Incredible Gluten-Free Banana Bread

This is a heavier, more filling banana bread than others. Don't let the long list of ingredients scare you - it comes together quickly! The almond flour, oat flour, and chia or hemp seeds may be found in your grocery store's organic or gluten-free section, at Trader Joe's®, or online. My family isn't gluten free (my sister is!), but we all prefer this recipe to any others.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 254 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 5 eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 ½ cups rolled oats
• 1 cup oat flour
• ¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg (Optional)
• 1 stick butter, melted
• 1 cup mini chocolate chips
• 1 cup almond flour
• 5 large very ripe bananas, or more to taste
• 1 cup plain 2% yogurt (such as Fage®)
• ½ cup sucralose and brown sugar blend (such as Splenda®)
• ½ cup ground chia seeds
• 1 ½ cups toasted chopped pecans

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Puree bananas in a blender. Add eggs, yogurt, applesauce, and vanilla extract; briefly blend until smooth. Drizzle in melted butter while blender is running and mix until combined, about 10 seconds.

Step 3

Whisk oats, oat flour, almond flour, brown sugar blend, chia seeds, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg together in a large bowl. Add liquid mixture from the blender; mix until no dry spots remain. Add pecans and chocolate chips and mix until evenly incorporated.

Step 4

Pour batter into 2 loaf pans and spread out evenly to the corners.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until tops are dark golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out with tiny crumbs attached, 70 to 80 minutes.