Vegan Banana Bars

Vegan banana bars recipe made with easily available ingredients and can be made in a jiffy. No need to wait for the butter to soften, creaming fat and sugars, nothing!

Prep Time20

Cook Time22

Cooling Time10

Total Time52

Method: Baking

Course: Bars

Servings: 40 Banana Bars

Ingredients

PART 1:

2 cups ripe bananas about 4-5 bananas, mashed
1 cup coconut palm sugar
½ cup unsweetened almond milk
¼ cup oil I used avocado oil any any oil
2 tablespoons ground flaxseed
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

PART 2:

1 ¾ cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

ADD-ONS:

¼ cup vegan chocolate chips
¼ cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F/180C for 15 mins. Line a 15x10 inch pan with aluminum foil with some hanging on the sides (so that lifting the baked banana bars will be easy) and lightly grease it with non-stick cooking spray.
In a large bowl mash the bananas. Add rest of the ingredients listed under Part 1 and mix well.
To this add the dry ingredients listed under Part 2. The batter is ready.
Spread the batter into the prepared pan. Since I was going to use chocolate chips and walnuts, I topped half the batter with chocolate chips and half the batter with walnuts.
Bake for 20-24 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Mine was done in 22 minutes.

Notes

I have used 2 tablespoons of flaxseed meal to replace 2 eggs in the original recipe. Usually, I make flax eggs by whisking the ground flaxseed and water and then add it to the rest of the ingredients. This time I just added the flaxseed meal with the rest of the wet ingredients and whisked it well and this method worked too.

Taste & Texture

These vegan banana bars have a soft, cakey texture. It had a texture similar to the chunky monkey banana blondies. The sweetness was just right for us. I thought my kids will like the chocolate chip version but was surprised that they preferred the walnut banana bars instead.

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