Honey & Oats Banana Bread!

 

Doesn't this look yummy?  Well, it's really easy to make!
I know a lot of my friends who have never tried banana bread thought it was a type of bread made with bananas (true) that you eat with a sandwich - like ham and cheese - and were quite disgusted I would suggest such a thing.  And I can't blame them.

But banana bread is more like a sweet bread or a cake if you really need a comparison.

I've made it sugar-free and gluten-free before - so it's possible for everyone to enjoy it!  Very handy at potlucks, minimal effort in the baking area and tastes delicious warm slathered in butter and with a nice cup of hot tea or milk!

There are a billion recipes for banana bread out there and I just found a basic recipe online and fiddled with it to make this one I'm sharing here.
And who doesn't have bananas lounging on the counter forgotten?  Their peels turning browner by the day....time to get 'em in this bread!

What you need:

• Glass loaf baking dish
• 3-4 ripe bananas mashed up (the browner the peel - the sweeter they taste and the better!)
• 1/3 Cup of melted butter (plus a bit to butter the pan with so the loaf doesn't stick)
• 1/4 Cup of brown sugar (or use a huge, long squirt of honey...)
• or do both! 
• 1 egg
• 1 Cup of flour
• 1 Cup of oats
• 1 tsp. of baking powder
• *Optional - add nuts, raisins, chunks of chocolate - make it your own! :)
• 1 good shake of cinnamon and nutmeg if you like that too...

Pre-heat your oven to 175*C (350*F) and butter your glass loaf dish.
Add butter, honey and sugar and egg to your mashed bananas.  Mix well.
Stir in oats and flour and baking powder and spices if you're using them - mix really well.  It'll look wet and runny - that's normal.
Pour it into the pan and bake for 50-55 minutes.  Top should be golden brown and if you insert a tooth pick in the center, it should come out clean.

Allow to cool before removing from dish and enjoy.
You can slice this and freeze them or microwave with butter on top too.
Great for breakfast, snack or any time - really.

Enjoy,
BIMU