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April 21, 2018 By Nancylynn 25 Comments

21 Day Fix Banana Bread (Gluten-free| Dairy Free) | Confessions of a Fit Foodie

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So dreamy delicious, this 21 Day Fix Banana Bread is dairy, gluten, refined sugar, and oil free…but rivals even the best unhealthy banana breads of my past.  

21 Day Fix Banana Bread| Confessions of a Fit Foodie

Confession #143: Although I feel the most at home in my kitchen, I am not usually much of a baker.

I mean – I can follow a recipe…but coming up with my own cake, muffin, or cookie recipe usually takes me a million tries.  Especially because there is definitely a learning curve for gluten and dairy free baking.

21 Day Fix Banana Bread| Confessions of a Fit Foodie

That’s why this banana bread is such an enigma.

I mean, I decided to make it on a total whim.

It was cold.  We didn’t have plans.  I had ripe bananas.  And so we gave it a whirl…using the ingredients I had on hand.

I didn’t take any in process pics because I honestly had no idea how it was going to taste…especially since I made a last minute decision to ditch the butter.

21 Day Fix Banana Bread| Confessions of a Fit Foodie

I will admit to staging this photo after I knew the bread was going to be on the blog. 😉

I debated using coconut oil, but then I thought about how delicious banana bread is with peanut butter drizzled over top.  And so in an effort to hoard the all teaspoons, I went with unsweetened applesauce at the last minute…which I squeezed out of my son’s applesauce pouch, lol.

And while I love to bake with almond flour, I decided to use Bob’s Red Mill 1-1 Gluten-free all purpose flour for this one to keep it easy for non-gluten free people who want to sub whole wheat pastry flour.

21 Day Fix Banana Bread| Confessions of a Fit Foodie

Anyway – enough about my process…let’s talk about the end result.

Omg, you guys…this bread is so freaking dreamy delicious and rivals any other gluten and sugar filled banana bread that I’ve ever had.  It’s the kind of bread you wrap up and give as a present.  Or make for your BFF when she comes to visit.  Or give to the new mom in your neighborhood.  It’s totally giftable.

21 Day Fix Banana Bread| Confessions of a Fit Foodie

It was so good, that most of my photos have tiny fingers in them…because my kids were literally begging to eat it.  To the point that I finally gave in and we ate pieces of banana bread right on the living room floor where I was attempting a quick photoshoot.

I thought about taking new pics for you all, but thanks to the wonderful readers on my Facebook page who talked me out of it, I decided to just post the recipe so you can get baking asap!

21 Day Fix Banana Bread| Confessions of a Fit Foodie

Oh – and I used chocolate chips for ours, so my bread is a treat swap…but if you stir in some walnuts or raisins, you can eat this bread for breakfast and not use up a treat.  It’s super low in sugar, so it’s perfectly on plan to eat this way every day!  I’l explain how to count these different options in the recipe card below!

21 Day Fix Banana Bread| Confessions of a Fit Foodie

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21 Day Fix Banana Bread| Confessions of a Fit Foodie

21 Day Fix Banana Bread

  • Author: Nancylynn
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 60 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
  • Yield: 8 slices 1x
  • Category: Breads
  • Method: Bake
  • Cuisine: American
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So dreamy delicious, this 21 Day Fix Banana Bread is dairy, gluten, refined sugar, and oil free…but rivals even the best unhealthy banana breads of my past.


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Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup of unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/3 cup honey or maple syrup
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 rounded cup mashed ripe bananas (about 3 medium or 2 large bananas – and get them super ripe and sweet)
  • ¼ cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
  • 1 teaspoon gluten-free baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 ¾ cups gluten-free all purpose flour (or sub whole wheat pastry flour or regular whole wheat flour)
  • optional mix-ins: 1/2 cup dairy free chocolate chips (I used mini chips),

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit and line a 9×5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper or grease well with coconut oil or coconut oil spray.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk the applesauce and honey together together. Add the eggs and beat well, then whisk in the mashed bananas and almond milk.
  3. Add the baking soda, vanilla, salt and cinnamon, and whisk to blend. Then fold in the flour, mixing just until the batter is combined.
  4. If you’re adding any additional mix-ins, gently fold them in now.
  5. Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan and bake for 55 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the bread cool in the loaf pan for 10 minutes, then transfer it to a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes before slicing.

