Oat Flour Banana Bread

Why you'll love this oat flour banana bread recipe:

Oat flour tastes very similar to traditional white flour.

This is a one bowl recipe! All you have to do is toss all the ingredients into one bowl. The wet and dry ingredients do not have to be separated.

This bread is sweetened with unrefined sugar. This recipe only calls for ¼ cup of pure maple syrup. You can also use sugar free chocolate chips or no chocolate chips at all.

Eat it for breakfast, dessert or as a snack!

You can freeze this recipe for meal prep! Cook the bread, slice it and freeze it for up to 3 months.

What is oat flour?

Oat flour is simply ground up oats.

The oats are ground until they reach a flour consistency.

Sometimes, it's referred to as oatmeal flour.

You can buy it or make your own at home.

How to make your own oat flour?

• Add old fashioned rolled oats to a blender.
• Blend until you have obtained a flour consistency.
• It's very important that it is as fine as flour or it will change the texture of your baked goods.
• You can store the oat flour in an airtight container in a cool and dry area for about 2 months.

Ingredients:

• mashed spotty-brown bananas - Use spotty-brown bananas as opposed to yellow or green. The darker in color they are, the sweeter they will be.
• olive oil
• eggs at room temperature
• pure maple syrup
• vanilla extract
• oat flour (gluten-free if necessary) - You can use store-bought oat flour or make your own. Just make sure you grind it very well into a flour consistency.
• ground cinnamon
• baking soda
• salt
• dark chocolate chips

A complete list of ingredients, amounts and instructions is located on the recipe card below.

Ingredient substitutions:

Use another liquid sweetener in place of maple syrup.

I recommend using oat flour for best results. Check out these banana bread recipes for other flour options…

• Gluten Free Chocolate Banana Bread
• Sweet Potato Banana Bread
• Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bread

I haven’t tried to make this recipe without eggs. You can try Bob's Red Mill Egg Replacer. I don’t think flax eggs or chia eggs would work well. Try my 5 Ingredient Vegan Banana Bread for an egg free option!

• First, preheat your oven.
• Grease an 8x4 loaf pan or use parchment paper.
• Set it aside.

• Add the dry ingredients.
• Combine with rubber spatula.
• Fold the chocolate chips into the batter when the flour is almost all mixed.
  

• Pour the batter into the loaf pan.
• Bake.

Recipe pro-tips:

Use spotty-brown bananas opposed to yellow or green. The darker in color they are, the sweeter they will be.

I love using store bought oat flour. It has the perfect flour consistency. It can be more difficult to achieve the same exact texture blending oats at home.

Properly measure flour by spooning the flour into the measuring cup. Then, level off the top of the cup with a knife. Do not place the measuring cup into the bag and scoop. You could end up with more flour than needed.

Don't over mix the batter. Mix until just combined. You can wind up with tough or gummy muffins that won't rise if over mixed.

I recommend an 8x4 loaf pan. I find that the bread rises so well in this size pan. Mine is linked HERE.

If the loaf is browning too quickly, open the oven and place an aluminum foil dome/tent over the top of the loaf and continue to let it bake.

Don’t over bake the bread or it will be dry. Once the bread has been baking for about 35 minutes, I suggest inserting a toothpick into the middle of the bread. If the toothpick comes out pretty much clean, it's done.

Recipe variations:

If you don't want to add dark chocolate chips, omit them completely or add these options instead...

• milk chocolate chips
• white chocolate chips
• sugar free chocolate chips
• chopped walnuts
• chopped pecans