Banana Oat Bread Healthy Snacks with Chef Padma Penmetsa on Cooking Table

Healthy Snacks

Banana Oat Bread

Chef	:	Padma Penmetsa
Recipe Servings	:	4
Recipe Cook Time	:	1 Hour 5 Minutes
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Winner of the weekly Guilt Free Contest whips up an easy to make banana oat bread made with whole wheat and oat flour. Butter has been replaced with olive oil and refined sugar with dark brown sugar.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
  
  1/2 cup oatmeal flour
  
  3 ripe bananas
  
  3/4 cup dark brown sugar
  
  1/3 cup extra light virgin olive oil
  
  1 tsp vanilla essence
  
  1 egg
  
  1/2 tsp baking powder
  
  1/4 tsp baking soda
  
  Pinch of salt
  
  Chopped walnuts, to garnish

Method

Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl (Whole wheat flour, oatmeal, baking powder, baking soda, salt,sugar).

Combine all wet ingredients in a bowl (Mashed ripe bananas, Egg, vanilla essence, olive oil).

Fold in dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.

Lightly oil a baking tin with olive oil.

Add the banana bread batter into the baking tin. Sprinkle nuts of choice. (I used roughly chopped walnuts).

Place the baking tin in the oven and let it bake for about 50-55 mins or until a pierced toothpick comes out clean.

Serve warm or cold