Clean Eating Recipe: Oatmeal Banana Snack Bread!

 

Oatmeal Banana Snack Bread!

Although the pictures seem to be a bit blurred, the end result was quite fantastic! This healthy little nut snack bread is delicious AND nutritious. It is baked in a 9"x13" pan, making it much thinner than a normal banana bread...which means smaller snacks and more to share! I usually cut the bread into slices and whatever we don't enjoy in the first few days out of the oven is placed in a ziplock bag and frozen. Bread actually does well in the freezer and when you want just one slice of the bread, you can easily pull it out and let it thaw on a plate for 30 minutes before eating! I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I did!

Oatmeal Banana Snack Bread

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup bran

1 cup quick oats

1 tbsp baking powder

1 tsp sea salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1 cup unsweetened applesauce

2 tbsp coconut butter/or regular butter

3 egg whites + 1 whole egg

1 tbsp vanilla

1 cup Sucanat (like brown sugar)

2 very ripe bananas, mashed

1 cup raw walnut pieces

Baking Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Prepare a 9x13 inch baking pan by spraying with olive oil spray or grease pan
3. Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl and set aside.
4. Combine applesauce and butter/oil in a separate bowl with an electric mixer. Beat well.
5. Add in eggs, vanilla, sugar and mashed bananas. Mix well.
6. Slowly add flour mixture into the wet mixture. Add walnuts and mix well.
7. Spoon batter into pan and cook for 35 to 40 minutes.
8. Remove from pan, let cool, then cut...and enjoy!

{Recipe courtesy of Tosca Reno's Eat Clean Cookbook...with a few added ingredients!}

This is definitely a snack that can cure a sweet tooth craving ;)

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