Raise your hand if you enjoy a warm slice chunk of quick bread in the morning or as a snack? Maybe it’s banana nut bread, blueberry bread, cinnamon swirl bread or pumpkin chocolate chip bread. My sweet tooth is growing just typing this. Here’s the buzz-kill….quick breads are notorious for being unhealthy…full of fat and sugar. Yipes!
Guess what…Not this quick bread! I actually like to call it a breakfast loaf because it’s so good toasted for breakfast with my favorite coffee.
This loaf contains only 1 tablespoon of oil AND zero butter and eggs. It has low fat milk, oatmeal and whole wheat all-purpose flour. Oatmeal helps maintain blood sugar levels. It also lowers your cholesterol and helps your heart! Why not enjoy that 2nd slice?
Good for you Breakfast Loaf
Inspired by this recipe
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup whole wheat all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 11/2 Tbls honey, maple syrup or agave syrup
- 1 Tbls canola oil
- 1 cup 1% or nonfat milk
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spray a loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
Grind oatmeal in a food processor or blender. In a large bowl, combine oatmeal, flour, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, dissolve honey in canola oil then stir in the milk. Combine both mixtures and stir until a soft dough is formed. Pour the dough into a loaf pan. Sprinkle some oats on top. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack. Slice and enjoy with a nice warm beverage!
this sounds delicious! i love a nice slice of warm bread with tea or coffee first thing in the am.
This bread looks amazing! I love the idea of grinding the oats to use in the dough.
Thanks Allison! It’s so easy to make it vegan too. Just use almond milk in place of regular milk.
Alison, love this good for us breakfast loaf. Looks like our minds are on the same thing – I have one over at my place too
xo
Looks beautiful… and delicious!! Great recipe!
Looks like a great way to start the day!
i love this bread, allison and I am so inspired that I am going to make this tonight! I have oat flour which I may swap out for the oats. any thoughts??? thanks for sharing something so amazingly yummy!
The perfect substitute for a bowl of oatmeal!!! I bet this would be good with a little fruit in it as well!!!
Definitely have to give this one a go!!!
I love the idea of adding fruit. Maybe I’ll do that this weekend!
That looks amazing. I think it’d make my marmalade and butter and wife! very happy.
I am raising my hand:-)
This looks like a fantastic bread. The texture on top is perfect.
Just made two loaves! So excited for the first bite! I substituted the milk with almond milk
Thanks for this delicious idea!!
Thank you. Just stumbleupon this and bookmarked. Sounds amazing!
Nice recipe. I’ll add it to my bookmarks.
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love this, going to make it tomorrow morning for my kids. Thanks for the great recipe!
I made this bread today and maybe it just wasn’t for me all the way. When I ate it warm, the baking powder seemed a bit overwhelming. Although it was pretty good topped with a smidgen of butter and honey. I think if I make this again I’ll step back a bit on the baking powder. I did love how easy it was to just whip up together though!
Made a mini version of this bread today. Took the above commenter’s idea and decrease the baking soda by about a third, and then used molasses instead of honey, and added some cinnamon and a little bit of orange zest for flavor. Good, but not quite sweet enough if going for a sweeter loaf. Otherwise, it’s kind of just like a dense wheat bread.
I’d probably make it again, but maybe add just a bit of sugar because i can
Delicious! Your site is great. I made this, and it was wonderful. However, mine baked up really short (though not dense) compared to your picture. Did you do a double loaf, or did I do something wrong?
I made this today and it came out great! I added in milled flax seed and I increased the agave syrup to 2 tbsp to prevent the bread from drying out! Such a great recipe! Thanks!
Hi Amy. I am glad it came out great and I love the addition of milled flax seed. What a great idea! Thanks for the agave tip.
A yummy way to start the day
I just made this, only I used brown rice flour instead of ww flour, and used almond milk, and used 1Tbsp each of honey and agave. The ends were rather dry, but the inside was moist. I also mixed in some unsweetened coconut. It came out very well especially for being gluten, dairy, and processed sugar free!
Delicious! Not too sweet for the mornings like banana bread. The addition of a sprinkle of brown sugar on top before baking was so good! Try it!
I added some brown sugar, too! It’s in the oven now.
might try this and add a little applesauce and brown sugar in…maybe that could sweeten it up and not make it so densely wheat like the comments have said…I’m sure taking two slices of this and some peanut butter would be delicious bread for stuffed french toast
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Just made this tonight for breaky tomorrow! Can’t wait, I added a dash of cinnamon in the batter and sprinkled some on top before I cooked it. Next time I’ll try the brown sugar! Great recipe thanks!
