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There’s a few food combinations that naturally grab a lot of people’s attention and get their mouths watering, like peanut butter and chocolate. But one of my favorite combinations that is entirely under-rated is cinnamon and banana. The warm flavor of cinnamon combined with sweet banana is heavenly.<\/p>\n
And do you know when my favorite meal is? Breakfast. So let’s make some Cinnamon Swirl Banana Oat Bread shall we? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
This Cinnamon Swirl Banana Oat Bread is moist, lightly sweetened with banana, filled with a light cinnamon sugar swirl, and made complete with cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top to create a cinnamon-y sweet top.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n ..Drooling yet? I know I am! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I absolutely love making homemade bread for breakfast, but I don’t love buying several different types of flours to create a delicious breakfast bread with.<\/strong> <\/em>So, a while ago I rolled my sleeves up and got to work on perfecting a healthier, whole grain, gluten-free, quick bread recipe with ONLY oat flour<\/strong> (certified gluten-free) in it. I’d have to say.. I like it now more than working with an all-purpose gluten-free flour!<\/p>\n Many of my other quick bread recipes (such as my Zucchini Oat Muffins<\/a> and Carrot Coconut Oat Muffins<\/a>) are based entirely of oat flour.. my love of oat flour runs deep.<\/p>\n Oat flour is very easy to work with, and even easier to make, if you have the right tools. Simply grind up oats in a high powered blender or food processor for a few minutes and you have oat flour! You do want to make sure you’re left with finely ground oat flour<\/em>, or else your bread will be more crumbly than you’d like it to be.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you don’t have a high powered blender, then please buy oat flour<\/a> from the store.<\/strong> It’s blended up very fine and is easy to work with.<\/p>\n And besides being easy to work with, oats are also a healthy, whole grain carb. <\/strong>They’re filled with fiber, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants; oats pack a punch to make any breakfast filling, hearty and healthy.<\/p>\n Okay, enough drooling over this Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread. Let’s get to baking!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In a large mixing bowl, whisk together your coconut oil and mashed banana. <\/strong>While whisking, add your almond milk till well combined. Then add your vanilla and eggs and briefly blend them in.<\/p>\n To the same bowl, add your oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. I love using nutmeg in banana bread. I think it rounds the flavor out more and adds a depth to it, rather than just cinnamon. If you prefer using just cinnamon, you can omit it.<\/p>\n Add your wet ingredients to your dry ingredients <\/strong>and stir until well combined. Let your batter rest for 5-10 minutes for the oat flour to soak up the wet ingredients and the batter will thicken up a bit.<\/p>\n While you wait, in a small bowl combine your sugar and cinnamon for your cinnamon swirl. Stir them together well. Smell them. YUM.<\/strong> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Line a loaf pan with parchment paper, sticking out on both sides so you can easily remove your banana bread.<\/strong> It’s important to take your bread out in this way, rather than flipping it over upside down onto a plate, so that you don’t lose the cinnamon sugar you will sprinkle on top of the bread.<\/p>\n Now, scoop about half of your batter into the bread pan and spread it across the bottom into an even layer.<\/strong><\/p>\n Take your Cinnamon Swirl ingredients and place about 2 tablespoons aside in a smaller bowl, for on top of the bread. Using the rest of your cinnamon swirl ingredients, sprinkle them evenly across the bread batter in your bread pan<\/strong>. This will create that beautiful cinnamon swirl on the side of your Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread.<\/p>\n Next, spoon the rest of your bread batter into the bread pan in small doll-ups, across the top of your cinnamon sugar<\/strong>. Then gently spread them together in an even layer. This helps the cinnamon swirl layer to stay in one place. Then sprinkle the remaining 2 tablespoons of cinnamon swirl ingredients that were set aside across the top.<\/p>\n Bake at 350 for about 35-40 minutes.<\/p>\n I really love this Cinnamon Swirl Banana bread as a healthy breakfast option because it’s so easy to make with only oat flour and only 1\/4 cup of sugar<\/strong><\/em> in it.<\/p>\n Now, I must know: Are you a fan of cinnamon and banana too? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Looking for other healthy, whole grain, oat flour-based breakfast recipes?<\/strong> Check out my Zucchini Oat Muffins<\/a>, Peach Oat Pancakes<\/a>, or Carrot Coconut Oat Muffins<\/a>.<\/p>\nThis Banana Bread is only made with ONE gluten-free flour: oat flour.<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nLook at that crust. Cinnamon sugar deliciousness.<\/h3>\n
Now, are you ready to create that gorgeous Cinnamon Swirl?<\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\nLet your bread cool, slice, and enjoy!<\/h4>\n
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