Banana Chocolate Oatmeal Bread

1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
2 lg. eggs
1/2 cup quick-cooking oatmeal
1-1/2 cups mashed banana (3-4 very ripe bananas)
1/4 cup buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1-1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Grease and flour a loaf pan.

Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl and stir until uniform. Add eggs one at a time, and stir to incorporate
Add oats, banana, buttermilk and vanilla; stir until uniform.

Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl; stir with a fork to blend. Add flour mixture to banana mixture one third at a time; stir until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until loaf is dark brown and a cake tester comes out clean.

Cool bread in pan for 10 minutes, and then run a knife along edges to loosen, turn out of baking pan and cool on a rack.
Makes one loaf.

Tip: You can also make this into muffins-bake muffins for 20 minutes. You’ll get about 12 muffins or 20 mini muffins.

Tip: If you’re only going to purchase one kind of oatmeal, you should buy the old-fashioned or large-flake oatmeal. To turn them into the “quick-cooking” oatmeal called for in this recipe, pulse them in a food processor, or place in a resealable plastic bag and rub them between your hands until they’re broken into small bits.

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Comments from olga :

This is the banana bread recipe you've been looking for: soft, moist, loaded with bananas, a bit of oatmeal for good health and chocolate for added kid appeal.

User Reviews:

I never made this. For an extra kick of chocolate, add 1/4 cp. powdered cocoa to the bannanas and incorporate. For low fat ice cream, freeze the bannans and add cocoa to the mashed bannanas
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Submitted by lachef on December 09, 2007

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