So you want to make your own vegan banana bread?

Banana bread is a delicious and naturally sweet dessert, prep-time takes close to no time and there's little clean up. This dessert also freezes well, so it’s a great recipe to prepare in advance and enjoy throughout the week!

Ingredients 

• 4 medium ripe bananas
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• ¼ cup plant-based milk
• ½ cup light brown sugar
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 350F. 
• Grease a 9×5 loaf pan then sprinkle with flour.
• In a large mixing bowl, mash the bananas. Add the brown sugar, oil, vanilla, and almond milk, and mix until incorporated.
• Mix in the flour, baking soda and salt and stir until combined.
• Transfer the batter to your greased pan.
• Bake for about 45 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. 
• Let cool and serve!

A Few Things You Should Know about Making Vegan Banana Bread

• The best bananas are overripe bananas. The more brown spots the better!
• Don’t over-mix the batter! Banana bread? Cookies? Birthday cake? This is a pretty important tip for baking in general. Over-mixing will lead to a very dense banana bread so you only want to mix until all the ingredients are incorporated. 
• If you’re worried that using ripe bananas and sugar will make it overly sweet try using unsweetened plant-based milk. 
• If you don’t want to use oil, try using applesauce. 
• Get creative and add mix-ins. Chocolate chips? Walnuts? The possibilities are endless!

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