Name: Oatmeal Quick Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 1 1/3 cup flour; 2/3 oats (quick or old fashioned (I used old fashioned)); 1/3 cup sugar; 1/3 cup light brown sugar (packed); 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; 3/4 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/3 cup chocolate chips; 1 egg; 3 Tb butter (melted & cooled); 1 cup buttermilk

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Oatmeal Quick Bread filled with chocolate chips takes less than an hour to whip up. You don’t need a mixer or yeast for this easy and delicious sweet bread.

close up of sliced oatmeal chocolate chip quick bread

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I like to serve this Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Quick Bread for breakfast with Ham & Potato Breakfast Casserole or Bird’s Nest Breakfast Cups but then I end up eating it all day because it’s really good.

Both of my girls love it, which is good because they won’t eat oatmeal otherwise, so I feel good about getting *some* into them.

Given the current shortage on yeast (have you been able to find any?), I’ve been making a lot of quick breads.

overhead shot of sliced quick bread topped with chocolate chips

INGREDIENTS

Flour – I’ve only tested this bread with all-purpose white flour.
Oats – You can use either old fashioned or quick oats. I use old fashioned.
Sugar – Granulated white sugar.
Brown Sugar – I use light brown sugar, dark will work as well.
Baking Powder & Baking Soda – Both for rise, in place of yeast.
Cinnamon
Salt
Chocolate Chips – Mini chocolate chips work well to distribute through the bread. If you’re not into chocolate chips, you can skip them or include a dried fruit.
Egg
Butter – Melted and cooled.
Buttermilk – If you don’t have buttermilk, you can use regular milk or use my buttermilk hack below.

HOW TO MAKE OATMEAL QUICK BREAD

STEP ONE: To a mixing bowl, add the dry ingredients – flour, oats, sugar, brown sugar, baking powder & soda, cinnamon, salt, and chocolate chips. Whisk together.

STEP TWO: To a small mixing bowl, add the wet ingredients – buttermilk, egg, and melted butter.

STEP THREE: Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and stir together until everything is just incorporated. It will be slightly lumpy.

STEP FOUR: Pour the batter into a greased 9×5 loaf pan and bake for 40-45 minutes at 350 degrees until the top is golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

collage of mixing bowls making oatmeal bread

WHAT IS A QUICK BREAD?

A quick bread is a bread that uses baking powder and/or soda as leavening agents in place of yeast.

Some other examples are Cinnamon Quick Bread, Apple Cinnamon Swirl Bread, and Chocolate Marble Zucchini Bread.

They don’t have to be sweet. Beer Bread is a savory quick bread.

WHAT IF I DON’T HAVE BUTTERMILK?

If you don’t have buttermilk, you can use regular milk in this recipe. Or, you can “make” some with this hack.

Add one tablespoon lemon juice or white vinegar to a liquid measuring cup, and add enough milk until it measures 1 cup. Stir, and let sit for five minutes before using.

TIPS & TRICKS

You can use quick oats or old fashioned oats in this recipe. I usually opt for old fashioned.
Melt and cool your butter before you whisk it together with the egg so you don’t end up scrambling your egg.
Don’t use a mixer for this recipe – a wooden spoon or spatula is all you need, which will prevent over-mixing.
If you don’t like chocolate chips, you can skip them altogether or substitute raisins or dried fruit.

white platter with four pieces of chocolate chip bread

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TOOLS FOUND ON AMAZON TO HELP YOU:

Mixing Bowls – My favorite mixing bowls with the grippy bottom.
Wooden Spoons – I’ve had these for years.
Loaf Pan – 9×5 loaf pans are cheap but TJ Maxx/HomeGoods often has really pretty ones. I like that this one has a lid.

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