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Blueberry Banana Bread

A hearty quick bread filled with blueberries, bananas, & oatmeal and topped with sliced almonds.

Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Keyword bread
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 2 loaves

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/3 cups white sugar
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats
  • 2/3 cup canola oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups mashed ripe bananas
  • 2 cups blueberries
  • 1/2 cup sliced almonds optional

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease the bottoms of two 8x4x3 inch pans. Sift flour and baking powder into a large mixing bowl. Add sugar, salt, and quick oats. Stir until combined. Place blueberries in a small bowl. Spoon a Tablespoon of dry ingredients over the blueberries to coat. Set aside. Whisk together eggs, oil and mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Slowly add in dry ingredients. Stir until just combined. Fold in blueberries. Pour batter into the greased pans. Sprinkle almonds over the top of each. Bake for 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the loaves comes out clean. Remove the loaves from the oven and allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Gently remove the loaves from the pans and allow to cool completely before storing in an airtight container or wrap.