Preheat oven to 350℉
In the large mixing bowl, mix the room temperature vegan butter, coconut sugar and maple syrup together.
½ C Vegan Butter, ½ C Maple Syrup, ½ C Coconut Sugar
Add to the large mixing bowl the applesauce, vanilla and salt. Stir together to mix the ingredients well.
½ C Unsweetened Applesauce, 1 tsp vanilla extract, ½ tsp Salt
Sift in the dry ingredients, including the flour, baking soda, baking powder and optional spices.
1 C All-Purpose Flour, ½ C Whole Wheat Flour, 1 tsp Baking Soda, 1 tsp Baking Powder, 1¼ tsp Cinnamon, 1 pinch Nutmeg, ¼ tsp Ground Ginger
Place peeled, ripe bananas in a separate small bowl. Mash with a fork until it is the consistency of a puree. Add the puree to the large mixing bowl.
3 Ripe Bananas
Fold the ingredients together, working from the bottom up using a wooden spoon. Be careful not to over-stir. The idea here is to just incorporate the ingredients enough so there are not dry spots in the batter.
Grease a 9x5 in. loaf pan with coconut oil, vegan butter or an oil of your choice. Then sprinkle flour over the greased pan, dispersing it all around. Shake out any loose flour remaining. Set aside.
Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
Place loaf pan in oven for 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Once done, remove loaf from oven and let cool in pan for 5 minutes. Then gently transfer loaf to cooling rack to completely cool before cutting.