A slice reminiscent of my gluten-filled childhood.

Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread (Vegan, Allergy-Free) | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 There is nothing like a warm slice of homemade banana bread! This Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread recipe is vegan, allergy-free, soft & moist, and perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a snack! It's 8 ingredients, high protein, sugar-free, oil-free, and can even be made paleo & grain-free!

I’ve told you many times of my mom’s banana bread (i.e. the good ‘ole Pillsbury Quick Bread Banana Bread Mix in a box). When she baked up a loaf of that perfect banana bread (always adding tons of real banana), it was like heaven in the kitchen, my lunchbox, and my tummy. I love eating the slices over the next few days of the week, once the top of the loaf got this gooey, sticky coating (I’m assuming from the banana) on it.

Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread (Vegan, Allergy-Free) | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 There is nothing like a warm slice of homemade banana bread! This Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread recipe is vegan, allergy-free, soft & moist, and perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a snack! It's 8 ingredients, high protein, sugar-free, oil-free, and can even be made paleo & grain-free!

Last summer I had to step back and bake a real “replica” of that perfect boxed mix. I needed a slice of perfect classic GLUTEN-FREE banana bread, vegan, and allergy-free. So I set out to make it perfect, where I could fool my mom and brother into thinking it was that same Pillsbury mix. Since anytime I think about, hear, see, taste anything banana bread, I always think about my mom, I thought with it being the month of May (Mother’s Day and my mom’s birthday coming up) it was time to reveal the dream loaf!

Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread (Vegan, Allergy-Free) | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 There is nothing like a warm slice of homemade banana bread! This Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread recipe is vegan, allergy-free, soft & moist, and perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a snack! It's 8 ingredients, high protein, sugar-free, oil-free, and can even be made paleo & grain-free!

As I had this bread baking in the oven, the whole house smelled like my mom was baking that classic quick bread. I think the key to the perfect banana bread is adding in a ton of super ripe, sweet bananas. Not only does it help create the perfect “egg” for our egg-free baking, but the intense flavor, natural sweetness, and moist crumb is spot on. I used a combo of quinoa flour and this paleo baking mix. You couldn’t tell it was so free-from. To make sure I had a solid version that was allergy-free, I still used the quinoa flour, but swapped with my standby gluten-free baking mix. You could even bake this completely grain-free (although quinoa is a seed, not a grain), by swapping the quinoa flour for more of the paleo baking mix. Kind of a “choose your own adventure” banana bread.

Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread (Vegan, Allergy-Free) | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 There is nothing like a warm slice of homemade banana bread! This Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread recipe is vegan, allergy-free, soft & moist, and perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a snack! It's 8 ingredients, high protein, sugar-free, oil-free, and can even be made paleo & grain-free!

I wanted everyone to be able to enjoy a simple, 8-ingredient, easy, one-bowl, gluten-free banana bread. It may be a childhood must for me, but it should be anyone’s go-to quick bread in a pinch. Even for banana-haters like myself, there is something about banana bread that is just so satisfying and comforting. I love banana flavor, but could never eat a whole, unaltered banana. Ah! But in perfect bread form, how could you say no? How could anyone say no?

Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread

Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread (Vegan, Allergy-Free) | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 There is nothing like a warm slice of homemade banana bread! This Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread recipe is vegan, allergy-free, soft & moist, and perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a snack! It's 8 ingredients, high protein, sugar-free, oil-free, and can even be made paleo & grain-free!

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Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread (Vegan, Allergy-Free) | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 There is nothing like a warm slice of homemade banana bread! This Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread recipe is vegan, allergy-free, soft & moist, and perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a snack! It's 8 ingredients, high protein, sugar-free, oil-free, and can even be made paleo & grain-free! #glutenfree #vegan #bananabread #baking #strengthandsunshine

There is nothing like a warm slice of homemade banana bread! This Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread recipe is vegan, allergy-free, soft & moist, and perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a snack! It’s 8 ingredients, high protein, sugar-free, oil-free, and can even be made paleo & grain-free!

  • Author: Rebecca Pytell
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 35 mins
  • Total Time: 40 mins
  • Yield: 1 8x4 Loaf 1x
  • Category: Bread, Breakfast, Snack
  • Cuisine: American
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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flours, baking powder, and granulated sweetener. Mix together.
  3. Add the mashed ripe bananas, milk, vanilla, and cinnamon. Mix again to form a smooth bread batter.
  4. Pour the batter into a greased 8×4 loaf pan, smoothing out the top.
  5. Bake the bread in the preheated oven for 35-40 minutes, until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  6. Remove, let cool on a wire rack. Store in an airtight container or freeze for later by slicing the bread and wrapping each piece individually.

Notes

For nut-free gluten-free baking mix: Use 1 Cup
For high protein gluten-free baking mix: Use 1 Cup (preferred method)
For grain-free/paleo bread swap all flours: Use 2 Cups

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1

Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread (Vegan, Allergy-Free) | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 There is nothing like a warm slice of homemade banana bread! This Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread recipe is vegan, allergy-free, soft & moist, and perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a snack! It's 8 ingredients, high protein, sugar-free, oil-free, and can even be made paleo & grain-free! #glutenfree #vegan #bananabread #baking #strengthandsunshine

So simple and with that touch of cinnamon (always!) your taste buds and tummy will be mighty happy! Whether you’re planning a Mother’s Day breakfast or brunch, just have a craving for some classic gluten-free banana bread, or need to bake up a special treat to add to the kiddo’s lunchboxes like my mom used to do for me, this is the only banana bread recipe you need! My family did not know it was so “free-from” and you won’t either! The taste, the moist and soft crumb, the perfect banana taste…I need some now…how about you?

So tell me:

+ Are you a classic banana bread person (i.e. no add-ins like nuts or chocolate chips) or do you go fancy? Plain will always reign #1! I don’t want crunch in my loaf!

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Comments

  2. Kayla says

    Just have to say thank you for making gluten free recipes that are allergen friendly. We eat gluten free but my husband is also allergic to every nut out there :). It makes it difficult to bake when so many recipes use almond flour.

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      I am so glad to hear that! Exactly why I want my recipes to be fit for everyone <3

      Reply

  4. Amanda says

    I will have to try this! I’m always trying to get my mom to eat my baking but because she’s gluten free, she doesn’t often. Finally a recipe that she’ll eat!

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  9. Lis says

    Ohmygosh this looks delicious! I’ve been craving cake or some sort of baked good for a while now, might try this out to have as my weekend treat 😊

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  14. Rebecca Hicks says

    I LOVE banana bread! I also grew up eating it, and loved it when my mom added chocolate chips to the bread. It added the perfect bit of sweetness, and I think bananas and chocolate go so well together. I’ll have to give this recipe a try… Thank you for the idea!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Yup! I made this one specifically to be classic banana bread. I have other fancy recipes with add-ins.

      Reply

  20. Jennifer says

    This looks so delicious and I love that it is gluten free!!! We are a GF family and not all recipes convert easily. Thanks!

    Reply

  24. Candy says

    I always like to have gluten free recipes on hand when I know people are coming over. Always seems to be at least one who is gluten free.

    Reply

  28. Angel says

    I absolutely love banana bread! It is one of my favorites to enjoy and the kids LOVE it for breakfast! SO thankful for a gluten free recipe as we strive to eat better. I can’t wait to try it!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Banana bread is an essential. Gluten-free has nothing to do with eating better. It is a medical diet for celiacs.

      Reply

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