Name: Healthy Oatmeal Banana Bread (No Sugar)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 9
Cuisine: Western
Ingredients: 3 ripe bananas (+1 for decorating); 2 cups rolled oats (180 gram); 3 Medjool dates (60 gram without seed); 2 teaspoon baking powder; ¼ cup (coconut) oil (60 gram); 3 tbsp + 1 tsp water (50 milliliters); 1 tbsp cinnamon; pinch of salt; 1 hand chopped dark chocolate / nuts / coconut grater

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Healthy oatmeal banana bread, no sugar, and vegan? That can’t be tasty, can it? We are happy to prove otherwise! This is a really healthy breakfast.

We use oatmeal (rolled oats) in this banana bread instead of flour and dates instead of sugar. You don’t taste the date taste at all in the end result, but the cake is nice and sweet.

Vegan Oat Banana Bread

In our best banana bread recipe ever, butter and egg are used. But in this vegan banana bread recipe, we use coconut oil!

The bananas and dates make for a good ‘slice’ and with some baking powder, we make it a compact whole.

Do you like nice creamy banana bread? Add some extra water to the batter!

Healthy banana bread oatmeal ingredients

Oatmeal Banana Bread

I mentioned it before, but we use oatmeal flour instead of flour in this banana bread!

Oats are also grain, just like wheat, but oatmeal contains a lot of healthy ingredients and is, therefore, healthier than wheat. Oatmeal is full of good fiber and antioxidants.

Do you know how to make oat flour yourself? It is very easy!

Gluten-Free Banana Bread

Oats naturally don’t contain gluten. Unfortunately, oats are often ground in the same place as wheat, so it is not 100% gluten free. Do you have a gluten allergy? Then buy oatmeal (rolled oats) with the gluten-free label on the packaging!

Banana Bread No Sugar

Of course, bananas are already sweet. Especially if you use overripe bananas, sometimes you don’t even need extra sweetener! In this recipe, we use Medjool dates to make the vegan banana bread a little sweeter.

I don’t really like date taste myself, but by grinding the dates well with the bananas in a food processor (or hand blender), you don’t taste anything of the dates, but you do taste the sweetness! Do you like date taste? Then cut the dates into pieces!

Making Healthy Banana Bread

It’s actually very easy: you mix the wet ingredients together (we threw it in the food processor for convenience) and then use a spatula to mix the dry ingredients through the mixture.

We chose to decorate our banana bread with a banana, sliced, on top. You can also halve a banana in length and place it on top of it. The banana bakes deliciously and becomes nice and soft; really recommended!

Yield: 9