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. There are so many great recipes and products out there that allow you to enjoy baked goodies even if you can’t have gluten.
So it got me thinking, what are some classics that need to be reinvented so that those who don’t eat gluten can still enjoy them? 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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What Do I Need to Make Flourless Banana Bread?
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- Ripe bananas
- Large eggs
- Pure maple syrup (or honey)
- Baking soda
- Old-fashioned rolled oats
- 9×5-inch loaf pan
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!
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.
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I don’t know how this will taste, but my house smells amazing! Not sure if I can wait for it to cool or not.
Love this! Have made it a few times and instead of eggs use Bob’s Red Mill egg replacer for a vegan option. Also used a pan that’s 8×3 so had to bake it for longer- about 40 mins.
I have a sensitive digestive system, but I can’t live without Banana bread. This recipe saved my life haha, I tried it yesterday and the results surprised me, it was even better than regular banana bread. The sweetness is appropriate for my tastes.
I was staring at 2 very ripe bananas on my counter, wanting to do something with them instead of throwing them away but also realized I didn’t have enough flour for a traditional banana bread. So I dug around the internet until I found this recipe. Since I didn’t have enough bananas, I used apple sauce to make up the difference (about 1/2 cup) which worked just fine and although the finished product didn’t have as much banana flavor, the nuttiness of the oats and the moist texture was excellent. Every morning I’d have a warm, buttered slice until it was all gone. Thanks for this recipe, it was truly ‘a find’!
Is there a substitute for honey / maple syrup? Like blended dates with water? or an extra banana instead?Trying to really minimize sugar.
Hi Beatrice! I haven’t tested the recipe without the honey or maple syrup, but I’ve had people tell me that they had great success just leaving it out of the recipe. Just make sure you have really ripe bananas for plenty of moisture and flavor. It certainly wouldn’t hurt to add an additional small banana. I hope it turns out just as great! Enjoy!
Just looked at the recipe again. It seems I made an addition that I forgot about – 1/2 a stick of butter 🙂 I hadn’t realized that wasn’t in the original recipe. Highly recommend!
This is a great recipe. Thank you! We’re usually using it for a breakfast treat, so we leave out the maple syrup and it’s still sweet enough. Sometimes I’ll add a sprinkle of stevia if my bananas are smaller, or just add a 4th banana. It’s a good base for adding other flavors too: vanilla, lemon zest, nuts, etc.
Thanks for this recipe. Was delicious. Made it today with honey as the sweetener. I whisked the egg whites and folded that into the batter to make a less dense structure.
I didn’t have three banana’s so I added 1/4 cup of nonfat greek yogurt with 2 bananas and it was soo good. I also layered in two tablespoons of chocolate chips, which was the perfect amount to add a little something special!
i do no waste cooking, i cut stem and bottom tip off bananas and blended the entire (w/skin) thing in the recipe- turned our GREAT- will try the apply one next