Energy Breakfast Loaf

A great energy boosting loaf to help give you that 'go' in the morning. This is a hybrid of banana bread and an oatmeal cookie. It's extremely filling. Pair this with a smoothie for a delish breakfast or snack.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 277 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 ½ cups milk
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed
• ¼ cup peanut butter
• 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• ¼ cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 6 tablespoons honey
• ⅓ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup milk chocolate chips
• ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour, or as needed
• 2 cups oats

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.

Step 2

Combine oats, 1 cup flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder together in a bowl. Beat milk, applesauce, honey, peanut butter, and vanilla extract together in a large bowl until smooth; add eggs and mix well. Mix oats mixture into milk mixture until batter is just combined; stir in bananas. Pour 1/2 of the batter into the prepared baking pan.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until partially cooked, about 5 minutes. Remove pan from oven and cool completely.

Step 4

Mix milk chocolate chips, semisweet chocolate chips, and 1 teaspoon flour together in a bowl until chips are coated in flour, adding more flour if needed. Spread coated chips over the cooled loaf and top with remaining batter.

Step 5

Bake in the oven until loaf is cooked through and lightly browned on top, 35 to 45 minutes.