The best vegan Cinnamon Roll Banana Bread made with all gluten-free and nut-free ingredients for an easy banana bread recipe with a cinnamon roll twist!
Are you guys ready for a marathon of recipes the first couple weeks of February?
We are quickly approaching the due date of our little dude (2/22) and I have front loaded a month’s worth of recipes into the first couple of weeks of the month. Sure, he could make his arrival tomorrow for all I know but at least I know my friends (aka you) have some delicious eats to keep you satisfied!
I’m planning to take a “maternity leave” from 2/1-4/1, but TBH I have no idea what that means when you are working for yourself. Hopefully no emails (or limited emailing) and no new recipe development. Just eating as fuel, posting content that I prepped for you and just in the moment eats and loving with our bub. We shall see.
But let’s get to this healthy Cinnamon Roll Banana Bread..
I have been oh so excited to share this recipe with you guys since I first tested it last month. I truly think this is my favorite banana bread recipe on the blog ever and that is a very bold statement, I know. That’s for a few reasons though…
This banana bread is unique compared to the others here on the blog. It is a bit more cake-like and has just the right amount of “moist” texture to it. The edges of the bread have a little crispy crunch and the flavors of banana bread swirled with cinnamon coconut sugar truly make me swoon. We are combining two of the best kind of breakfast recipes into one, what is not to love?
This Cinnamon Roll Banana Bread is also gluten-free, nut-free and plant-based so it is very allergy-friendly for most. I use brown rice flour (one of my faves for gluten-free and nut-free baking!). I also bake this with flax egg and extra virgin coconut oil from Garden of Life. By now, you guys know that those two items are staples over here in the kitchen. I use them in so many recipes every week and the ground flaxseed is super versatile. You can sprinkle it on top of yogurt, blend in smoothies, make flax eggs from it, anything! And you know the low down with coconut oil, so I won’t bore you guys. Just be sure to melt it then let it cool before adding to the batter!
I cannot wait to to hear what you guys think of this banana bread recipe. If you are craving some more delicious banana recipes, here are a few of my other faves: Paleo Chocolate Chunk Tahini Banana Bread, Vegan Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Banana Bread and the classic Paleo Chocolate Chip Banana Bread.
PrintVegan Cinnamon Roll Banana Bread
Vegan Cinnamon Roll Banana Bread made with all gluten-free and nut-free ingredients for an easy banana bread recipe with a cinnamon roll twist!
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 50 mins
- Total Time: 55 minutes
Yield: 8-10 slices 1x
Ingredients
Banana Bread:
- 2 flax eggs (2 tablespoons Garden of Life Organic Flaxseed + 5 tablespoons water OR sub 2 pasture-raised eggs)
- 1 cup mashed banana (about 2 medium bananas)
- 1/3 cup Garden of Life Organic Extra Virgin Coconut oil, melted and cooled
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup non-dairy milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups gluten-free oat flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
Cinnamon Roll Swirl:
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/4 cup coconut sugar (I recommend this over honey/maple syrup so you have a grainy base)
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven 350 degrees and grease a bread dish with coconut oil or line with parchment paper
- In a large bowl, mix together the flax egg, banana, coconut oil, maple syrup, non-dairy milk and vanilla extract until smooth and well combined
- Add in the flour, cinnamon and baking powder and mix well (make sure no clumps!)
- In a smaller bowl, mix together cinnamon swirl ingredients
- Add about half the banana bread batter to the bread dish then half the cinnamon roll batter and swirl with a knife or toothpick
- Add the rest of the banana bread batter followed up cinnamon roll batter and swirl again
- Bake in oven for 45-55 minutes (I stick toothpick in to see if it is ready!)
- Allow the bread to cool about about 10 minutes then slice and enjoy!
Notes
*Store leftovers in airtight container for 3 days, fridge for 5 days or freezer for 2 months
xx, Rach
Thank you Garden of Life for sponsoring this post!
alyssa
this looks sooooo good, but i’m allergic to apples !! is there any sub for the applesauce ?
Rachel
more mashed banana! xx
Rebekah
Looks so delicious, can’t wait to try it!
Alex
How many cups of all-purpose flour or whole-wheat flour would you need to substitute for brown rice flour?
Willa
I made this last night and it is so yummy! Flavorful and moist, but not too sweet 🙂
Megan
Ciuld Ibusr monkfruit sweetener instead of coconut sugar in the swirl?
Megan
Looks so delish! Could I use*** monkfruit swetener instead of coconut sugar in the cinnamon swirl.
