Healthy Whole Wheat Banana Oat Bread
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This healthy Whole Wheat Banana Oat Bread is moist, slightly sweet, and deliciously satisfying. It’s the flavors and texture you love in banana bread, like cinnamon and vanilla, just made with healthy whole grains.
Looking for the original? Try my classic, easy Banana Bread recipe-the simple, timeless recipe I've been making for years.
It’s tender, utterly delicious especially when warm from the oven, and rather perfect with a cup of tea.
If you love to bake, chances are you also love comfort food. And banana bread is often the apex of comfort food.
And I love comfort food-any time of the year.
Banana Bread Recipes
Looking through our recipe archives the other day, I realized we have quite a few variations of banana bread.
From traditional banana bread to a decadent Double Chocolate Espresso Banana Bread.
But we also have plenty of twists like Chocolate Chip Banana Bread, Blueberry Banana Bread (I love this recipe), and similar to this one, a Greek Yogurt Banana Bread made with all-purpose flour. We also have a fall-flavored Maple Apple Banana Bread.
This Whole Wheat Banana Oat Bread recipe, though, is one I find myself making often for teatime, afternoon snacks, and healthier treats.
Whole Wheat Banana Oat Bread Ingredients
Measurements for these ingredients are in the recipe card below.
- Mashed bananas
- Greek yogurt
- Unsweetened applesauce
- Brown sugar
- Vanilla
- Large eggs
- Whole wheat flour (white or stone-ground)
- Old Fashioned Oats
- Salt, baking soda, and baking powder
- Ground cinnamon
How to Make Whole Wheat Banana Oat Bread
This is such a simple recipe to make. Here is a summary of how to make this banana bread.
Step 1: Preparation
Begin by preheating the oven to 350 degrees and coat a 9-inch by 5-inch loaf pan with nonstick spray.
Step 2: Combine Ingredients
Then, combine the mashed banana, Greek yogurt, applesauce, oil, and brown sugar in a large bowl or stand mixer. Then mix in the vanilla and eggs.
Once the wet ingredients are incorporated, add the dry ingredients of whole wheat flour, oats, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon. To keep the banana bread light; mix until just combined and then transfer the batter into the loaf pan.
Step 3: Bake
Bake for 50-50 minutes, or until the top is golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean.
More Bread Recipes You’ll Love
- 100% Whole Wheat Bread Recipe
- Whole Wheat Waffles Recipe
- Banana Bread Pudding
- Classic Banana Nut Bread Muffins
- Easy Banana Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake
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Healthy Whole Wheat Banana Oat Bread
Ingredients
- 3-4 bananas mashed (2 cups)
- 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/4 cup cooking oil
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup oats old fashioned or quick cook
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉ and grease an 8.5-inch loaf pan or a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan and set aside.
- Combine the mashed banana, Greek yogurt, applesauce, oil, and brown sugar in a large bowl or stand mixer. Then mix in the vanilla and eggs.
- Add flour, oats, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon; mix until just combined. Be careful not to overmix the batter, which makes the bread more dense. I like to mix only until there are no streaks of flour remaining. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 50 to 55 minutes, or until the top is golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean. Allow the bread to cool completely before removing from the pan and slicing. Store in an air-tight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
Notes
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Delicious
Added walnuts and replace sugar with 1/3 c honey to make it more healthy
In the ingredients you have oil
In instructions you don’t have oil listed to add
Hi Anna! Thank you so much for catching that. You add the oil with the other wet ingredients of mashed banana, Greek yogurt, applesauce, and brown sugar. I’ve updated the instructions.