Vegan Chai Banana Bread
Deliciously soft banana bread paired with chai spices makes this bread the perfect fall snack. Pair it with an easy, homemade chai frosting and it's the ultimate treat.
Servings: 9
Ingredients
Chai Banana Bread
- 3 medium bananas
- ¾ cup dark brown sugar *see notes above on ingredients if wanting to replace
- ⅓ cup avocado oil
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tsps cinnamon
- ¾ tsp cardamom
- ½ tsp ginger
- ½ tsp allspice
- ½ tsp nutmeg *optional
- ½ tsp cloves *optional
Chai Frosting
- ½ cup vegan butter *butter sticks are easiest to work with for frosting
- 1 ¾ - 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ½ tbsp non-dairy milk
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp cardamom, ginger, allspice, cloves, nutmeg
Instructions
How to Make the Bread
- Preheat oven to 350F
- In a medium to large bowl mash the bananas with a fork until few large clumps remain. Add in the sugar, vanilla, and oil and mix until smooth.
- In a different bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients until combined.
- Then, fold the dry ingredients into the wet and mix until just combined. The more you mix the batter the more gluten will develop which we don't want for a soft loaf of banana bread - so make sure not to over mix.
- Grease a standard loaf pan and pour the batter in evenly.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean, indicating it's cooked all the way through.
How to Make the Frosting
- Add the butter to a medium sized bowl and let the butter come to room temperature
- Once at room temp, cream the butter and beat in the powdered sugar, vanilla, and non-dairy milk until smooth
- Smooth on top of the bread, add cinnamon, and enjoy!
Notes
Do I need to add the frosting?
Nope! But, if you choose to omit it and prefer a sweeter bread, I would add an additional few tbsp of sugar. The frosting is quite delicious though :)
Help! My batter is too thick. What do I do?
The batter is supposed to thick! But, if it's too thick to the point where you can't mix it, you can add a tbsp or two of non-dairy milk.
