Moist & Easy Oatmeal Banana Bread Recipe With Chocolate Chips | Bread/Muffins | 30Seconds Food (2024)

Banana bread is one of my favorite things to bake (and eat). As you can tell from all thebanana bread recipes on30Seconds, we are big fans of it and enjoy trying different recipes. I guess it's our quest to find the ultimate banana bread recipe forbreakfast,snacks ordessert.

As you know by now, I like to try and find ways to boostnutrition wherever I can. And lately, because I'm watching my cholesterol (thanks to my family history), that means incorporating a lot of oats. (Oatmeal is packed with solublefiber, landing it at the top ofMayo Clinic's list of cholesterol-reducing foods.)

I wanted to see if I could make a more nutritious banana bread by adding oats, and I think I succeeded. The texture is different than the typical banana bread (more substantive and chewy), but it's equally delicious. My husband, who's my official taste tester, gave this chocolate chipbread recipe two enthusiastic thumbs up (especially because it's also loaded with dark chocolate, which has its own heart-health benefits).

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Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 to 35 minutes, depending on your oven
Total Time: 40 to 45 minutes
Servings: 16 (makes 2 loaves)

Ingredients

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Recipe Notes

  • You could use pecans, almonds, macadamia nuts or cashews instead of walnuts.
  • Not a fan of dark chocolate? Use milk, semisweet or bittersweet chocolate.
  • Store the banana bread loaves in an airtight container.

Here's how to make it:

  1. Coat two 9x5-inch loaf pans with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In a bowl, combine flour, oats, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, blend bananas, milk, vanilla and cinnamon.

  2. In a third bowl, combine butter and brown sugar, stirring until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, to butter and sugar mixture. Combine banana mixture and sugar mixture, and stir until blended. Combine dry mixture and moist mixture, and stir until blended. Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts, if using.

  3. Pour batter, evenly divided, into the loaf pans. Bake at 325 degrees F for about 30 to 35 minutes, depending on your oven. You can use a toothpick to see if it comes out clean. Allow to cool in the loaf pans for about 10 minutes before removing and slicing.

Nutrition Facts Per Serving

Calories: 261

Total Fat: 7.3g

Saturated Fat: 3.8g

Cholesterol: 53mg

Sodium: 269mg

Total Carbohydrate: 41.1g

Dietary Fiber: 6.8g

Total Sugars: 16.3g

Protein: 5.2g

Vitamin D: 6mcg

Calcium: 133mg

Iron: 2mg

Potassium: 251mg

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Moist & Easy Oatmeal Banana Bread Recipe With Chocolate Chips | Bread/Muffins | 30Seconds Food (2024)

FAQs

Why is banana bread so moist? ›

Not only are overripe bananas easier to mash, they also give the bread more moisture, sweetness, and flavor. How ripe is overripe? We're talking anything from spotted bananas all the way to solid black. If you need to make banana bread today and all you have are nearly ripe bananas — roast 'em.

Why does banana bread crack when baking? ›

First, why the crack occurs: Since quick breads and pound cake batters tend to be thick and dense, the exterior bakes first. But as the center of the cake continues to bake, releasing moisture, it rises, pushing through the top crust, and creating a crack.

How can I make my bread more moist? ›

Some alternative ingredients can help give your bread added moisture. One such ingredient is milk, which has a high-fat content and can add a delightfully creamy flavor when baking. Additionally, adding mashed potatoes or cooked grains can help keep the crumb soft and tender for days after baking.

What happens when you put too much banana in banana bread? ›

Banana bread recipes typically ask you to use overripe bananas so that they're easier to mush. This means it's tempting to toss all your bananas into the mix when you're ready to bake, to avoid food waste. But if you add too much of the fruit into your batter, your bread could turn out mushy, heavy, and wet.

What does it mean when my banana bread sinks in the middle? ›

There are a variety of reasons why yours may be sinking on cooling but it is most likely that it isn't quite fully baked. Banana bread tends to form a firmish crust on the outside, so even if it looks baked it may not quite be done which means that it will sink as it cools.

Why is my banana bread always raw in the middle? ›

If your oven has not reached the correct baking temperature before the banana bread is placed in the oven, the banana bread will be undercooked and more likely to sink. I like to use a hanging oven thermometer placed inside my oven to see if the oven has reached the correct temperature.

Why is my banana bread dense and gummy? ›

Banana bread is made with a very wet batter. It's important to use a tester to make sure it's fully baked. Cutting it before it is completely cooled can lead to the gummy texture. Cooling the bread to room temperature allow us the starch that gels during baking to set again.

Why is my homemade bread so moist? ›

If the dough doesn't fill out with gas, perhaps because it hasn't had time to rise properly, the inside of the loaf will remain soggy and dense as the dough won't bake properly. You should therefore leave plenty of time for your dough to rise.

Why is my banana bread moist but crumbly? ›

Using too much flour makes for an extra crumbly bread.

If you're tapping your measuring cup to level out flour as you measure, or you're pushing down the piled-up powder, you'll end up using too much of it. I packed my flour for this loaf, and what I got was a crumbly cake with a dry crust all around.

How do you keep banana bread from sweating? ›

Once it is completely cool, Roszkowski says to keep banana bread fresh by placing it in an airtight container, wrapping it in plastic wrap, or even slicing it and wrapping it in plastic wrap. "This will make sure the banana bread does not lose its moisture and become stale."

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