Gluten-Free Moist Choc Chip Banana Bread

Yeah, this is really moist and hard to tell it's gluten-free for sure! Perfect with coffee or as a dessert, this banana bread will melt in your mouth. Be sure to use mini chocolate chips, as the big ones just sink to the bottom while baking.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 292 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 ½ cups white sugar
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
• ½ cup applesauce
• ½ cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt
• 2 teaspoons xanthan gum
• ½ cup miniature chocolate chips, or more to taste
• 3 ripe bananas, pureed
• 2 cups gluten-free all-purpose baking flour (such as Bob's Red Mill®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan.

Step 2

Beat sugar and applesauce together in a bowl with an electric mixer; add pureed bananas, yogurt, egg, and vanilla and beat until well-combined.

Step 3

Whisk flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, and baking soda together in a bowl. Add flour mixture to applesauce mixture and stir until just combined. Fold chocolate chips and walnuts into batter. Spoon batter into the prepared loaf pan.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, about 45 minutes.