We all know that banana bread is better with chocolate chips, right? Why not make it even better by making the whole bread chocolate? This delicious Chocolate Oat Banana Bread is also gluten free and dairy free.
Oat flour is a great way to make breakfast favorites like breads or muffins gluten free. I always have a container of oats in the house, so it’s super easy to use my blender to make some oat flour. I love the consistency it adds, too!
I gave banana bread an upgrade by making it extra chocolate-y. If you want, you could even add some chocolate chips!
Here’s a weird fact about me: I can’t stand bananas, but I really like banana bread. As long as it isn’t super banana-y. Pretty weird! But my favorite type of banana bread always involves some type of chocolate, whether it’s chocolate chips or a completely chocolate bread like this one.
Banana bread is something I make often. It’s great to have in the house for a quick breakfast or a snack. It’s so easy to make, too!
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Chocolate Oat Banana Bread
We all know that banana bread is better with chocolate chips, right? Why not make it even better by making the whole bread chocolate? This delicious Chocolate Oat Banana Bread is also gluten free and dairy free.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 cup of oats, dry, uncooked to make 1 1/2 cups oat flour (see step 2)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 over-ripe mashed bananas
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a loaf pan.
- Place the oats in a blender and blend into a flour-like consistency. You'll probably need between 1 1/2 cups and 1 3/4 cups of oats to make the 1 1/2 cups of oat flour you will need.
- In a large bowl combine the oat flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder.
- In a medium bowl, mash the bananas and add in the oil and egg. Mix well.
- Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Pour the batter into the loaf pan.
- Bake for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.
Erin says
This bread makes me so sad that I can’t eat bananas because it sounds SO GOOD. That said, I know two people in my household who will go crazy over this… and I’m gonna bake it for them!
Jenna Owens (@aSavoryFeast) says
Aww that is such a bummer! I hope your family loves this though.
Julie | Bunsen Burner Bakery says
Such a great philosophical question – why NOT just make the whole bread chocolate? Love that this is both gluten and dairy free.
Jenna Owens (@aSavoryFeast) says
Exactly! Chocolate for the win.
MARIAM says
Can apple sauce be used instead of sugar?
A Savory Feast says
You could substitute applesauce instead of sugar. If the batter is too wet, add more oat flour. I’ve never tried this myself but I’m guessing it would work.
roxanna says
if i want to add some plain whey protein, will i have to add more liquid? i really wanna try this hehe
A Savory Feast says
I’ve never tried that myself, but I’m guessing you could add a scoop without messing up the consistency! Or if you want to do more than a scoop, replace some of the oat flour with whey protein.