Banana-Blueberry Oatmeal Bread

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Banana-Blueberry Oatmeal Bread

 

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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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2 2/3 cups whole wheat flour

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups quick cooking rolled oats

2 cups sugar

2 Tablespoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups blueberries (or cranberries) -- OR- 6 oz chocolate

mini-chips

1 cup vegetable oil

6 eggs -- lightly beaten

4 bananas

 

In a large bowl, combine flours, sugar, baking powder, salt, and oats. In

another bowl, combine oil, eggs, and mashed bananas. (Better yet- place

these ingredients, including banana chunks, in the blender!) Add to dry

ingredients. Stir in berries and spoon into loaf pan (9 x 5 x 3 " ). Bake at

350F for 40-50 min or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 min in pan

and remove to rack to cool completely. (For easier slicing wrap in foil

after cooling and refrigerate for several hours).

 

NOTES: In the original (single loaf) recipe, you have 1-1/2 c flour, total

with some bananas, in a loaf pan. This barely filled half of the pan after

baking. Furthermore, the instructions said to bake for an hour! I checked it

after 50 min and it was most certainly done, and probably should have been

taken out even sooner as I thought it was dry. I rarely find a recipe where

I wonder if the author has tested it, but I did in this case.

 

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Copyright:

" A Little Maine Cookbook, Barbara Karoff, Chronicle Books, 1995 "

Yield:

" 2 loaves "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 6135 Calories; 258g Fat (36.7%

calories from fat); 106g Protein; 894g Carbohydrate; 55g Dietary Fiber;

1272mg Cholesterol; 5506mg Sodium. Exchanges: 24 1/2 Grain(Starch); 5 Lean

Meat; 7 Fruit; 47 1/2 Fat; 27 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.

 

NOTES : I've tweaked this recipe a bit and now prefer it's rough healthiness

to the heavier and richer conventional banana bread. My twin 4 yr-old

nephews love it. I first made it for them with dried cranberries (instead of

blueberries) and watched in dismay as they picked them out. But they ate all

the bread, so I now make it for them without the " pits " , as they called the

berries. I prefer it with the cranberries as they add some sweetness and

tang to the not-so-sweet bread, and it's also good with chocolate chips! The

original version is what is found in the book and the revised proportions

are mine.

 

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