Discover a deliciously healthy Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread made with oat flour. Perfect for a guilt-free treat that satisfies your sweet cravings!
Deliciously Moist and Guilt-Free Treat for Any Time of Day
This delicious chocolate chunk banana bread recipe is an excellent way to utilize overripe bananas, making it a perfect choice for a quick breakfast or an afternoon snack. The recipe stands out for being gluten-free and healthier than traditional banana bread, incorporating nutritious ingredients such as oat flour, cottage cheese, light olive oil, and apple cider vinegar. The result is a moist and flavorful banana bread with an ideal sweetness derived from both the bananas and cane sugar.
What makes this recipe particularly appealing is the addition of chocolate chunks, elevating it to a delightful chocolate chip banana bread that not only tastes great but also boasts a beautiful domed top. This combination of ingredients ensures that it becomes a family favorite, especially for those looking for a healthier alternative to classic quick breads. Enjoy this unique twist on a beloved recipe that caters to those seeking nutritious yet delicious baking options.
Indulge Guilt-Free: A Wholesome Twist on a Classic Delight!
We’re making an easy but gorgeous chocolate chunk banana bread with half the sugar and carbs but we won’t compromise on Rich banana flavor or moist fluffy texture we’re using clean simple ingredients including bananas oat flour cotage cheese light olive oil and of course chocolate hello my name is Nicole Bonia and if you love healthier.
Recipes made with all natural ingredients then you are in the right place to make this really easy banana bread we’re going to start by prepping our pan so I’ve just taken my bread pan and then a sheet of parchment paper paper and I like to line it with a parchment paper because it makes it really easy for getting the bread out of.
The pan after it’s baked but of course you could just grease your pan and then bake it without the parchment paper so I’m just going to start with my sheet of paper that is a little bit longer than my pan I’ll fold up one Edge to make sure it’s Square Place My Pan on top slide it down so it’s just inside the pan bottom score the other side fold.
Down on my score line flip it upside down in my pan press it in score the bottom corner ERS pull it up and over fold up and over the other side fold and then I’ll lightly spray the inside edges with some non-stick and then we can set this aside to make this banana bread naturally sweet we want to use some very ripe bananas and those are bananas that.
Have the big brown spots on the outside so I’m going to add two bright bananas to my bowl now you’re welcome to jot down the ingredients as we go along or you can click on the link that’s in the video description below and that will take you to the recipe on my website with all the details now what makes this banana bread extra moist as well as a.
Little higher in nutrition is adding some cottage cheese but we want to blend it first so that we no longer have that curdle texture so I’m going to add the cotage cheese with all the wet ingredients to my bowl and then use my immersion blender to blend it all together but you can also do this in an upright blender or a food processor and.
Instead of cottage cheese you could also use Greek yogurt or sour cream and then you wouldn’t have to blend it down first so I’m going to add 1/3 cup of cottage cheese and a half a cup of cane sugar but you could use any granulated sugar 1/3 a cup of Li olive oil you can also use avocado oil then we’ll add 2 TP of vanilla and 2 TP of apple cider vinegar.
And this just helps the bread bake up a little bit lighter plus adds a little bit of flavor and then I’ll just insert my immersion blender and blend it until all that cottage cheese is nice and smooth well now the bananas are smashed and we no longer have that curled texture of the cottage cheese now I didn’t want to add my eggs with the.
Other wet ingredients cuz I didn’t want them to be over whipped as we Blended the cotage che cheese so now I’ll go ahead and add two eggs and then I’m just going to whisk these together until I no longer see the egg yolks and this makes sure that they don’t get over whipped well now we can add our dry ingredients which includes 2 and 1/4 cups of oat.
Flour now you can buy oat flour already ground at the store or you can easily make your own all you need are some quick oats or oldfashioned oats in an upright blender or food processor and you just blend the oats for about oh maybe 20 seconds until you get a very fine oat flour so I’m going to add two and A4 cups of oat flour and then I’m.
Adding 2 teaspoons of baking powder 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and half a teaspoon of salt and then we just whisk this together until well combined M that’s smelling really good with that cinnamon and banana and then we have this really thick and gorgeous banana bread batter now for adding in the chocolate you could use any kind of chocolate chunks.
Or chocolate chips that meet your dietary preference Now the recipe includes half a cup of chocolate chips but you could add more if you like I won’t judge so I’m going to go ahead and dump in about half a cup of my chocolate chunks but I’m going to hold out about 2 tablespoons because I want to sprinkle those on top of the loaf before it baks.
And now I’ll just stir these in with my spatula so if I use my whisk then it all gets stuck between the strands and then we’re going to Simply pour our batter down into our prepared bread pan and I’ll just gently spread it with my spatula to make sure it’s nice and even and then we’ll take the extra chocolate chunks and I’m going to spread those on.
Top and then I have found it works well if you’re using the chocolate chunks to go ahead and just kind of gently press them into the batter before it bakes and that will help them so they aren’t quite sitting on top top of the loaf well this looks gorgeous and it’s ready to go into a 350° oven for about 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean and.
The top is just a light golden brown well here is our beautiful banana bread after it baked and I allowed it to cool completely on my counter and then we can simply lift it right out of the pan using our parchment paper now because this bread has these big chocolate chunks you will want to let it cool completely before you start to slice it.
Otherwise the inside of the bread is going to be a little bit soft with all of that milk to chocolate and I like to cut a really thin slice off the end of the loaf just for that first piece and then you can decide how thick you want your slices to be oh my goodness look how gorgeous okay I need two slices you can see how we.
Have the big chunks of chocolate inside we just have this really soft and moist crumb now this bread tastes delicious cold or at room temperature but I like to have it just slightly warm so I like to put a piece onto my plate and then put it in the microwave for about 15 seconds and that just really helps to soften the bread and enhances the.
Flavors now it’s time for a sample you can see just how nice and soft that is that is delicious this bread has such a delicious moist and soft crumb and I love that little depth of flavor that comes in from the oat flour and the cottage cheese and then biting into those delicious chocolate chunks just takes it to another level and what I.
Love most is that I’m eating something with clean natural ingredients which means I’m going to feel just as good even after I eat it and I want you to know that I believe in you and your ability to eat those healthy foods that will make you feel fantastic from the inside out and I’m here to support you in any way that I can well thank you so.
Much for hanging out with me today in my kitchen I’ve included a link to the full recipe and it’s in the video description below takes you to my website gum.com and I also invite you to like And subscribe to my channel and if you know someone else who you think would love this recipe please share this video with them and I cannot wait to have you hang.
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