These Healthy Banana Brownies are vegan and gluten free. They are a perfect breakfast or snack when you are craving something sweeter.
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Why you will love this recipe
- Rich and Chewy: These Healthy Banana Brownies are delicious, the sweet taste of vegan chocolate chips, cocoa powder and maple syrup, mixed with the creamy, smooth ripe mashed bananas and cashew butter gives you a flavor to enjoy. I know you will love these vegan banana brownies.
- Quick and Easy: This homemade banana brownies recipe only has 7 ingredients that get mixed together, than you bake the vegan banana brownies and you've got a tasty dessert that was quick and easy to make and best of all clean ups a breeze.
- Vegan Brownies: This vegan banana chocolate brownies recipe is perfect and happens to have all vegan ingredients. The taste is absolutely amazing, no one will even think these banana chocolate brownies are vegan.
- Perfect Dessert: Add a glass of homemade oat milk or almond milk to this banana chocolate brownies healthy bar or maybe a warm bar with a scoop of non dairy ice cream on top for a tasty addition.
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Ingredients
Be sure to take a look at the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and quantities to make these vegan Healthy Banana Brownies.
- Mashed Banana: Be sure to mash then measure the bananas.
- Cashew Butter: I like the neutral flavor but you can easily make these into peanut butter banana brownies by using peanut butter here instead.
- Maple Syrup: Our natural sweetener, be sure to use pure maple syrup not ones with added sugars or preservatives.
- Oat Flour: I like to use old fashioned rolled oats and blend them into flour because it gives a nice texture but you can use store bought oat flour if you like.
- Cocoa Powder and Chocolate Chips: Gives the chocolate flavor.
Variations
- Add Nuts: This rich chocolate banana brownies recipes absolutely tastes perfect the way it is, but you can easily add nuts to the mixture or sprinkle nuts on top of the bars. Some suggestions are walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts, almonds or what ever your favorite nuts are, I would chop the nuts up a little bit first before adding to this brownie banana recipe.
- More Chocolate: You can add additional vegan chocolate chips directly into the mixture of these chocolate chip banana brownies or you can sprinkle chips right on top of the vegan brownies with banana, either way it'll add an extra chocolaty taste to these muffins.
- Nut Butter: This banana brownies recipe has nut butter in it, but you can easily use any nut butter you'd like, cashew, almond, pecan or peanut butter, even sunflower for a nut free version. Each will change the taste a little.
- Frosting: This delicious Healthy Banana Brownies recipe is excellent with no frosting, but you can add a frosting top to these banana oatmeal brownies if you'd like. To keep these vegan banana chocolate brownies as a vegan brownie, be sure to make or purchase vegan frosting.
How to make these Healthy Banana Brownies
Prep: Process the oats into flour using a food processor or high speed blender. Grease or line an 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper. Pre heat the oven to 375° F.
Step 1: In a large mixing bowl add the wet ingredients maple syrup, cashew butter, and mashed banana and whisk together.
Step 2: Fold in the dry ingredients using a spatula, oat flour, cocoa powder and baking powder.
Step 3: Fold in the chocolate chips, reserve some for sprinkling on top.
Step 4: Add the batter to prepared baking dish and bake in the oven on the middle rack for 23 minutes.
Step 5: Freshly Baked! Let cool 15-30 minutes before removing from the pan and cutting into them. Store in a sealed container on the counter for about 3 days.
Expert Tips
- Old Fashioned Oats: This banana brownies healthy recipe will not work if you grab quick or instant oats, I used organic old fashioned rolled oats GF, if you want these oatmeal banana brownies gluten free be sure the oats you grab state they are gluten free.
- Ripe Bananas: This healthy chocolate banana brownies bar tastes the best when you use ripe bananas. Ripe bananas are sweeter in taste and are also easier to mash up and measure for this recipe. Look for slightly yellow bananas with some brown specks or dots on it.
- Banana measurement: Be sure the bananas are mashed out before you measure them out for these chocolate banana brownies, this will help you get the proper measurement of bananas.
- Double the Recipe: These easy banana brownies will be consumed quickly, I'd double the recipe so you don't run out of these tasty chocolate brownies.
- Add a drink: These brownies made with bananas taste amazing with a glass of homemade oat milk, Cashew Milk, Coconut Milk or almond milk, its such a moist delicious tasting brownie, you'll most likely grab another brownie to enjoy.
- Storing: You can store these Healthy Banana Brownies in a sealed container on the counter for 2-3 days, in the fridge 4-5 days or freeze in an airtight container for up to 3 months.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, baking in glass takes longer than a metal pan, it also takes longer to heat up the glass. But glass holds the heat longer than a metal pan. Some times the brownies will end up with overly baked edges with a glass pan.
The richness from the chocolate and the sweetness of the banana create a perfectly delicious taste and texture to be enjoyed in many baked items and in a variety of treats.
You need to follow the directions the recipe states because it depends on the ingredients, the pan and even the type of oven you're using.
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Healthy Banana Brownies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup mashed ripe banana (mash then measure - about 2 bananas - 225 grams)
- ½ cup pure maple syrup (170 grams)
- ⅓ cup cashew butter (or any nut butter - 80 grams)
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder (28 grams)
- 2 ¼ cups old fashioned rolled oats (processed into flour - 191 grams)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ cup vegan chocolate chips
Instructions
- Prep: Process the oats into flour using a food processor or high speed blender. Grease or line an 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper. Pre heat the oven to 375° F.
- In a large mixing bowl add the wet ingredients maple syrup, cashew butter, and mashed banana and whisk together.
- Fold in the dry ingredients using a spatula, oat flour, cocoa powder and baking powder.
- Fold in the chocolate chips, reserve some for sprinkling on top.
- Add the batter to prepared baking dish and bake in the oven on the middle rack for 23 minutes. Let cool 15-30 minutes before removing from the pan and cutting into them. Store in a sealed container on the counter for about 3 days.
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