Oatmeal Banana Cinnamon Bread Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Preheat Oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and Flour 2 (9-inch x 5-inch) loaf pans.
• 2. Take 1 Cup Walnuts or Pecan halves and coarsely chop and put in small bowl/dish. *Can reduce to 1/2 or omit altogether if you are allergic to nuts or do not like nuts. Can also substitute with Chocolate Chips if desired.
• 3. Place 1 cup quick-cooking oatmeal in heatproof bowl. Then pour 1 1/2 cups water into a small sauce pan and bring to a full boil for about 1 minute. Turn stove off and carefully pour boiling water over Oatmeal. Stir well with fork and let stand until cool.
• 4. In a medium mixing bowl, combine by hand or by sifting: all purpose flour, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, salt, and cinnamon until well blended.
• 5. In a Large mixing bowl using an electric mixer beat: softened butter, eggs, granulated sugar, light brown sugar and vanilla extract together until light and fluffy.
• 6. Next combine flour mixture to butter and egg mixture 1/2 cup at a time using electric mixture on low speed and mixing each 1/2 cup addition until well blended before adding the next 1/2 cup. Continue to add flour mixture to butter,egg and sugar mixture until all of the flour mixture has been added. Making sure to use a spatula to scrape dough off sides of bowl between each 1/2 cup addition so as to make sure mixture is mixed together completely. *** WARNING - Mixture will be thick.***
• 7. Once flour and butter mixtures have been combined thoroughly. Add oatmeal (boiling water should have been completely absorbed) to batter making sure to mix together thoroughly.
• 8. Then using spatula add and fold in mashed over ripe bananas and Walnuts or Pecans. Mixture will have become wetter but should not be soupy. You should be able to easily stir the mixture but should be thick like a brownie or muffin mix.
• 9. Pour batter into loaf pan until half filled and if there is extra batter pour remaining batter into a second greased and floured 9 x 5 loaf pan or you can pour them into prepared muffin pan. Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean.
• 10. Once Baked take out of oven and cool 15 minutes on cooling rack before removing from loaf pan.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter one 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
• Whisk together the flour, pecans, granulated sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon salt and nutmeg in a large bowl. Whisk together the eggs, melted butter, buttermilk, brown sugar and vanilla in a medium bowl; stir in the mashed bananas. Fold the banana mixture into the flour mixture until just combined (it's OK if there are some lumps).
• Pour the batter into the buttered pan and lightly tap the pan on the counter to evenly distribute the batter. Bake until browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out completely clean, about 1 hour. Let the bread cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan and set aside.
• Cream together the shortening and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until fluffy.
• Sift together the flour, oatmeal, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Add dry ingredients alternately with bananas and milk. Mix until blended.
• Fold in raisins and pour into prepared pan. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes; remove from oven and cover for 5 minutes.

Steps:

• Prepare 2 medium loaf pans (greased or non-stick).
• In a large bowl, mix together the rolled oats and boiling water. Stir to blend and add the butter, honey, brown sugar, salt and raisins. Let the mixture cool to no more than 130 degrees.
• Add the yeast. Add the eggs and two cups flour.
• With a wooden spoon or the mixer flat beater, stir vigorously for 2-3 minutes.
• Work in additional flour, 1/2 cup at a time, with the spoon first, then with your hands - or dough hook, if you are using a mixer.
• The dough will become a soft mass that can be picked up and placed on the work surface, or left under the hook.
• Knead with a strong push-turn-fold rhythm, adding flour if the dough is slack or wet and sticky. Knead for 8 minutes, or until the dough is soft and elastic. If under the dough hook in the mixer, add sprinkles of flour if the dough should cling to the sides of the bowl.
• First rising:.
• Place the dough in a buttered bowl, cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a towel and put the dough aside to rise at room temperature until double in bulk (about one hour - or shorter if using rapid-rise yeast).
• Shaping:.
• Turn the dough out of the bowl and divide into 2 pieces.
• With the hands and a rolling pin, shape each piece into a rectangle about 8 inches wide and 12 inches long.
• Butter the dough and sprinkle on the sugar and cinnamon.
• Roll up the dough as for a jelly roll, and press the seams securely together.
• Drop each into a pan, seam down, and push into the corners and ends with your fingers.
• Second rising:.
• Cover the pans with wax paper and put aside to rise till the center of the dough rises above the edge of the pan (about 45 minutes - less if using rapid-rise yeast).
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees 20 minutes before baking.
• Bake on the middle rack of the oven till the crusts are nicely browned, about 40 minutes. (I always check sooner than that to make sure they don't overbake).
• The bottom crust may be sticky with the melted sugar (which will harden as the loaf cools), but tap the crust to make certain it sounds hard and hollow.
• When the loaves come out of the oven, brush with melted butter and turn out onto a metal rack to cool before serving.