Vegan Banana Chocolate Spice Bread

This recipe has a nice balance of flavors. Very tasty when lightly toasted, but be careful with the melting chocolate!

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Serves: 8-12
• Yields: 1 loaf

Ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups  unbleached bread flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups raw sugar
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3 1⁄2 ounces  bar of intense dark chocolate
• 2  large  ripe bananas
• 3⁄4 cup  apple juice
• 1⁄2 cup  vegetable oil
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1  teaspoon vinegar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Break chocolate bar into small pieces (1/2" square or less).
3. Mix dry ingredients together, including chocolate pieces.
4. In a second bowl, mash bananas.
5. Add other wet ingredients to bananas and mix thoroughly.
6. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix, just until combined.
7. Oil a 9" x 1-1/2" glass pie pan and pour in (thick) batter.
8. Bake for approximately 55 minutes, just until top of bread appears dry.
9. Cool on baking rack.