Vegan Mango Banana Bread

We pretty much have to have bananas in our house at all times.  It's a fruit, so guaranteed that Gavin wants it.  It's good for you so I should have them around for just that reason.  And they come in their own natural packaging, which makes them travel-able.  Gotta love something you can just grab & go, right?  Right.

The problem with bananas though is the Ripe Factor.  Once the spots appear, I swear by the next day they're almost completely brown.  And once they're brown, forget it...no one touches them.  Now, any good little baker knows that brown bananas are absolute perfection for banana bread.  But sometimes, I get tired of just banana bread.  Sure I can mix things up a little and make banana walnut bread (woo) but...meh.  Yeah, bored.

This is so not boring.

Vegan Mango Banana Bread
Recipe from Joy the Baker

3 medium or 2 large ripe bananas

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 ripe mango, sliced into chunks

1.  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease and flour a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.

2.  In a large mixing bowl, mash the bananas well. Add the sugar, oil, and vanilla extract, and whisk briskly to incorporate.

I love the color contrast of the white flour and warm spices

3.  Sift in the flour, baking soda, spices, and salt. Use a wooden spoon to mix until the wet and dry ingredients are just combined.  Fold in mango chunks.

MANGO!

4.  Transfer the batter to the prepared pan.  Bake for 45 to 50 minutes. The top should be lightly browned and a knife inserted through the center should come out clean, or with just a few crumbs.

I feel like these happy yellow tidbits should be smiling at me

5.  Remove from the oven and let cool for 20 minutes before transferring out of a pan and onto a wire rack to cool completely.  Banana bread will last, wrapped at room temperature, for up to 5 days

Sooooo, I would have a picture of the baked bread...I should.  I really should have snapped a shot of it.  But....... we ate it too fast.  Sorry!  Yeah, so you're just going to have to bake some to know just how cute and DELICIOUS this bread is.