(Sorry about the first message I litetally should ban myself from writing people messages in the first 30 mins after waking up) lol
Ariel
Obsessed! I pretty much always make one of your recipes over the weekend and this is definitely in my top 3 favorites. I made this exactly according to the directions and it tasted SO good. I kept it in the oven for 45 minutes and took it out because my fork came out clean when I poked it, but wish I had left it in closer to 50 minutes because it was just a touch underdone. Definitely will be making this again and again!
Stacey
Can you use almond flour? Thanx!
Rachel
anytime i have tested a sub, it is listed 🙂 i have only used the ingredients above! xx
Shelby
Just to clarify, did you use oat flour or brown rice flour?! The recipe calls for oat but in the description you mention that you used brown rice flour so I’m confused!!
Rachel
we have used both 🙂
Hailey
Should I measure the coconut oil before or after melting?
Rachel
after 🙂
Kaitlyn
AMAZING!!! Made this today and I can’t stop eating it. Thanks for the recipe!
Rachel
YAAAYYYY
Kayla
I made these into muffins but they turned out a bit gummy. The flavor is spot on but wondering what I did wrong? I baked for about 30 mins.
Rachel
hmm hard to say. i haven’t tested these with muffins but it may be the brand of flour, usually that causes any gummy-like consistency. was it still fresh? some flours keep better in the fridge 🙂
Olivia
I made this last night and I used Oat flour, really good 🙂
Christine
Do you have any suggestions to another egg replacer? My son is allergic to eggs and flax seeds. This recipe looks so good and I would love to make it allergy friendly.
Rachel
chia egg should work too!
Trina
Made this (along with your oatmeal cookies), and OMG this is the best recipe I have ever made of banana bread. It is so addicting, I could eat the entire loaf now. That cinnamon swirl on top is key
Stephanie
I have made this now three times! My husband loves this bread more than regular banana bread. Yum!!
Rachel
YAY!!
Melanie
I wish I could’ve taken a picture for Instagram but even that would not have conveyed the yumminess that is this bread! Thank you for this amazing recipe! This tastes as close to traditional cinnamon swirl bread as possible. My only alteration was using banana instead of applesauce for the swirl mix. And ohhh boy was that good! ? I even shared it with non-vegan/gf eaters and they gave me a thumbs up! This is my new go-to banana bread!♥♥♥
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If I wanted to make this in an 8×8 instead of have it like this as bread-style, how long do you recommend cooking it? And do I need to add more of each ingredient to the recipe?
Rachel
hi connor – since this was made to be a bread recipe, i’m not sure how it would work in an 8×8 dish. definitely feel free to try and let me know how it turns out 🙂
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Can i use white rice flour instead? Thanks!
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i haven’t tried white rice flour in general so i’m not sure! if it works the same as brown rice, i don’t see why not 🙂
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Sarah
My absolute favorite banana bread recipe!! Do you know by any chance the bake time if I did mini loaves? I’d like to do them as favors for my daughters 1st bday 🙂
Rachel
yay!!! not sure but probably 15-20 minutes
Marisa jagerman
Hi Rachel!
At the beginning of this recipe you say gluten free oat flour. And then in the directions you say brown rice flour. Which one is it??
Rachel
either works !!
Angela Satarino
This recipe is absolutely divine! I have made this multiple times in the past week! It is super easy to make and even easier to eat! Thank you ?
Rachel
aw YAY thank you!!!
Amanda
I made it with gluten free oat flour and it was delicious! Made it a second time with Gf all purpose, not nearly as good. A bit drier? Just an FYI for peeps asking about subs!
Rachel
thanks for sharing!!! gp all purpose usually makes things drier since it has other ingredients in it too (not a personal fave to use with baking!)
Olivia
Hi Rachel! Love this recipe so much and have made it a bunch of times. I just noticed that the ingredients say to use oat flour and the method says to use brown rice flour. I didn’t notice that before so not sure if it’s a new update? Just FYI!
Rachel
thank you! either one works 🙂
Amber
I am not a big banana bread fan, but I loved this. I did a horrible job putting half of the cinnamon/ sugar in the middle, so the top of mine had way more. As someone with a major sweet tooth, I will double that part next time.
Rachel
woohooo!!!
Alyssa Reid
Thebombdotcom. My husband eats half the loaf within an hour after it’s out of the oven without fail every time I make it. You need this in your life.
Rachel
hahaha thank you!!!!!
