Chocolate Banana Bread
Ingredients: (adapted from You Won’t Believe It’s Vegan!: 200 Recipes for Simple and Delicious Animal-Free Cuisine)
- 2 1/4 cups Barley Flour (or 2 cups All-Purpose Flour if you don’t want it Wheat-free)
- 1 1/2 tsp. Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
- 1/2 cup Canola Oil
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar or 1/2 tsp. Stevia (increase to 3/4 cups Sugar or 3/4 tsp. Stevia if making plain Banana Bread)
- 1/4 cup – 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder
- 1/2 tsp. Salt
- 1/4 cup Soy Milk (may need a little more if using 1/2 cup Cocoa)
- 1/4 cup Maple Syrup
- 1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
- 4 mashed, ripe Bananas (add extra 1/2 Banana if using Stevia instead of Sugar)
- 1/2 cup chopped Walnuts, or Chocolate Chips
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F, and lightly oil 9X3 inch Loaf pan and set aside.
- In a large bowl, sift Flour, Baking Powder, Baking Soda and Cocoa.
- In another bowl, mix together Oil, Sugar/Stevia, and Salt. Stir in Soy Milk, Maple Syrup, and Vanilla. Add the Bananas to the mixture and mix well.
- Add the Banana mixture and the Nuts to the dry ingredients and stir in thoroughly.
- Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake for 40 – 50 mins., or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in pan 10 mins. and then turn out onto a cooling rack and cool completely.
*Makes 1 delicious Loaf
Submitted by Rebecca at Blissfully Vegan, Facebook, Recipe Link
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