banana oatmeal bread

i've been searching for a the perfect banana bread recipe for years, and i've finally found it. i pulled this one out of cooking light years ago and finally got around to making it (after i found it in a stack of torn out recipe pages). it's got everything i was looking for: great texture, not too sweet, and light on the fat. although it calls for oatmeal, which i didn't have, i used a 4 grain hot breakfast mix with barley, oats, wheat, and rye. i liked it so much i will use this mix every time (it's a wegmans brand). so go! use those brown bananas and make this yummy bread!

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2/3 cup sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup regular oats

1 cup mashed ripe banana

1/3 cup buttermilk

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 large eggs, lightly beaten

cooking spray

preheat oven to 350. combine flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt in a large bowl and combine well with a whisk. stir in oats. combine mashed banana, buttermilk, vegetable oil, vanilla extract and eggs in a separate bowl, then add to the flour mixture. stir just until m-word. spoon batter into an 8x4 inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. bake at 350 for 55 minutes or until a wooden pick comes out clean. cool 15 minutes in pan on a wire rack, remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.