Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Oatmeal Banana Bread


Ingredients:

3 very ripe bananas
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup canola or other vegetable oil
2 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour (I usually use half all-purpose, half whole wheat)
1/2 cup oats
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
a handful of raisins

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

In a large bowl, mash the bananas, sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla with a potato masher – don’t worry about getting all the lumps out. It will look sort of cottage-cheesy.

Add the flour, oats, cinnamon, baking soda and salt and stir until almost combined; add raisins and stir just until blended. Spread into an 8”x4” loaf pan that has been sprayed with non-stick spray and bake for 50 minutes, until golden and cracked on top and springy to the touch.