OH's Blueberry Oatmeal Bread Surprise...extremely modified from a Cooking Light--orig posted at end...differences are in bold face


Ingredients

1 cup packed brown sugar
4T vegetable oil
3T butter
2 medium eggs
2 mashed ripe bananas plus enough natural unsweetened apple sauce to make 1 1/3 cups collectively [about 2/3 cup of bananas and rest was applesauce]
1 cup regular oats
1/2 cup whole milk
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup cinnammon chips
handful of white chocolate chips
about a cup of blueberries, picked over

Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°.

Cream butter and sugar, add vegetable oil, and then the eggs. Combine banana/apple sauce, oats, and milk; add to sugar mixture, beating well. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; mix well. Add to sugar mixture; beat just until moist. Add in cinnamon chips, white chocolate chips, blueberries and gently fold over. Leave overnight in fridge. Spoon batter into a greased loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan.

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Original Cooking Light Version:

Ingredients

1 cup packed brown sugar
7 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 large egg whites
1 large egg
1 1/3 cups mashed ripe banana (about 2 large)
1 cup regular oats
1/2 cup fat-free milk
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Cooking spray
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°.

Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl; beat well at medium speed of a mixer. Combine banana, oats, and milk; add to sugar mixture, beating well. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; stir with a whisk. Add to sugar mixture; beat just until moist. Spoon batter into a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.