Vegan Banana-Nut Bread

This is a sweet and delicious version of regular nut bread, but for the vegan-lovin' hippies - or heart happy. I always have brown bananas! I love this recipe because I don't have to use milk or eggs. It's really moist and easy. I make it for all my neighbors, and they have no idea it's vegan. Once you get this down, you can mix and have in the oven in less than 10 minutes.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 163 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• ½ cup wheat germ
• ¼ cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
• 3 very ripe bananas
• 1 ½ cups whole wheat pastry flour

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.

Step 2

Mash bananas in a large bowl. Add oil, sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla extract.

Step 3

Mix pastry flour, wheat germ, salt, baking soda, and baking powder together in a bowl. Add flour mixture to the bowl with the banana mixture and stir until just combined; do not over mix. Fold in nuts. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pans.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes.