How to make Gluten Free Banana Bread

This is a simple and healthy gluten free banana bread recipe.
Banana Bread is probably one of the most beginner friendly healthy baking recipes to try. And guess what, it doesn't have to be a boring recipe!

Personally I hate eating bananas but love them in smoothies and in bread. Does that make me strange? I always buy a surplus of bananas because my family loves to eat them, but sometimes they become over ripe before anyone has a chance to eat them. Making banana bread is a good way to salvage them so you don't have to waste them. Here I want to share with you my famous gluten free banana oat blueberry bread recipe. You can substitute regular white flour, but using oat flour makes it healthier and gluten free as regular flour had gluten. Check out my post HERE about how to make your own oat flour. However if you don't have the time or patience to make your own, you can simply buy  in stores or even oat flour online.

Equipment you will need

• 9x5 bread pan
• muffin pan (optional)
• masher
• hand mixer
• wooden spoon or spatula
• Measuring cups

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 - 2 cups oat flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 3 ripe bananas
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 egg
• Handful on blueberries
• Dash of cinnamon (optional)
• 1 tsp vanilla (optional)
• 1 tsp nutmeg (optional)

Steps

1. Mix all dry ingredients (flour and baking powder) in large bowl
2. In another bowl mash bananas using a masher. If you don't have a masher you can use a fork
3. Add oil, sugar, spices, vanilla to banana mixture, and mix
4. Beat egg into banana mixture
5. Add flour mixture to banana mixture, but not all at once, and stir with spatula
6. Mixture should be thick not runny (you may not use all of your flour mixture or may need to add extra tablespoons to get right consistency
7. Fold blueberries into mixture using spatula
8. Spray 9x5 bread pan lightly with cooking oil spray
9. Pour mixture into pan
10. Sometimes I like to use a muffin pan to easily eat as a quick snack or breakfast
11. You can add oatmeal flakes on top for a little flair in appearance
12. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F or 163 C
13. Once oven is preheated, Bake approximately 1 hour -1.5 hrs
14. Bread will be golden brown, when ready
15. Let sit 10-15 minutes before cutting
16. Enjoy!