Moist Einkorn Banana Bread
Soft, moist, delicious dairy-free banana bread made with einkorn flour
If you don’t believe you can get einkorn flour to be anything but dry, you will be delighted with this. I genuinely didn’t know how to make it moist without kefir, butter, or yogurt, but I wanted everyone to enjoy it, so dairy was out.
In replacing a Tablespoon of dairy, I put in about a full 1/2 cup of applesauce. It was a whole mini cup of applesauce- you know, the kind you throw in a lunchbox? I figured it was likely too much, but- nope. It was perfect!
- 4 very ripe bananas
- 1/2 cup grapeseed oil (butter if you don’t need dairy-free)
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar (or rapadura or sucanat- any not super refined sugar)
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup applesauce (yogurt or kefir if you don’t need dairy-free)
- 1 1/2 cup sifted einkorn flour (or whatever flour you like)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup walnuts (or 1/2 if you don’t love them)
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Directions
- Mash bananas and mix with oil and applesauce
- Add eggs, but don’t overmix (stirring eggs too much makes it less fluffy)
- Sift in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Gently mix.
- Fold in walnuts and chocolate chips.
- Pour into a greased 9×5 bread loaf pan.
- Bake at 350° for 60 minutes. Check it to be sure it is at least 195° inside before removing.
Moist Dairy-Free Einkorn Banana Bread
I’ve always loved warm, moist banana bread. Now, with dear friends who can’t do regular gluten and dairy (she can do the gluten in Einkorn flour), I wanted to try banana bread we could all enjoy. I was concerned that it would end up as dry as the pictures looked in the recipes I perused before making it. We were all happily delighted at how soft, moist and delicious it turned out.
I hope you enjoy my special ingredient that makes it so good!
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