I made that Blueberry Banana Bread

A few years ago I really wanted to mix up some blueberries in banana bread and couldn't find such a recipe anywhere.  Considering the thing that gave me the idea was mixing up blueberries and bananas in a bowl of oatmeal, I also wanted to put in some kind of oatmeal or oat flour.  I ended up having to make up my own recipe.

I tweaked a few different recipes, married them, added things, took other stuff away, and ended up with this and whoa.... kind of the best quick bread ever.

I've also made it with chopped up strawberries.  That's pretty damn good, but blueberries are the best by far.

1 1/2 c. flour
1/3 c. sugar
1/3 c. splenda (or you can use all sugar)
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 c. oatmeal
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. walnut oil (or canola or vegetable...whatever, but walnut's really good)
2 eggs slightly beaten
3 large, ripe bananas, mashed
1 c. blueberries


Combine dry ingredients. Stir in oats. Add oil, eggs, bananas, blueberries. Bake in greased large loaf pan for 60 minutes in a pre-heated 350 degree oven. Cool for ten minutes in the pan. Turn out and serve warm or refrigerate before slicing.  If you put nutella on this it's SO good...

And, a little tip....  If you let the blueberries dry completely before adding them, then dust them with some flour right before mixing them in the batter, they will distribute evenly throughout the bread.  Thanks, Ina!