Enjoy it! I love the addition of cinnamon. Good idea!
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cant wait to try this bread, my college daughter wants to bring it, i’m looking for a granola bar recipe, have crunchy granola hot out of the oven waiting for vanilla yogurt and assorted fruit to top it, need to make bars though…send em on over
Yum! Thanks for sharing. I’m looking forward to making a double batch and having it on hand for on the go breakfast for my husband and me.
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It has been far to long since I made bread, and for the exact reasons you listed – too much butter and oil! This recipe looks much healthier. I can’t wait to try it!
This bread was delicious, but it didn’t rise one bit! Thoughts? My baking powder is a brand new can, so I know that’s not the problem.
I made this the other day and its really delicious! Only it didnt rise very much at all while baking…any suggestions?
I am vegan and doing Weight Watchers, so this bread is all kind of up my alley!! Here’s the substitutions I made that resulted in a slightly sweet, lovely delicate loaf and is only 2-3 points plus per slice, depending on how thick the slice. You can actually have a 5th of the loaf for only 5 pts.!
Anyway, I threw in an overripe banana, 2TBSP. of pure maple syrup and some vanilla extract. Since some people said the loaf came out dense, I thought buttermilk might be nice to try, so I added my usual buttermilk sub of soymilk soured with 1tsp. of lemon juice. Great, lovely loaf, will be perfect for toast in the morning!
Just made this- it’s simply delicious. I will definitely be making this again.
Thanks!
sooooo excited to try this!
well, am obviously a much better baker than hand at the computer, am looking for a yummy granola bar – send them on over, tnx so much
i love this! i made it plain the first time, but i’ve also added different kinds of citrus zest and fresh fruit. i’ve done orange/cranberry, lime/blueberry, and lemon/blueberry. i also used this base for a savory herbed bread with pine nuts! it’s perfect!
I may have ruined the “good for you” aspect of this recipe by drizzling more maple syrup on top of the loaf before baking. But what the heck, it’s so good! Really put the “quick” in “quickbread”, too. Thanks for the great recipe!
I echo the comments about this not rising enough. It’s delicious, but just didn’t rise. Does anyone have any advice?
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I found this recipe earlier today and an hour ago I got hungry (it’s almost 11pm)… and none of my favorite bread to be found in the house. So…. I made this. And am now scared I’ll eat the whole loaf! Very good, and so quick! I do wish it did rise a bit more as well. Thanks!
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Just made this loaf tonight for breakfast tomorrow, i snuck a little taste and it was Amazing!! My mouth is watering for breakfast tomorrow! I used olive oil instead of canola, and so far it seems like it worked out great. Also snuck a pinch of brown sugar in. I’m all for a healthier whole grain bread..Not a fan of bread unless you can tell its a really good homemade loaf! This is delish, thanks!!
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Just made this and it is fantastic. Thank you so much for this recipe. I have been searching for something that gives you the benefits of oatmeal and satisfies my bread craving. Only thing I changed was using vanilla almond milk.
Thank you for the great recipe. After a long day I didn’t really feel up to baking, but this was so easy and more than worth the effort. I was worried it might be crumbly, but it’s super moist and delicious. I used Scottish oats instead of the rolled oats, turned out great.
I just put this in the oven. I did a mix of 1 tbsp brown sugar and 1 tbsp agave nectar. I added 2 tsp cinnamon, 1.5 tsp vanilla, and a banana, and reduced the oil to 0.5 tbsp and did just shy of 1 cup almond milk. Now that I write that… it sounds like I changed a lot… but I guess I was inspired! Smells delicious so far.
can i use vegetable or corn oil if i dont have canola oil?
It’s not a yeast bread, so it’s not going to rise.
I added flax, orange zest, cranberries and walnuts. It just came out of the oven and smells yummy!
What size pan did you use… my loaf always turns out to be about half the pan?
I made this a couple of months ago over summer and added a banana in the batter and it was scrumptious! So delicious and ridiculously easy to make!
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I just made this and it is sooo yummy. I used manuka honey, extra virgin olive oil, and full fatmilk to make it an energy filled breakfast. Perfect balance of sweetness. So quick and easy, I’m definitely making this again!
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