Healthy 5-Ingredient Flourless Banana Bread that’s moist, oaty and naturally sweetened with maple syrup.
Simple, Delicious Flourless Banana Bread
Want to enjoy banana bread without gluten, sugar or specialty ingredients? This Healthy 5-Ingredient Flourless Banana Bread is simple, delicious and so easy to make. You’ll fall in love with how easy this loaf is to bake and how great you can feel about eating it often for breakfast or a snack.
Gluten Free, Okay by Me!
My mom inspired me to create a few more flourless baked goods, like this flourless banana bread recipe, that I can bake for people who don’t or can’t eat gluten.
So it got me thinking, what are some classics that need to be reinvented without flour? Banana bread came to mind. It’s a breakfast favorite!
This gluten-free banana bread recipe is also dairy-free, which can be another tricky ingredient for sensitive digestive systems. I don’t use almonds (or almond flour), walnuts, or pecans in my recipe, either, so no worries for those with nut allergies. And with no added salt, it’s low in sodium, too. And still, it’s incredibly delicious!
Watch Me Make Flourless Banana Bread!
5-Ingredient Simple
I kept this recipe so simple that anyone can successfully bake it and so healthy you’d never believe it by how great it still tastes. Just 5 ingredients! And ones that you probably always have on hand: oatmeal, bananas, eggs, maple syrup and baking soda. That’s it, y’all!
No white or brown sugar, baking powder, specialty gluten-free flour flours or coconut oil. And, in case simplicity is your thing, skip the bowl and the whisk. With this recipe, there’s no need to stir. You just blend all of the wet ingredients and dry ingredients together in your blender, pour the batter into a loaf pan and bake.
It’s one of those recipes I can bake amidst the craziness of a weekday morning and we can enjoy it warm right out of the oven before rushing out the door for the day. It’s also great the next day and the next as the sugars in the bananas continue to release and make the bread even more moist and sweet.
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Flourless Banana Bread Ingredients and Supplies?
(see recipe card at the bottom of this post for measurements and details)
Ingredients:
- Ripe bananas
- Large eggs
- Pure maple syrup (or honey)
- Baking soda
- Old-fashioned rolled oats
Supplies:
- 9×5-inch loaf pan
- Blender
How to Make Healthy 5-Ingredient Flourless Banana Bread
- First, preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 9×5-inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
- Add all ingredients to a blender, in the order listed, and blend until smooth and well combined.
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. (Garnish the top of the batter with thinly sliced banana, if desired) Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let loaf cool completely in loaf pan. Store bread in an airtight container on the counter for 2-3 days or in the refrigerator for up to a week. That’s it!
How to Store Flourless Banana Bread
Store bread in an airtight container at room temperature for 2 days or in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
To freeze, wrap tightly in plastic wrap and then place in a freezer safe baggie or wrap in a layer of foil. Freeze for up to two months. Thaw, loosely covered, at room temperature.
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I LOVE the texture of this loaf! It’s super moist yet still has a hearty oaty texture from the ground oats. Maple syrup and ripe bananas act as the sweeteners and are one of my favorite flavor combos. Have you ever dipped banana slices in a little maple syrup as a snack?! So delicioso!
You’ll fall in love with how easy this loaf is to bake and how great you can feel about eating it often for breakfast or a snack. I have the recipe memorized to where I can actually have it in the oven before my coffee even finishes brewing in the morning. That’s my kind of recipe, y’all! Hope you enjoy it too!
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Healthy 5-Ingredient Flourless Banana Bread
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 35 mins
- Yield: 10
- Category: Breakfast
Description
Just 5 ingredients to make this healthy loaf of banana bread that’s moist, oaty and naturally sweetened with maple syrup.
Ingredients
- 3 medium ripe bananas
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup (or honey)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 9×5-inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
- Add all ingredients to a blender, in the order listed, and blend until smooth and well combined. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. (Garnish the top of the batter with thinly sliced banana, if desired) Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let loaf cool completely in loaf pan. Store bread in an airtight container on the counter for 2-3 days or in the refrigerator for up to a week.
Notes
3 medium bananas is about 1-1/4 cups mashed banana or 1 pound.
