If there’s something I never get bored of, it is making banana bread, from classic vegan banana bread to funky carrot cake banana bread or the crazy easy 3-Ingredient Banana Bread. It’s the best way to use a large number of ripe bananas and meal prep breakfast or healthy snacks for the family. Plus, you don’t need eggs or dairy to make banana bread – I know most oatmeal banana bread will use eggs, but I am here to tell you that you don’t have to! Believe me, after trying a slice of this oatmeal banana bread you will be convinced that you shouldn’t add eggs to banana bread anymore.
Ingredients and Substitutions
This high-fiber and high-protein banana bread is made only basic pantry ingredients:
All-Purpose Flour or white whole wheat flour or white spelt flour. Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats – feel free to use a gluten-free certified oats brand if you are intolerant to gluten. Baking Powder and Baking Soda – for a soft, fluffy texture. Almond Milk – I prefer using unsweetened almond milk to avoid unnecessary sugar. You can also use any other plant-based milk such as coconut milk, oat milk, or cashew milk. Lemon Juice – You can use lemon juice squeezed out of fresh lemons or buy packed natural lemon juice. Light Olive Oil or melted coconut oil. Vanilla Extract – for added flavors. Mashed Bananas from ripe bananas or yellows bananas – you can adjust the sweetener based on the ripeness level of the bananas. Feel free to decrease sugar to 1/4 cup if your bananas are ultra-ripe with dark black spots on their skins. Soft Brown Sugar – or brown sugar. I like soft brown sugar because it adds moisture to the bread and makes the crumb less dry. Other options are unrefined cane sugar or coconut sugar.
How To Make Oatmeal Banana Bread
Here’s how to make my version of banana bread with oats.
Serving
This oatmeal banana bread is a great recipe for breakfast because it’s packed with everything you need to have energy in the morning. It’s also very fulfilling because of its high amount of fiber and proteins. So you can serve this oatmeal banana bread plain, on side of your protein hot chocolate, chocolate avocado smoothie, or coffee. Or add some extra toppings like:
Peanut Butter Almond Butter Baby Jam or jam you like Chocolate Spread Maple Syrup Greek Yogurt, like almond yogurt or coconut yogurt. Date Caramel
Storage Instructions
This banana bread can be stored in the fridge wrapped in a clean kitchen towel or placed in an airtight bag or container. I recommend keeping the bread for up to 4 days in the fridge and slicing it just before serving to keep the entire crumb moist and fresh. You can freeze this banana bread whole, or sliced. Thaw the banana bread at room temperature the day before breakfast.
Add-Ons
The great thing with banana bread recipes is that you can always upgrade your recipe by adding some of the below ingredients in the banana bread. Before pouring the batter into the loaf pan, stir in 1/2 cup of some of the below ingredients:
Dark chocolate chips Chopped walnuts or pecans Shredded coconut
Allergy Swaps
Below I listed some options to make this oatmeal banana bread suitable for anyone with food allergies:
Gluten-Free – I suggest replacing all-purpose flour with an all-purpose gluten-free flour blend containing xanthan gum. Use gluten-free certified oats and gluten-free baking powder. Sugar-Free – banana contains sugar so banana bread will never be sugar-free but this recipe can be made without added sugar. Simply skip the sugar or use a natural sugar-free alternative like erythritol, allulose, or stevia.
Below I listed the answers to your most common questions about this banana oat bread recipe:
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