Vegan Skinny Banana Bread
The Happy Pear's vegan low-FODMAP banana bread makes for a lighter snack that's perfect with a cup of tea.
From the book
The Happy Health Plan: Simple and tasty plant-based food to nourish your body inside and out
A practical and accessible guide to leading a healthy, plant-based lifestyle
With kitchen tips, shopping lists and meal plans designed to nourish you
Full of delicious vegan twists on everything from curry to crumble
Introduction
This banana bread is more like a fruit brack than a cake – it’s light and sweet, and fairly simple to make. For best results, bake it in a shallow pie dish or brownie tray so that it cooks through fully, rather than a loaf tin. It’s a lovely healthy snack that goes great with a cup of tea or coffee.
Ingredients
| 3 | large greenish bananas (preferably not ripe, as you want them to be low-FODMAP) |
| 90ml | rice milk or almond milk |
| 160ml | maple syrup |
| 2 tbsp | molasses |
| 240g | buckwheat flour or gluten-free flour |
| ½ tbsp | baking powder |
| ¾ tsp | bicarbonate of soda |
| 1 tsp | ground cinnamon |
| ¼ tsp | grated nutmeg |
| ½ tsp | salt |
| 50g | raisins, soaked for 5 minutes in water (optional, for a juicier bite) |
| 20g | pumpkin seeds |
Essential kit
You will need: a flat pie dish/brownie type tray (28cm x 18cm x 4cm).
Method
Preheat the oven to 150°C fan/170°C
Mash the bananas really well. Put them into a food processor with the rest of the ingredients (apart from the raisins and pumpkin seeds), and blend until everything is well mixed (if you don’t have a food processor, mix the wet ingredients and the dry ingredients separately and then combine them.) Drain the raisins, then put them into a large bowl with the banana mixture and mix well.
Line a flat pie dish/brownie type tray (28cm x 18cm x 4cm) with baking parchment. Pour in the mixture and spread out evenly. Sprinkle with the pumpkin seeds and bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes, until a knife inserted in the centre of the loaf comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and carefully take the banana bread out of the tin. Allow to cool on a wire rack before slicing.
