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!
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Pour the walnuts and chocolate chunks into the bowl and gently fold them in by hand.
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.
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.
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