Oven temperatures vary so just make sure you test it with a toothpick to make sure it’s baked all the way through. Mine usually takes right at 30 minutes, but others have said theirs takes closer to 40-45 minutes.
Try not to over-blend the batter as this will cause the oats to warm and start cooking into oatmeal which will prevent the loaf from baking with a bread-like texture.
I made this for the first time last week and we all loved it! I’m always looking for ways to get more protein in my kiddos and my husband is celiac so gluten free is a must. I love the clean ingredients. I’m making another loaf right now and this time I added a scoop of (banana) protein powder as well. I didn’t add any maple syrup either time– it is plenty sweet from the ripe bananas.
Hi there! I’m looking forward to trying this recipe but have a few questions:
1) can I use just egg whites instead of whole eggs?
2) if I substitute baking powder for baking soda (as in an earlier reply, just triple it), will it still work? Or is it better to go out and buy baking soda?
3) if I eliminated the maple syrup altogether, would that be terrible? Or just not as sweet? I’m not a big sweet tooth, but want to set myself up for success!
Thanks so much!
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Hi Anees! Yes, you can use all egg whites. I would suggest using 2 egg whites for each egg, so 4 egg whites total. If you substitute baking powder for the baking soda, it might give off a bitter taste because you have to use so much of it, but it will work. If you leave out the maple syrup, I would suggest adding another ripe banana for both the flavor and moisture as the maple syrup contributes to the moisture of the bread. Hope this helps! Enjoy!
Def easy to make. I almost put brown sugar in it for more sweetness but I stuck to the recipe to keep it healthier. I did how ever add chopped nuts, flax seed, cinnamon and nutmeg. It came out very moist but not as sweet as I wouldve liked.( I used black bananas too) Not bad though. Its good warm w butter.
Hello,
I just wanted to say how delicious this was. This is great treat to feed to babies! My daughter is 13 months and she loved it. I added a few ingredients just to jazz it up a bit, 1 cup blueberries, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp cinnamon and 1 tsp vanilla extract. Thank you again. ????
Just tried this, it was super easy to make and it was delicious!! Before putting it into the oven I sprinkled cinnamon sugar over the top!
Hi Dana! The cinnamon sugar sounds like a fabulous touch to this tasty bread. Enjoy! 🙂
WOW! Would never think its gluten free. Delicious and moist. I added cinnamon and a teaspoon of vanilla extract. This will probably be the one and only banana bread recipe I will use from now on! THANK YOU!
Hi! I made this yesterday. I used food processor and I don’t think I whizzed it long enough as my batter wasn’t smooth. I also added some walnuts and blackberries which I think made it more moist so I added some extra oats (whole).
It’s a lovely dense, moist cake and I actually like the oatmealy texture of it.
Took 45min to bake in my oven.
Recipe is definitely a keeper as it’s a fab, simple base for a whole lot of different flavour combinations.
I also popped a slice in the freezer just to check how it keeps (will report back next week when a work colleague comes back from holiday).
Thank you!
Hi Joanna! So great to hear! Love your additions. Yes, a blender is definitely needed to get a smooth batter, but if you’re okay with a heartier oat texture, the food processor works great. Enjoy!
Back to report it freezes perfectly fine. It was even more moist but I guess that would be the blackberries I added.
Great to hear, Joanna! Enjoy!
Hi! May I ask what I can sub with baking soda? Thank you!
Hi Nizrhane! You can use baking powder in place of baking soda, you just need to triple the amount. You can do this because there is actually baking soda in baking powder, but just a little bit. Hope this helps. Enjoy!
I haven’t read every comment, (so someone might have already posted nutritional stuff), but according to an online nutritional calculator I use, this recipe comes out at the following per serving, (if made to serve 10 as recipe shows) which i think is great
Can’t wait to make it! ???? ;
Energy 184 kcal
Protein 6.2 g
Total lipid (fat) 3.18 g
Carbohydrate 34.17 g
Don’t have a blender but just made these. Used my smoothie machine for the oats then mixed everything together. Also used agave syrup for the maple syrup. Cooked my mini muffins at 325 for 12 minutes and they turned out perfect.