Banana Walnut Oat Bread

This moist and flavorful bread makes a delicious snack. You can also
serve it as a dessert or for a breakfast on the run.

Makes 1 loaf for 8 servings

Equipment:

Large (minimum 5 quart) oval slow cooker
Greased 8 by 4 inch (20 by 10 cm) approximately loaf pan or 6 cup (1.5
L) soufflé or baking dish (see tips below).

Ingredients:

1/3 cup/75 ml butter, softened
2/3 cup/150 ml Demerara or evaporated cane juice sugar
2 eggs
3 ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 1/4 cups/300 ml)
3/4 cup/175 ml all-purpose flour, unbleached if possible
3/4 cup/175 ml rolled oats (not quick cooking)
2 tablespoons/25 ml milled flaxseeds
2 teaspoons/10 ml baking powder
1/2 teaspoon/2 ml salt
1/4 teaspoon/1 ml baking soda
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts

Preparation:

In a bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add eggs, one
at a time, beating until incorporated. Beat in bananas.

In a separate bowl (see tips below), combine flour, oats, flaxseeds,
baking powder, salt and baking soda. Add to banana mixture, stirring
just until combined. Fold in walnuts.

Spoon batter into prepared pan. Cover tightly with foil and secure
with a string. Place pan in slow cooker stoneware and pour in enough
boiling water to come 1 inch (2.5 cm) up the sides. Cover and cook on
High for 3 hours, until a tester inserted in the center comes out
clean. Unmold and serve warm or let cool.

Tips:

This bread, like the others in this book, can be made in almost any
kind of baking dish that will fit into your slow cooker. I have a
variety of baking pans that work well: a small loaf pan (about 8 by 4
inches/20 by 10 cm) makes a traditionally shaped bread; a round (6
cup/1.5 L) soufflé dish or a square (7 inch/17.5 com) baking dish
produces slices of different shapes. All taste equally good.

To ease cleanup, mix the dry ingredients on a sheet of waxed paper,
instead of using a bowl.

Note: This bread is rich in heart healthy polyunsaturated fats. One
slice contains 1.25 grams of omega-3 and 2.7 grams of omega-6 fatty
acids.

Source: The Healthy Slow Cooker


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