Vegan Banana Sweet Potato Bread

This bread is amazing...  Vegan Banana Sweet Potato Bread (Adapted from this recipe, not vegan but her pictures are fantastic...)

So, before I give you my recipe for this mouth watering bread...  Let me explain why I turned it Vegan.

I tried my first Vegan recipe when one of my favorite bloggers posted this recipe for Vegan Zucchini Bread w/Chocolate chips.  It was the most delicious bread I had ever made.  I was intrigued.  Was it because it was Vegan?  Or just a great recipe?  Well, I guess I wasn't that intrigued because it wasn't until a month or so later when I was craving some cookie dough (hey, I was pregnant...).  But of course, no go on the raw eggs.  Oh but wait.  Vegan recipes don't have eggs.  Score!  And the different cookies I made were all fantastic so I started trying more recipes and experimenting even more.  I can't tell you how many times in my life I have gone to bake something and I go to the fridge... no eggs.  Pooey.  Well, that is not the case with Vegan recipes.  I've been experimenting more with taking regular recipes and turning them into Vegan recipes.  And that's what this is.  I may tweak it a bit more, but right now I think it's perfect.

Ingredients

• 1 cup very ripe, mashed banana
• 1 cup sweet potato puree
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup oil (I used coconut oil)
• 1/4 cup applesauce (homemade is best!)
• 2 Tb ground flax seed
• 3/4 tsp Guar Gum (or use 2 TB Cornstarch)
• 2 Tb oil
• 4 Tb water
• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup almond milk

Directions

• To make your sweet potato puree, you can bake a large peeled and diced sweet potato in 350 degree oven or steam in this fantastic steamer for 30-40 minutes.  Then process in a food processor with water as needed to get the consistency of canned pumpkin.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees
• Mix banana, sweet potato, sugar, oil and applesauce.
• In a separate bowl, mix flax seed, guar gum, oil and water.  (This is the egg substitute)
• Add to banana mixture
• In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients.  
• Add to wet mixture. 
• Add milk, stir until combined.
• Pour into greased loaf pan (I like to use 2 smaller load pans, it helps with the cooking time but this recipe is technically for 1 regular loaf pan)
• Bake for 1 hour 20 minutes (give or take depending on pan size) or until skewer comes out clean.