Cinnamon Banana Bread (dairy free)

Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread

It was my moms best friends moms birthday two weeks ago. She can't eat any dairy products so I made her dairy free bread and cookies. Unlike a lot of dairy free recipes, this one doesn't even call for margarine.

I can't even count how many banana bread recipes I've tried. Any ranging from adding peanut butter to nutella, to even coconut. My favorites have to be either cinnamon banana bread or chocolate chip banana bread.

To get away with not including butter or margarine in the recipe, I used apple sauce. Oil would also work too if you don't have apple sauce. Butter can always be substituted out to make a healthier recipe.

This bread smells amazing when it comes out of the oven. Kitchens that are filled with hot out of the oven cookies or bread always smell the best. Try and make sure it is completely cool before you cut into it, otherwise the top will sink down. I know how hard it is to resist the temptation to cut into fresh bread.

Ingredients:

3 bananas
1/3 C apple sauce  

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp baking soda

1 C sugar

1/4 tsp salt 

1 1/2 C flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon

For the cinnamon swirl: 1 tablespoon granulated sugar, 2 tsp cinnamon

Directions: 

1. Preheat oven to 350. Spray a 9x5 pan with nonstick spray

2. Mash your bananas. Add in the apple sauce, bananas, egg, and vanilla. 

3. Add in the sugar.

4. Add in the flour, salt, and baking soda. Mix until just combined. 

5. In a separate dish mix the cinnamon and sugar for the swirl

6. Pour half of the batter in the pan. Layer half of the cinnamon sugar swirl. 

7. Pour the remaining batter on top. Sprinkle the rest of the cinnamon sugar swirl on top of the batter. 

8. Bake for 40-50 minutes.