I had the urge to make some banana bread the other day and I waited for the urge to subside but it never did. So I let some bananas get super ripe and nice and soft so I could fulfill my urge for banana bread. I found a recipe that said it was a low fat banana bread but I added chocolate chips to it so I’m pretty sure I defeated the purpose. Oh well. It turned out much better with a few chocolate chips in it anyways. Plus I think the chocolate helped keep the bread a little more moist. I took pictures of this wonderful bread, but of course my camera is being a punk and will not let me upload them tonight. So here is the recipe and sorry there is no picture of the bread. But take my word for it, the banana bread was awesome.

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp cinnamon

3 tsp canola oil

1 large egg, beaten

2 medium egg whites, beaten

3 large bananas, ripe

1 cup uncooked old fashioned oats

1 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease pan and set aside. In a large bowl, stir together dry ingredients, including oats and cinnamon.

In a smaller bowl, mash the bananas. Add the oil and whole egg and mix thoroughly.  Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix well. Fold in egg whites last.

Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until the top of the loaf is firm to the touch.