Six Ingredients That Take Banana Bread to a Whole New Level

These six ingredients make all the difference in Pittman's homemade quick bread.

Oats add some bulk without making the bread dense. Quick oats won't be chewy like rolled oats.

This helps keep the bread moist and lends it an oh-so-subtle tang to balance the sugary overripe bananas.

Fat adds moistness, and here it boosts taste, too: Use roasted walnut oil for deeper nut flavor than walnuts alone.

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Acidic buttermilk needs a little alkaline baking soda for pH balance and rise. One quarter teaspoon is just right here.

The touch of molasses in light brown sugar gives the banana bread more complexity than plain white sugar would.

View the recipe: Banana-Walnut Bread

These should be way overripe. One-trick: Put bananas in the oven while it preheats and cook them until they're black.