Banana Chocolate Oatmeal Bread

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This is the banana bread recipe you've been looking for: soft, moist, loaded with bananas, a bit of oatmeal for good health and chocolate for added kid appeal.

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.

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Grease and flour a loaf pan.

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Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl and stir until uniform.

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Add eggs one at a time , and stir to incorporate.

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Add oats , banana , buttermilk and vanilla.

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Stir until uniform.

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Combine flour , baking soda and salt in a small bowl.

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Stir with a fork to blend.

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Add flour mixture to banana mixture one third at a time.

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Stir until just combined.

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Stir in chocolate chips.

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Pour batter into prepared pan.

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Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until loaf is dark brown and a cake tester comes out clean.

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Cool bread in pan for 10 minutes , and then run a knife along edges to loosen , turn out of baking pan and cool on a rack.

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Makes one loaf.

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Youll get about 12 muffins or 20 mini muffins.

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To turn them into the quick-cooking oatmeal called for in this recipe , pulse them in a food processor , or place in a resealable plastic bag and rub them between your hands until theyre broken into small bits.

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Mealtime survival for .

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Ingredients

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sugar, unsalted butter, eggs, quick-cooking oatmeal, mashed bananas, buttermilk, vanilla, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, chocolate chips