Strawberry oat bread with chocolate chips

A healthy, gluten-free strawberry oat bread that’s naturally sweetened with honey and dotted with chocolate chips!

Strawberry season, how I love thee. It doesn’t get much better than a perfectly ripe strawberry. Particularly fresh from the farm.

I took my little girl strawberry picking for the first time this year with a couple of friends and their little girls. Why haven’t we done this before?! We had such a fun time picking our box of strawberries, doing a tractor ride and playing on the playground.

She said she was going to eat ALL of the strawberries, but even though she (and her brother) made a good dent, I had loads left to play with.

And this is a lovely, healthy bread to bake up. Strawberries, bananas, oats and Greek yogurt- it’s loaded with goodness, but it tastes so indulgent! It’s kinda like a cake in bread form.

Plus, it’s naturally sweetened with bananas and honey instead of sugar and it can be gluten-free if you use certified gluten-free oats. Everyone can feel good about this one!

We love this for breakfast or an afternoon snack, cold from the fridge or warmed in the microwave. And you could definitely double the recipe and give a loaf to a friend or stick the extra loaf in the freezer.

Enjoy!

Strawberry oat bread with chocolate chips

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Prep Time 15 minutes Cook Time 1 hour Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Serves 1 loaf     adjust servings

A healthy strawberry-banana oat bread that tastes so indulgent!

Ingredients

• 2 cups oat flour (see notes)
• 1/2 cup oats (I use old fashioned)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 large bananas, mashed
• 1/3 cup honey
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup plain Greek yogurt (nonfat, 2% or 10% all work well)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups strawberries, diced
• 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In a large bowl, combine the oat flour, oats, baking powder and salt.
3. In a separate bowl, mash the bananas and add the honey, eggs, Greek yogurt and vanilla. Stir until well combined.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix until just combined. Add the strawberries and mini chocolate chips, if using, and stir until combined.
5. Pour the batter into a greased 9x5 bread pan.
6. Bake at 350 for 1 hour, until a toothpick comes out clean. Note: Check after 45 minutes and cover with aluminum foil if it's browning too quickly.
7. Cool for 10 minutes before turning out of the pan to cool completely.
8. Store in the fridge. Serve cold or warm up a slice in the microwave. We love it both ways!

Recipe Notes

1. You can easily make your own oat flour in a food processor. Just add two heaping cups of oats and pulse until its ground up into a flour-like consistency. Done!
2. Adapted from Whole Foods New Body.

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
Amount Per Serving	As Served
Calories 2205kcal Calories from fat 444
% Daily Value
Total Fat 49g	75%
Saturated Fat 17g	85%
Transfat 0g
Cholesterol 358mg	119%
Sodium 2197mg	92%
Carbohydrate 374g	125%
Dietary Fiber 34g	136%
Sugars 150g
Protein 80g

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:

	Calories	2000
Total Fat	Less than	65g
Sat Fat	Less than	25g
Cholesterol	Less than	300mg
Sodium	Less than	2,400mg
Total Carbohydrate		300g
Dietary Fiber		25g

** What’s your favorite way to use extra strawberries?