Vegan banana bread

I was looking for a banana bread recipe that don't contain eggs, because I am all about baking without eggs these days - if I can help it. I learned that ingredients like banana, pumpkin and avocado can help us do that easily because of their textures. So you're probably going to see a lot of recipes on pumpkins and bananas here, if I manage to find good recipes.

I read how the writer tried different ingredients to achieve a moist banana bread, and finally succeeded this time. So I was tempted to try the recipe.

I did not like it at first. The batter was super thick before going into the oven, and I was afraid that it would be dry. It did turn out to be dry when I tried it a few hours after it came out of the oven. But after keeping it for a day, the bread turned moist and I love it. It is fine if you don't include the pepitas, I just wanted to try because the original recipe used sunflower seeds.

Vegan banana bread

4 medium-sized ripe bananas
1 and a half cups all purpose flour
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup soft brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp pepitas (optional)
1 and a half tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda

1. Preheat the oven to 180 C.
2. Mashed the bananas in a medium bowl and add in oil, sugar and vanilla extract. Mix together.
3. Fold sieved flour, baking powder and baking soda into the wet ingredients.
4. Add the pepitas into the batter.
5. Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan.
6. Bake for about 30-40 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.

Original recipe from veg recipes of India.

Dark chocolate banana muffins

I am looking for the best banana chocolate muffins recipe, like the ones at Starbucks. They are huge and full of chocolate chips. Not too sweet, and I like to sink my teeth in them especially the top crust. One muffin is already enough to make you full, because it is huge.

This is not really the recipe I am looking for, but they taste good. Especially the day after.

Dark chocolate banana muffins

1 and a half cups all purpose flour
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 and a half tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 big bananas, mashed
1 large egg
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup milk
100g semi sweet dark chocolate, chopped

1. Preheat oven to 170 C.
2. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
3. In a separate mixing bowl, combine the mashed bananas, egg, oil and milk until incorporated.
4. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just blended. Stir in the chopped dark chocolate.
5. Divide the batter into 12 muffin cups, filling until 3/4 full.
6. Bake the muffins for about 30 minutes, until the tops are pale golden and the cake tester comes out clean.
7. Let the muffins cool for 15 minutes.

Original recipe by Marcela Valladolid.