Gluten-Free Banana Bread
This past weekend my parents went on a wine trip to Sonoma, while I got to stay home with my gluten-free Grandma. I decided to try making my family’s classic banana bread into a gluten-free banana bread treat. Instead of normal all-purpose flour, I used a special gluten-free flour called Cup4Cup. It tasted EXACTLY like regular banana bread!
Since my mom was away, I had to take all of my pictures with my phone and not her fancy schmancy camera. This banana bread had the exact same consistency and taste as normal banana bread, which was very surprising. This new Cup4Cup flour isn’t like other gluten-free flours with the weird taste and stuff.
One perk of taking pictures with a phone is that I can add filters instantly. I love picking the right filter for a picture and watching it bring out the details.
The squashed bananas kind of grouped together in the middle of the bread, but that made it taste even better! It made it a little softer in the middle. Tasty!
My grandma just sent me a bunch of pictures of me making banana bread when I was two and a half! I was one chubby baby. Even when I was that little, cooking was a hobby. My grandma was always supportive of me throughout my cooking. She always brought me easy recipes and crafts to do when she came into town. Thanks grandma!
Selfies in the dark don’t work out too well, because there is no flash on the front of my phone. The flash only works if the camera is on normal view, so I would have to blindly take a photo from the other side of my phone to use the flash. This is probably the worst selfie I’ve ever taken. The only good thing that I can see in this picture is that BANANA BREAD!!!
On a side note, The Walking Dead is back on! Season 5 is going to be the bomb. If you don’t watch The Walking Dead, start watching immediately! Also, The Voice is almost over. There are so many amazing contestants! Now let’s return back to the banana bread.
For a similar bread, you can check out my Gluten-Free Pumpkin Bread from 2011! This banana bread is my grandma’s favorite, and she has tried many, many, many gluten-free banana breads. The moist center and flavorful outside matched no other banana bread, even with gluten. I would definitely recommend this banana bread to anyone that is gluten-free or just looking for a kick-butt banana bread recipe.
And even a kid can make a classic banana bread gluten-free… Like Me!
Gluten-Free Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups Cup4Cup Flour (or all-purpose flour if not making gluten-free)
- ยพ teaspoon baking soda
- ยฝ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- ยผ cup (ยฝ stick) butter, at room temperature
- 2 large eggs
- 1ยฝ cups mashed ripe bananas (about 3 bananas)
- โ cup plain yogurt or sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray an 8x4 inch loaf pan with nonstick spray.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.
- In a separate large bowl, use an electric mixer to combine the sugar and butter until well-blended. Add the eggs and mix in well. Add the banana, yogurt and vanilla; beat until blended. Add the dry ingredients and mix just until blended.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared pan. Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool at least 20 minutes in the pan, and then turn out the loaf onto a rack to cool completely.
What an awesome looking banana bread! Love the little guy picture of you making bread, how fun!!
Sounds like a great banana bread!!
Love that picture of you baking as a little dude! This bread looks amazing!
I agree! BEST GLUTEN FREE flour ever!!!! They make a fabulous pancake mix too!!! Love reading your posts!
Loved that Gluten Free banana bread so much I made one for myself after I got home. Yum! So good and so easy to put together.
Nice weekend. Thanks. Time with you is always time well spent!
I am confused. You say all purpose flour. Thought regular flour was not gluten free. What makes this gluten free ?
I use Cup4Cup for a gluten-free version… you can use another all-purpose GF flour… or you can also use regular all-purpose flour to make a non-gluten-free version.
I use Bob Red Mills Cup for Cup flour. However, how did you get out of adding Baking Powder to the recipe. I have found that even if the original recipe doesnt call for it, GF needs at least a tsp.
I don’t know but it works somehow! ๐
Your bread looks ummmmy trying today. I have some bananas that need used up.