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banana bread with oat flour and chocolate chunks sliced on wooden cutting board

Banana Bread with Oat Flour

Jani H. Leuschel
Tender, gluten-free banana bread that is excellent for heart health. Tastes just like an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie when you bite into pockets of melty chocolate!
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 35 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course breads, Breakfast, brunch, desserts, Recipes, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 8
Calories 295 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • baking spray for loaf pan
  • 2¼ cups whole oats
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup 2% Greek yogurt, or non-fat or a plant-based yogurt
  • ¼ cup canola oil
  • ¼ cup cane sugar
  • ¼ cup Truvia brown sugar, or regular brown sugar
  • 1 egg, or use flax egg
  • 3 bananas, mashed
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ⅓ cup walnuts, chopped and toasted
  • ¼ cup dark chocolate chunks

Instructions
 

  • Wash hands thoroughly according to CDC guidelines.
  • Place the whole oats in a food processor and run the machine until the oats are powdery and the consistency of flour. This will take 1 to 3 minutes.
    Oat flour inside food processor
  • Use a spatula to transfer the oat flour into a medium bowl. You should have about a cup and a half. Add the baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Stir to thoroughly blend the dry ingredients.
    Oat flour with other dry ingredients for banana bread
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the oil, yogurt, sugar, brown Truvia/stevia, mashed bananas, egg, and vanilla. Mix on low speed to combine.
    Wet ingredients for banana bread with oat flour in bowl of stand mixer
  • Add the oat flour mixture in 2 or 3 additions. After each addition, mix briefly on the lowest speed. Remove the bowl from the mixer and scape the mixing paddle to remove all the batter.
    Adding dry ingredients to wet in the stand mixer
  • Pour the walnuts and chocolate chunks into the bowl and gently fold them in by hand.
    Adding choco chunks and walnuts to wet banana bread ingredients
  • Turn the mixture into prepared loaf pan and bake in 350 F oven. (Use 325 F for a dark, metal pan.) Check for doneness after an hour and bake an additional 10-15 minutes if necessary.
    Ready to bake loaf pan with banana bread, oat flour mixture
  • Remove from oven and let cool for about 10 minutes in the pan. Then, turn the loaf out onto a wire rack to finish cooling. Slice and serve when cool enough. Or, wrap the unsliced loaf tightly in foil to freeze or serve at a later time.
    Oven view of risen bananabread with oat flour

Notes

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Cuisinart stand mixer

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Cuisinart 8-cup food processor

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If a food processor is on your list, you could go with a less expensive, functional base model from Cuisinart that will hold 8 cups. Cuisinart offers larger food processors, too.
 
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Breville 12-cup food processor

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Nutrition

Calories: 295kcalCarbohydrates: 44gProtein: 6gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 324mgPotassium: 290mgFiber: 4gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 67IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 53mgIron: 1mg
Keyword cardioprotective, diabetic friendly, make-ahead, wellness
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