Nafise Barzigar
This is amazing!!!
making it every week, some week twice 😀
Rachel
aw YAYYY!
Liv
Did you calculate the nutritional value for the bread, roughly how many calories it would be ?
Rachel
feel free to input to online recipe calculator.
Tricia
Flavor was spot on – delicious. I made it twice. The first time, I used regular oat flour (not gluten-free by mistake) and it came out pretty dense. Flavor was good, though. The second time I did use the GF oat flour and it came out better, but a bit gooey. I let it cook for 5 minutes longer because of my oven. What could be the reason for that? The pictures of yours look so much better than the way mine looked. Mind didn’t come out fluffy looking like yours. I’m going to try it again, though, because it was delicious. Any suggestions?
Rachel
it may be the size banana you use?! not sure!! sometimes the products that brands make really vary and can impact the consistency. oat flour from one brand may be different from others etc.
Jenn
This was delicious! I used egg replacer (my ground flax was off) and brown sugar as I had no coconut sugar, but everything else the same. It was moist and delicious and disappeared fast! I would say that it took longer than 5 minutes of prep time once you melt the coconut oil and I had to blend oats to make the oat flour…so it definitely took longer than the listed 5 mins…but it was so yummy it was worth it. Have bookmarked and will make again!
Michelle
Hi Rachel! It doesn’t specify the size pan you used. I have a 9.25 x 5.25 x 2.75 in which is pretty standard. Is that the one you used?
Rachel
yep any standard bread/loaf pan works!
Kristin
HIGHLY encourage this recipe. Just made it for the first time & it’s SO AMAZING. I can’t believe it’s vegan because it jsut has such an amazing consistency and the slight crunch on top from the cinnamon swirl ingredients just makes it a perfect banana bread recipe for me. 🙂
Rachel
aaaaawww yay!!
Chelsea
Omg best banana bread ever!! So moist and flavorful. Loved it!
Rachel
YAYYY!!!
Amy Kimmel
If you’re deciding what to make, stop here!! This bread is 100% delicious, it tops any other banana bread I’ve made (and I’ve been hardcore covid quarantine baking). I made it with eggs and coconut milk baked for about 50 mins. The cinnamon swirl puts this over the top… toasted with PB is the best snack for anytime of day!! Thank you Rachel!!
Rachel
awwww thank you so much amy!!!
Melissa
For anyone interested I subbed the oat flour for 1.5 cups Whole wheat flour and it came out delicious and wonderful!!
Rachel
yay thank you!!!
Nicole
Great recipe! It came together so quickly and had a perfectly sweet taste. Really enjoyed the addition of the cinnamon roll swirl!
Love following along,
Nicole
Rachel
aawww yay!! xx
Cynthia
Above the recipe you wrote that you use rice flour but in the recipe you call for oat flour. I recently found out I’m allergic to cats and would like to make this however I want clarification before I make it with only rice flour as I don’t want to waste any ingredients! Thanks so much!!
Rachel
either works 🙂
Marissa
This is my favorite banana bread recipe!!! I have been making it every week for breakfast with Almond butter. Thanks!!
Rachel
yyaayy!!!
Olivia
This is hands down my favorite banana bread. It makes the house smell like Cinnabon and tastes AMAZING. It’s become such a staple for us. I’ve also shared the recipe/your name with so many friends!! THANK YOU!
Rachel
yaaayyy!!!
Kendall
I haven’t even baked it yet, but I can tell it will be delicious – couldn’t stop eating the batter!! I didn’t have applesauce so subbed greek yogurt, and it tasted great! Thanks for the recipes!!
Rose
Delicious! I added a little bit of apple cider vinegar and let it turn the plant milk into a buttermilk to help with the lift, and it was definitely still dense but so rich and delicious. Absolutely recommend! I’ve devoured almost half a loaf all by myself already…
Rachel
woohooo!!!!!
Domi
Hi, is it ok to do the swirl with honey or maple? Dont mind if its not crunchy.
Rachel
yeah sure!
Christina
My husband and daughter had a baking day together and decided to make this bread after I sent them the recipe, with a drooling face emoji, lol. They doubled the recipe as they also thought it sounded delish. I was out of the house when they made it and they didn’t see the oat flour so they used almond flour instead and it was delicious- wouldn’t know it wasn’t regular flour. I also have never had banana bread over that either didn’t have nuts or didn’t have chocolate chips, and WOW, the cinnamon is a game changer!
DEFINITELY making this again!
Rachel
so sweet !!!!