This Chickpea Flour Banana Bread is a healthy vegan, gluten-free banana bread recipe with a moist crumb and delicious crunchy chocolate chips. Bonus, this chickpea version of the vegan banana bread is also oil-free!
I’m a huge fan of banana bread of all sorts, and in my quest of trying to make healthier versions of the classic, I’ve experimented with flours like Spelt Banana Bread, Oatmeal Banana Bread, and Gluten-Free Banana Bread. But I wanted something even more special.
Chickpeas are a great ingredient full of nutrients and it brings a subtle taste to baking recipes without being overbearing. It can transform a mundane recipe into a tastier and healthier alternative that everyone will still love!
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Chickpea Flour Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup Chickpea Flour - spoon, slightly pack and level
- 1 ¾ cup Mashed Banana - about four large ripe bananas
- ⅓ cup Maple Syrup
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Baking Powder
- ½ cup Dairy-Free Dark Chocolate Chips - – optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a 9-inch x 5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper. Oil the pan and paper with coconut oil. Set aside.
- Measure your chickpea flour in a medium-size mixing bowl. Using weight: grams or oz for precision. Otherwise, spoon, pack and level your measuring cups. If lumps show in your flour, squeeze between your fingers to remove them. Set bowl aside.
- In another large mixing bowl, combine mashed bananas, maple syrup, vanilla extract, cinnamon, apple cider vinegar, and baking powder.
- Gradually stir in chickpea flour, make sure your flour has no lumps, or it will form packets of flour in the dough that can taste bitter.
- Stir in chocolate chips and transfer the bread batter into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake for 55 to 65 minutes, tent the loaf pan with foil paper after 40 minutes to prevent the top from browning too fast. You know it's ready when a skewer inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean with no to a little crumb on it.
Storage
- Store the bread in a sealed cake box in the fridge for up to 4 days or freeze slices and thaw the day before serving.
Nutrition
Ingredients and Substitutions
Chickpea flour, also known as garbanzo flour, is a healthy, yellowish gluten-free flour made of roasted ground chickpeas. It’s a great flour to make healthy baked recipes, high in plant-based proteins, and without using flax eggs. In fact, chickpea flour gathers ingredients very well, making it possible to make egg-free banana bread recipes. The main ingredients you need to make this easy gluten-free, vegan chocolate chips banana bread are:
- Chickpea Flour – Also known as garbanzo flour. Make sure you are using a fresh bag of flour with no lumps. In fact, chickpea flour is very sensitive to humidity and easily forms lumps. If your flour has lumps, you will end up with bitter, flours lumps in your bread.
- Ripe Bananas – Overripe bananas with many dark spots on the skins are the best for this banana bread recipe. It increases the sweetness of your bread.
- Baking Powder – for a fluffy texture.
- Apple Cider Vinegar – to give the bread a rise.
- Maple Syrup – Or any refined sugar-free liquid sweetener like brown rice syrup or agave syrup. Don’t use a crystal sweetener in this recipe, or your bread will be dry.
- Vanilla Extract – For flavor.
- Vegan Dark Chocolate Chips – Chickpea flour can have a slightly bitter aftertaste, and adding chocolate chips to your banana bread is a great option to avoid this flavor.
How To Make Banana Bread With Chickpea Flour (in Pictures)
Serving Suggestions
This chickpea flour banana bread is delicious plain, for breakfast or as a snack. You can also spread some peanut butter on your bread slice and serve with an almond milk hot chocolate for a delicious vegan breakfast.
More Vegan Banana Bread Recipes
I love ripe banana recipes and especially banana bread. It’s a great recipe to make ahead healthy breakfast bread or snack. Below I listed my other vegan banana bread recipes for you to try
How much chocolate chips? They’re missing from the list of ingredients.
You can add up to 1/2 cup of vegan dark chocolate chips. They are optional. I updated the recipe card for you, thanks for spotting my mistake ! Have a great day, Carine
I really appreciate the simplicity of this receipt.
Looking good, will try this.
When I saw the post for this recipe on Instagram I knew I had to try it out and also I had all the ingredients needed in my pantry.
This is a super easy recipe to make.
The bread is tasty with a strong banana flavour and extra yumminess from the melted chocolate chips.
Just made this, OMG it’s amazing!! Soooo good, thank you!