Healthy vegan and gluten-free chocolate chip oatmeal banana bread made with homemade gluten-free oat flour, and sweetened with just bananas and a bit of brown sugar. The perfect healthy oatmeal banana bread for breakfasts and snacks.
Course Bread, Breakfast
Keyword oatmeal banana bread
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 40 minutesminutes
Total Time 50 minutesminutes
Servings 10slices
Calories 152cal
Author Monique Volz of Ambitious Kitchen
Ingredients
3cupsrolled oats (make sure you use gluten-free oats)
1 1/2teaspoonsbaking powder
1/2teaspoonbaking soda
1/4teaspoonsalt
3very ripe bananas, mashed
1tablespoonolive or coconut oil
1/3cupbrown sugar, plus 1 tablespoon
1teaspoonpure vanilla extract
2/3cupvegan chocolate chips
3tablespoonsrolled oats
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 9×5 inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
Make oat flour: Place rolled oats into blender and blend for 1-2 minutes until oats resemble flour. You may need to stop blender and stir oats a couple of times to ensure that all oats have been blended.
Measure out just 2 cups of the oat flour and place in a medium bowl. Whisk in baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
In a separate large bowl, beat mashed bananas, 1/3 cup brown sugar, vanilla extract, and oil for 1-2 minutes until the consistency is smooth and creamy.
Slowly add in oat flour mixture and mix until just combined
Gently fold in chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and sprinkle 3 tablespoons oatmeal and 1 tablespoon brown sugar on top.
Bake for 35-40 minutes or until knife inserted into center comes out clean.
Cool 10-15 minutes, then remove from pan and place on wire rack to finish cooling. Cut into 8-10 thick slices.
Notes
Bread will stay good for up to 3 days if wrapped well.Feel free to use fewer chocolate chips.Adding chopped walnuts or coconut flakes to the batter would provide additional delicious healthy fats.