Bran Banana Bread is a combination of two breakfast favorites, bran and banana. I make it with unprocessed wheat bran, coconut oil and coconut sugar, so it's healthy-ish but not at all dry. It is egg-free, so you can easily make it completely vegan by substituting another milk for the buttermilk. A little soy or almond milk mixed with lemon juice should do the trick.

Bran Banana Bread with a little vegan butter on it.

Bran Banana Bread Notes

I really love this recipe and hope it works for others. I make it in an 8x4 inch loaf (1 pound capacity) but have also halved it and baked in a 5.75x3 loaf pan (mini). If you only have a 9x5 inch loaf pan you can still make it, it just won't be quite as tall. As mentioned, I use coconut sugar, but regular sugar or even brown sugar is fine. However, you don't really need to use brown sugar because the recipe has 2 tablespoons of molasses.

Substituting with Allulose

If you are trying to seriously cut sugar, you might consider substituting ½ cup of allulose (it's less sweet, so you need more) for the 6 tablespoon of coconut sugar. I haven't tested this exact recipe with allulose, but I've made very similar substitutions and it works just fine.

Recipe

Bran Banana Bread

Anna

A very tasty banana bread with loads of fiber.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 45

Total Time 55

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 8

Ingredients

1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour 170 grams
1 ¼ cup unprocessed bran 80 grams
½ teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon cinnamon

2 ½ large mashed bananas 280 grams
6 tablespoons sugar or coconut sugar 70 grams
¼ cup coconut oil 52 grams

2 tablespoons molasses 40 grams
⅓ cup buttermilk (or a vegan milk) 80 grams
⅓ cup walnuts or pecans coarsely chopped

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8x4 inch loaf pan. Line with a little strip of parchment, then grease again.
In a large bowl, stir together the flour, bran, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
In a mixing bowl, stir together the mashed banana, sugar, coconut oil, molasses and buttermilk.

Add the flour mixture to the banana mixture and stir until blended.
Scrape into the pan, sprinkle nuts on top and bake for about 45 minutes.
Let cool completely.

Notes

For the bananas, I used 280-300 grams. This is about 2 ½ bananas, but of course that depends on how large your bananas are.

Keyword banana, Bran, loaf pan, Small