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cinnamon oatmeal banana nut bread

(2 ratings)
Recipe by
Kathryn Grenier
Cocoa, FL

This recipe is fairly easy to make and is great. The original recipe is from a "mailbox recipe" set that I changed to make it into a banana bread recipe. So, what I've posted is part of the original recipe with my changes added. If you don't like bananas you can leave them out but be sure to reduce the all purpose flour called for in the recipe to 1 3/4 cups instead of the 2 1/2 cups. Or you can use 1 cup diced apple as a substitute for the bananas. ** WARNING ** When using an electric mixer please make sure mixer is NOT in operation when scraping sides of mixing bowl due to the risk of serious or severe injury to the operator. It can also damage your electric mixer. So please do not use or place any spoons, forks, knives, other utensils, including your hands in or near beaters of the mixer while in operation.

(2 ratings)
yield 12 serving(s)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Bake

Ingredients For cinnamon oatmeal banana nut bread

  • DRY INGREDIENTS
  • 2 1/2 c
    all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1 Tbsp
    ground cinnamon
  • WET INGREDIENTS
  • 1 stick
    butter or margarine
  • 2 lg
    eggs
  • 1 1/2 c
    granulated sugar
  • 1/2 c
    firmly packed, light brown sugar
  • 3 to 4 md
    very ripe bananas mashed
  • 2 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 1 c
    walnuts or pecans *optional
  • 1 c
    quick cooking oatmeal
  • 1 c
    water, boiling

How To Make cinnamon oatmeal banana nut bread

  • 1
    Preheat Oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and Flour 2 (9-inch x 5-inch) loaf pans. ** Baker’s Joy can be substituted for greasing and flouring the pans.
  • 2
    Coarsely chop 1 Cup Walnut or Pecan Halves and place them in a small bowl/dish. *Can reduce amount to 1/2 Cup or omit altogether if you are allergic to nuts or do not like nuts. Can also substitute or add Chocolate Chips if desired.
  • 3
    Pour 1 cup water into a small sauce pan and bring to a full boil for about 1 minute. While water is heating up. Place 1 Cup Oatmeal in a heatproof bowl. When water has reached a full boil. Remove pot from stove and carefully pour boiling water over Oatmeal. Make sure to stir the oatmeal well with a fork and let stand until cool. ** You can also heat water in the microwave using a microwave safe Dish and then microwave on high for 2 - 3 minutes. Remove dish from microwave and add 1 cup Oatmeal to the water and stir well with fork or spoon. Set aside and let cool.
  • 4
    In a medium mixing bowl sifting together the all purpose flour, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, salt, and cinnamon until well blended.
  • 5
    In a Large mixing bowl using an electric mixer is together softened butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until we’ll mixed. Then add eggs and vanilla extract then mix together until light and fluffy.
  • 6
    Next slowly add flour mixture to butter mixture 1/2 cup at a time using electric mixer. Make sure each 1/2 cup addition of the flour mixture is well blended before adding more of the flour mixture. Continue to add flour mixture to butter mixture until all of the flour mixture has been added, and make sure to use a spatula to scrape batter off sides of bowl between each 1/2 cup addition of flour mixture so as to make sure the ingredients are mixed together completely. *** WARNING - Mixture will be thick and appear to be slightly dry.***
  • 7
    Once flour and butter mixtures have been combined thoroughly. Add oatmeal to batter making sure oatmeal is thoroughly incorporated into batter. *** The boiling water should have been completely absorbed and the oatmeal should be slightly warm to cool to the touch ***
  • 8
    Then peel bananas and place them in a small bowl. Using a fork mash the ripe bananas until there are only small chunks of banana. Pour and fold the mashed bananas into the batter with a spatula until well mixed together. Then fold the coarsely chopped Walnuts or Pecans to batter. Mixture should not be soupy but should be wet. You should be able to easily stir the mixture but it should be similar in thickness to a brownie or muffin mix.
  • 9
    Pour batter into loaf pan until pan is about half filled. If there is extra batter pour remaining batter into a second greased and floured 9”x5” loaf pan or you can pour them into a prepared muffin pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 mins to 1 hour. Or until toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean.
  • 10
    Once Baked take out of oven and cool 15 minutes on cooling rack before removing the loaf from the loaf pan.
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