Banana Oatmeal Bread

Best Bananas For Banana Bread

The best bananas to use to make banana bread are ripe or overripe bananas. Bananas with equal yellow and brown speckling, like the bananas pictured above, are great.

Overripe bananas will have more brown than yellow and will work well for bananas bread. Avoid using black bananas.

How To Make Banana Oatmeal Bread

I highly recommend mixing the banana bread by hand. This recipe is easy to mix by hand and this helps to avoid overmixing the batter.

Mash the banana in a large bowl. Add the buttermilk and mix in until well-combined.

Stir in the vegetable oil and vanilla extract. Mix in the eggs and sugars until combined.

Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and oats. Stir in just until combined.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan.

Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 50-60 minutes.

Tips For Making Banana Bread

• Bananas that are ripe to overripe are perfect for this banana bread. Don’t use underripe or black bananas.
• I highly recommend mixing the batter by hand. It’s easy to do, and it helps to avoid overmixing the batter.
• Be sure to properly measure the flour. Too much flour will give you dry or doughy bread.
• I check my bread for browning around 30-35 minutes. If the bread browns too quickly, tent with aluminum foil and continue to bake.
• Bread will keep stored in a resealable container at room temperature for up to 4 days.
• This banana bread also freezes well.