Banana Chocolate Oatmeal Bread

• sugar↗1⁄4 cup
• unsalted butter↗1⁄4 cup

  melted

• large eggs↗2
• quick-cooking oatmeal↗1⁄2 cup
• mashed bananas1 1⁄2 cups

  3-4 very ripe bananas

• buttermilk↗1⁄4 cup
• vanilla↗1 teaspoon
• all-purpose flour↗1 1⁄2 cups
• baking soda↗1 teaspoon
• salt↗1⁄2 teaspoon
• chocolate chips↗1⁄3 cup

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. 2

   Grease and flour a loaf pan.

3. 3

   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.

4. 4

   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.

5. 5

   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.

6. 6

   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.

7. 7

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

8. 8

   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.

9. 9

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