Banana Spice Oatmeal Bread

Banana Spice Oatmeal Bread

The best use of those forgotten bananas….turn them into breakfast!

Ingredients
½ cup milled flax seed
2 cups warm water
½ tsp vanilla extract
2 ¼ cups whole wheat flour
½ cup light brown sugar
¼ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 cup old fashioned oatmeal
3 overly ripe bananas
Non-stick cooking spray
Apparatus
Loaf pan
Whisk
Large bowl
Wire rack
Measuring cups and spoon
Fork
Plate

Process
1) Mix flax seed, water, and vanilla extract in bowl and whisk briefly.
2) Add flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon and whisk until all ingredients are just moist.
3) Add oatmeal and mix until oatmeal is just moist.
4) Using fork, mash bananas on plate and add to bowl. Stir well so any chunks of banana are evenly distributed.
5) Spray loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
6) Pour dough into pan, and place in 350 degree F for approximately 45 minutes or until bread is golden brown.
7) Let cool in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes.
8) Remove loaf from pan and allow to finish cooling on rack.



Appropriately aged bananas...