Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread

This chocolate banana bread is so rich, moist, and delicious.  You will never know it is gluten-free and vegan. It tastes like chocolate cake so sometimes we top our slices with ice cream:)

Ingredients

•  1 tablespoon Bob's Red Mill Flaxseed Meal
•  3 tablespoons water
•  1 cup  Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour
•  1/2 cup Dutch process cocoa
•  1 teaspoon baking soda
•  1/2 teaspoon sea salt
•  3 large ripe bananas about 1 1/2 cups mashed
•  1/3 cup coconut oil melted and slightly cooled
•  3/4 cup coconut sugar
•  1 teaspoon vanilla extract
•  3/4  cup vegan chocolate chips

Instructions

• Heat your oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
• In a small bowl, mix together the flax seed meal and water. Let sit for 10 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and sea salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, mash the ripe bananas with a fork. Add the melted coconut oil and stir until combined. Add in the coconut sugar, flaxseed mixture, and vanilla extract. Stir until smooth.
• Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, don’t overmix. Stir in 1/2 cup of the chocolate chips.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup of chocolate chips over the top of the bread. Bake for 65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out mostly clean, you might have some melted chocolate chips on the toothpick and that is fine. You just don’t want a lot of gooey batter on the toothpick.
• Remove the pan from the oven and set on a wire cooling rack. Let the bread cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the edges of the bread and carefully remove from the pan. Let the bread cool on the wire cooling rack. Cut into slices and serve.
• Note-the bread will keep on the counter, wrapped in plastic wrap, for up to 4 days. This bread also freezes well. To freeze, cool the bread completely and wrap in plastic wrap and aluminum foil. Freeze for up to 1 month. Defrost before slicing.

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