Gluten-Free Banana Bread Recipe
Bananas in our house don’t often last long enough to become overripe, but when they do, we sure do love a good loaf of banana bread! This is our favorite gluten-free banana bread recipe – and one of our favorite gluten-free recipes in general!
When I first started baking gluten-free, it seemed like I couldn’t make a quick bread without it either being too tender to handle or falling in the middle. I often would resort to using spelt flour as in this homemade spelt bread recipe.
I’m happy to say, though, that with a few recipe adjustments, that problem was eventually overcome. As you can see in the pictures, this bread has neither of those problems. It rose beautifully in the oven, and is firm but not dry. Totally a win!
Making food that tastes good but is inexpensive is very important to me, and this recipe, which uses a simple rice flour mix, successfully satisfies both of these needs.
Gluten-Free Banana Bread Recipe
This easy and delicious banana bread recipe is simple to make and tastes great.
- Prep Time: 15-20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 45-50 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cup gluten-free flour mix
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp guar gum
- 2 large bananas, puréed
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º.
Combine dry ingredients (except sugar) in a bowl. - Cream together sugar and butter. Add eggs, vanilla, and bananas.
- Combine the two mixtures.
- Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf, comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and let cool ten minutes before loosening edges of loaf with a butter knife. Turn onto a cooling grid
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- Slice and enjoy!
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I think there might be a typo on this…I baked my banana bread for 30 minutes and it was definitely not done. It took 70 minutes to test done with a toothpick. Thanks for the recipe!
Hmmm, I know there’s a little variance between ovens, but 70 minutes? That’s curious…
Mine took 75 min. to bake as well. I checked it at 35 min. and it was still jiggly. Did you use smaller pans to get it done in 30 min? I put all the batter in one regular sized bread pan. My kids liked it though and it’s the first gluten free banana bread that we were able to eat the whole loaf of 🙂
What is guar gum? I’ve never heard of it before…do you happen to have a link?
It’s a binder used to help keep gluten-free goodies together since they lack the sticky protein (gluten) found in wheat. Here’s an affiliate link: http://amzn.to/1LC6TS1
Can this be made with your other flour mix? (I already made a couple batches of that)
Thank you!
Yes – and it will probably be even better to be honest!