Notes

Makes 8 slices
1 slice of bread with chocolate chips as a mix in = 1 yellow treat swap, 1/2 purple
1 slice of bread with walnuts = 1 yellow, 1/2 purple, 1/2 blue, 2 SWEETENER tsps
1 slice of bread with raisins = 1 yellow, 2/3 purple, 2 SWEETENER tsps
1 slice of bread with no mix ins = 1 yellow, 1/2 purple, 2 SWEETENER tsps


Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 slice

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Comments

  1. Melany says

    April 21, 2018 at 1:46 am

    Hi! Would subbing coconut flour work?
    Thx!

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      April 21, 2018 at 1:58 am

      Not for this recipe…I am sorry!!

      Reply
  2. Anna Willis says

    April 21, 2018 at 2:07 am

    Yay!!! So glad we talked you into sharing right away! Cannot wait to try this! I have bananas that seriously need something to do ? and now I have the perfect thing for them ?

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      April 21, 2018 at 3:00 am

      Yay! Let me know what you think! And just a PS – I have another fun banana recipe coming, so if you have extra, slice and freeze :). Thanks again for the pep talk yesterday! <3

      Reply
  3. Lauren Moran says

    April 22, 2018 at 10:02 am

    How do I make the unsweetened apple sauce? Can’t wait to try this recipe!

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      April 22, 2018 at 11:38 am

      I just used store bought unsweetened applesauce!

      Reply
  4. Steph says

    April 22, 2018 at 8:42 pm

    Only need a few items to make this! Yummy!

    Reply
  5. Penny says

    April 22, 2018 at 10:38 pm

    Can I swap coconut oil for the applesauce?

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      April 22, 2018 at 10:39 pm

      Yes!

      Reply
  6. Christine says

    April 23, 2018 at 5:01 pm

    This is DELICIOUS! I need some help with container count though. I calculate 3/4 of a yellowper serving of flour and 2 tsp of honey/maple syrup per serving. I know that Autumn recommends counting anything over 1 tsp of honey as a yellow, so would 8 servings each contain at least 2 yellows?

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      April 23, 2018 at 5:14 pm

      Are you talking about 80 Day Obsession or 21 Day Fix? For the Fix, It’s almost a full yellow per serving, so I did round up. But it’s 2 sweetener teaspoons…and we can have up to four of these a day for “free.” Doe this make sense? And so happy you love it!

      Reply
  7. Stacey Petrikas says

    May 15, 2018 at 11:57 am

    Very good recipe, and kid approved, too! I had everything on hand except gluten free flour, or any flour for that matter. Anyway, I put some old fashioned oats in my food processor and made oat flour. Worked beautifully in this recipe. I also poured my batter into a muffin tin (12 muffins – so a serving for the fix portions would be 1.5 muffins) and that worked very well, too. Thanks for this recipe, and I’ll definitely be checking out your other recipes.

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      May 20, 2018 at 2:53 pm

      That’s AWESOME!

      Reply
  8. Amy says

    May 27, 2018 at 7:25 pm

    Can you substitute pumpkin purée for the applesauce?

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      May 29, 2018 at 3:10 pm

      I’m not sure – I haven’t tried it! But it sounds yummy!

      Reply
  9. Tricia says

    August 1, 2018 at 2:59 am

    How would normal mini chocolate chips work? I couldn’t find non dairy so I subbed regular mini chocolate chips ?

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      August 1, 2018 at 3:05 am

      They would count the same way – no worries!

      Reply
  10. Elissa says

    August 26, 2018 at 8:34 pm

    Can you sub almond flour for wheat

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      September 6, 2018 at 6:43 pm

      I haven’t tried this…I believe a reader of mine did and she needed to cook it for a long longer.

      Reply
  11. Melissa says

    August 27, 2018 at 3:21 pm

    Do you know what the container counts would be for 80DO? I don’t know how to convert the sweetener portions, since 80DO doesn’t have those.

    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      September 6, 2018 at 6:42 pm

      This would be a great refeed option for 80 Day, actually!

      Reply
  12. Ellie says

    January 20, 2019 at 3:18 pm

    Question for you…I don’t have vanilla almond milk. Think it would work with original unsweetened?

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      January 20, 2019 at 3:24 pm

      Yes! Add a little extra vanilla extract!

      Reply
  13. Nicole says

    June 11, 2019 at 12:31 pm

    I made 12 regular size muffins, how would I calculate for them?

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      June 12, 2019 at 8:52 pm

      Awesome! What flour did you use? Did they come out good? I would count each one as 2/3 yellow and 1/3 purple

      Reply

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