Ever since my friend, Adam, introduced me his go-to banana bread recipe, it has since became my go-to recipe as well. The original recipe he uses doesn’t require any oil or butter (except for greasing the loaf pan) and the result was amazing. When I say amazing, I meant I feel more liberated with the amount of butter I slathered afterwards. Definitely a great recipe to have for a spontaneous baking adventure. 😉
Every now and then, I received questions about whether there’s any substitution for eggs in the baking recipes I’ve used. Unfortunately, I don’t have any answer for them. I feel bad whenever this happens as I felt like I’m leaving out people who have dietary restrictions.
Anyway, I have been on a hunt for egg replacer. I’ve came across that chia seeds can be used in replacement of eggs. Thanks to the folks at The Chia Co, they have suggested 1 tbsp of chia seeds plus 3 tbsps of water is equivalent to an egg. On this basis, I have tweaked my go-to banana bread recipe to make an eggless version.
Eggless Coconut, Walnut & Banana Bread (with Chia Seeds as Egg Substitute)
(Recipe tweaked from Food.Ninemsn)
Serves 8
What you’ll need:-
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- 3 tbsps water (used tap water)
- 2 bananas, peeled
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1/2 cup dessicated coconut (unsweetened)
- 1/4 cup caster (superfine) sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 cup low fat milk
- 50g/ 1.7 ounces walnut, roughly crushed by hand
Note 1 – if you don’t have desiccated coconut, you can increase the sugar quantity to 3/4 cup.
Note 2 – if you have self-raising flour – replace the all-purpose flour and baking powder with 1 cup of self-raising flour.
To make the egg substitute: mix 1 tbsp chia seeds with 3 tbsps of water. Let sit for 15 to 20 minutes until the mixture becomes gooey.
To make the banana bread: (1) Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (356 degrees Fahrenheit) for convection oven) / 160 degrees Celsius (320 degrees Fahrenheit) for fan-forced. Line baking pan with parchment paper and grease the sides without the parchment paper with vegetable oil. (2) Add bananas, maple syrup, and sugar to a bowl and mash everything together with a fork. (3) Stir in chia seed mixture. Use a hand mixer or a fork to mix everything well. (4) Add sugar, desiccated coconut, flour, baking powder and mix the batter. As you mix these ingredients, pour in milk gradually. Stir the batter until smooth. Fold in walnut and transfer the batter in a loaf pan. Bake for 45 minutes or until the cake tester comes out clean.
After all this, you may want to know my thoughts on the difference between the eggless and the egg version. Firstly, chia seeds doesn’t have any aroma or taste except for its gooey texture. Hence, the taste between the egg free and the egg version was about the same (except for the inclusion of coconut in this recipe). With that being said, the texture is slightly more dense with the eggless version. The original recipe doesn’t require milk. However, the batter for the eggless version was a tad dry, hence the inclusion of milk in this recipe. I will try to increase the quantity of water when I make the chia seeds mixture next time. Or if you any suggestion in relation to the quantity of water, feel free to leave it in the comment box below. You can compare with the egg version here.
Nice recipe 🙂
I also like the below banana bread recipe.
http://www.wascene.com/food-drink/delicious-banana-bread-recipe/
Thanks for sharing,
Kelly
What if you use coconut oil? That will help to make it moist and has great flavor…maybe it could substitute the coconut and milk??
hi Erika
sounds like it might work. i don’t really use coconut oil in my cooking and baking but i once had cookies made using coconut and i tell ya they were amazing! so yeah, i think u are on to something here :p
This is my go-to banana bread recipe. It’s AMAZING! Thank you so much for sharing.
This recipe was fantastic! I made a few changes. I didn’t have maple syrup, so I substituted honey. I used whole wheat flour and I used soy milk. I also added some cinnamon. Probably about 3/4 teaspoon. I put the batter in muffin tins and baked them for 15 minutes. It made 11 muffins. My husband LOVED them. He said, “Wow! These taste just like banana bread!” I agreed.
great recipe!
I used 2 lots of the chia gel meal mix cut out the refined sugar using a tablespoon of dark brown sugar. I used honey instead of maple syrup. I also subbed a 1/4 of cup of flour with oat bran and added in shredded coconut (as well as the desiccated) 5 chopped dates and a teaspoon of cinnamon.
Low cholesterol, low fat you could sub the sugarand honey too but I dont need to watch those as much as the cholesterol, GI and fat.
Turned out amazing and tasted good my husband loved it will do this recipe again. Chia does make it a little dense and a little chewy but I like the chewiness of it.
Im searching for a lemon cake now using chia as the egg replacement.
Thanks for the easy to follow instructions.
🙂
Hi there, just made this recipe and was wondering how many calories does it contain?
The batter tasted really awesome, now just waiting for it to bake but I’m sure it will taste as awesome.
Thanks!
Hi Arianna,
Uhm…. I don’t usually count calorie plus I don’t know how to. So I’m afraid I cannot help you with your question. 🙁
I hope you like the bread! Happy baking! Emily xx
Hi i just found out im severely intolerant to eggs and also moderately intolerant to dairy and wheat and need to avoid gluten as well. Can you provide any receipes to help me out? I saw the eggless coconut banana and wallnut bread which looks great. Can i use coconut sugar instead of castor sugar? And what can i replace the flour with? Coconut flour? And milk i could use almond or coconut?
Hi Anita,
Yes, you can use coconut sugar instead of castor sugar. I have not use coconut flour before, but I am intrigue to try it to see how it turns out (thanks for the suggestion). As for milk substitutions, I think almond or coconut will be okay. There are two recipes on my blog that may interest you:-
Almond Meal & Chia Seeds Pancakes
Flourless Chocolate & Banana Loaf
I hope these help! 🙂
Looks amazingly healthy! Sin free?!
Does it not contain any type of fat? Butter? Coconut Oil?
HI I like casters
Hello,
Recipe is very nice. wanted to know if we can use it on our website.
Thanks
Yes you can as long as there’s a link back to my site. 🙂
Hi, just wondering what the measurement of bananas is for your recipe. As in cups. Bananas vary so much in size and I can’t seem to get the consistency right in the end.
Hi
I made the loaf with a few changes. I didn’t have maple so used golden.Didn’t have caster so used granulated. Didn’t have walnuts so used pumpkin.Used self raising flour. Added a touch of ginger powder.
Used chia seeds for first time. Result? Lovely. Thanks
David, Costa Calida, Spain
Hi,
Thank you so much for this recipe, it was awesome !
I didn’t have milk so instead I put in a big spoonful of hazelnut butter mixed with water and it turned out really good.
I had a hard time trying not to eat everything in one go though…
Hello.
Please, i need more baking ideas for me. I am Gluten, sugar and dairy free. I should respect low fat.
Thank you.
Maria.