Moist, dense yet fluffy grain-free chocolate chip banana walnut bread made with coconut flour and tapioca flour. This delicious banana bread is perfect for breakfast or snack and you’d never know it’s grain-free.
For those of you who have the propensity to eat any emotion within a 10-mile radius of your human heart, this one’s for you.
Feelings, meet banana bread. Banana bread, feelings.
Enchanté.
Nothing says, “comfort,” like a straight-from-the-oven loaf of loaded banana bread {{garnished with melted butter, butofcourse}}. For me, naner loaf’s the ultimate cureall…the proverbial tuna noodle casserole for my soul strings. Music match it with Collective Soul Pandora Radio, and fuhgeddaboudit. Insta heart bandaid.
I may even inflate or fabricate an emotion or two just to justify a good loaf-feast from time to time. #girlsgottadowhatagirlsgottado. #movingrightalong.
Beyond feasting on my own ether of feelsies, banana bread is my sharable item of choice. Family brunch? I say banana bread all the way. And if we need to fancy it up a bit, French toast made with said banana bread is kiiiiillaaaaaah!
As for the recipe…
This is version 2.0 of my Coconut Flour Banana Bread. For those of you who haven’t tried it yet, give ‘er a whirl. I changed up the wet-to-dry ratio, and added dark chocolate chips and walnuts. The loaf turns out super moist and packed with banana flavor, just the way a good banana bread should be.
This bread is grain-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free, and paleo friendly. Made with coconut flour and sweetened mostly with banana, the bread is a healthful approach to the classic loaf.
PLUS {{Bonus Points}} the batter is made in a blender. You whiz everything but the chocolate chips and walnuts in a blender, then fold them in. Bake, wait, eat the whole loaf in one sitting.
YOLO, eat the whole loaf.
…and check out more healthy brunch ideas after the recipe –
Grain-Free Chocolate Chip Banana Walnut Bread
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs lightly beaten
- 4 ripe bananas mashed (2 cups)
- 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup coconut flour
- 3 tablespoons tapioca flour
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup dark chocolate chips
- ½ cup raw walnuts chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and lightly oil (or spray) an 8” x 5” loaf pan.
- Add all of the ingredients except for the chocolate chips and walnuts to a blender. Blend until smooth. Fold the chocolate chips and walnuts into the banana bread batter and pour into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake on the center rack of the oven for 45 minutes. Turn off the oven but leave the bread inside for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the bread tests clean.
- Allow bread to cool 30 minutes before turning it out onto a cutting board. Cut thick slices and serve.
Nutrition
As part of our monthly healthy recipe roundup, Sarah, Arman, Alexis, Kylie, Lindsay and I decided to bring you a smattering of brunch recipes to contribute to all your brunching events. With Easter right around the corner, we figure you could use some healthy recipe ideas to share with family. Here are the rest of our brunchables:
Flourless Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins from Making Thyme for Health
Cinnamon Raisin Bagels from The Lean Green Bean
Breakfast Banana Splits with Peanut Butter Graham Crunch from Imma Eat That
Peanut Butter Banana Breakfast Pizza from Hummusapien
Healthy Flourless Cinnamon Bun Breakfast Cake from The Big Man’s World
Enjoy!
Hi, Thank you so much for your recipe! My sister and I made this twice with different variations – AMAZING! It is such an easy recipe. I love that it is fast, grain-free and oil-free. The first one we made it with toasted walnuts and chocolate chips. The second time we added coconut flakes and added cocoa powder to half the batter so it becomes a chocolate coconut banana swirl bread!
https://sprinkleofvanillasugar.wordpress.com/2016/09/22/low-carb-chocolate-banana-walnut-loaf-gf-paleo-vegan-oil-free-refined-sugar-free/
And by the way we love your blog!
I’m so happy to hear it, Zoe! It’s one of my favorite quickbread recipes. I love the idea of adding toasted walnuts and/or coconut flakes and cocoa powder – what amazing variations! Thanks for stopping in, and for your interest in my site! You have a lovely blog as well! xo
Hi,
Can you substitute almond flour for tapioca flour? This looks amazing, can’t wait to try it!
Hi Zara,
You could definitely try to replace the tapioca flour with almond flour – the bread will likely still hold together (just be sure you allow it to sit for an hour or so before cutting into it), but it won’t be as fluffy and may be a bit crumbly. Unfortunately, there isn’t a great substitute for tapioca flour other than another starch, like potato starch or arrowroot powder. Hope this helps! Let me know if you try the bread subbing almond flour for tapioca flour!
Would the measurements be the same for arrowroot powder instead of tapioca? Thanks!
Hi Kimberly, arrowroot powder is much gummier than tapioca, so you would need less. I’ve never tested the recipe using arrowroot, so unfortunately, I don’t have the exact measurement you would need. I would maybe try a tablespoon of arrowroot and see what the consistency of the batter is like. Let me know if you try it!
I really like the texture of this banana bread! So many times coconut -flour based recipes look dry or rubbery, and yours certainly doesn’t!
If I don’t have tapioca flour should I just add another egg? Or just omit the tapioca flour altogether?
Hi Joy, I would recommend using another flour. Brown rice flour or oat flour would work well as a binder, or even gluten-free all purpose flour. If you add a different flour, I’d bump up the measurement a bit to 1/4 cup and judge by the consistency of the batter whether or not you need to add more. Let me know what changes you make, and how it turns out!
Banana bread is the best comfort food ever! Not only do I eat my emotions but I also eat my boredom! I’m seriously in awe of your baking skills and this banana bread looks perfect!
I DEFINITELY want to go all YOLO on this bread! Banana + chocolate chip bread solves all problems. Period.
I am a big fan of eating ALL MY EMOTIONS, so I truly think this banana bread is exactly right for me.
I LOVE that you added some tapioca flour to this bad boy. I recently discovered the magicalness of baked goods with coconut flour AND tapioca, and now I am in LURVE. This is totally breakfast tomorrow!
This chocolate chip banana walnut bread is basically the bread of my dreams. I love walnuts in EVERYTHING, and bananas and chocolate were made for each other. Pinning!
This is so incredibly moist!! YUM! Great job, Julia!
I just made some banana bread to have in the house this morning … but without chocolate chips. haha I’m kinda sad now!! This looks fantastic! Have a great weekend!!
This banana bread looks incredibly moist and delicious, just the way banana bread should be! I love that it’s made with coconut flour too, that’s my fav!
There’s so much truth to your words. Banana bread is the ultimate comfort food. I have been known to eat it over the sink late at night before bed when I’m feeling overwhelmed. There’s no shame. 😉
I’m seriously shocked this is grain-free AND that it’s made in a blender. I bow down to you, the grain-free queen!
Holy moly, I would NOT be able to resist this bread!
Hello brunch!!! This is my kind of banana bread 🙂 Chocolate chips, walnuts, coconut flour and all 🙂
Where was this on Saturday? I wonder how many loaves Stephie and I would have gone through? 🙁