This cinnamon roll banana bread takes everything you love about classic banana bread and swirls it with gooey cinnamon sugar, then finishes it off with a sweet vanilla glaze. It’s soft, fluffy, warmly spiced and feels like a bakery-style treat you’d never guess is completely plant-based.

Cinnamon Roll Banana Bread (Vegan)
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 8
Calories 486 kcal
Ingredients
Banana bread batter
- 1/2 cup almond milk
- 1 1/4 tsp. apple cider vinegar
- 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas
- 1/2 cup smooth almond butter
- 1 cup coconut sugar
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
- 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. sea salt
- 1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
Cinnamon swirl
- 2 Tbsp. vegan butter melted
- 1/4 cup coconut sugar
- 1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
Glaze
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 Tbsp. almond milk
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 1-lb. loaf pan and line with parchment paper leaving overhang.
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Mix almond milk and apple cider vinegar in small bowl. Set aside.
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Mash bananas in large bowl until mostly smooth. Add almond butter, coconut sugar, olive oil, vanilla extract and almond milk mixture. Whisk until smooth.
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In separate bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
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Add half dry ingredients to wet ingredients and fold until combined. Add remaining dry ingredients and fold until no flour pockets remain.
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Mix cinnamon swirl filling ingredients in small bowl.
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Add one third batter to loaf pan. Spoon half cinnamon filling on top and swirl with knife. Repeat with another third batter and remaining filling. Finish with remaining batter and smooth top. Place pan on baking sheet.
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Bake 60 to 70 minutes until loaf is golden and toothpick inserted comes out mostly clean with few crumbs. Check at 60 minutes and bake in 5 minute increments if needed.
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Mix powdered sugar, almond milk and vanilla until smooth. Remove 4 teaspoons glaze and mix with cinnamon.
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Cool bread completely. Place parchment under cooling rack. Pour vanilla glaze over loaf then drizzle cinnamon glaze on top.
Nutrition Facts
Cinnamon Roll Banana Bread (Vegan)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 486
Calories from Fat 189
% Daily Value*
Fat 21g32%
Saturated Fat 3g15%
Trans Fat 0.02g
Polyunsaturated Fat 4g
Monounsaturated Fat 13g
Sodium 244mg10%
Potassium 466mg13%
Carbohydrates 71g24%
Fiber 6g24%
Sugar 28g31%
Protein 8g16%
Vitamin A 171IU3%
Vitamin C 3mg4%
Calcium 203mg20%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.




