Banana baked oatmeal is like oatmeal + banana bread mixed to make one unbelievable breakfast! Made with healthful components, this simple recipe comes collectively in a single bowl and can preserve you glad all morning. It reheats nicely, so you may make a giant batch and luxuriate in it for a number of days, making it an exquisite choice for busy mornings.
What Is Banana Baked Oatmeal?
Have you ever ever tried my baked oatmeal recipe?
Baked oatmeal is a heat breakfast casserole created from oats, milk, and different kitchen staples. Stovetop or immediate oatmeal has a creamy porridge consistency, however baked oatmeal is like bread pudding and combines chewy, gentle, and creamy all in dish. You may add bananas (like I do right here), berries, chocolate chips, or walnuts for a nutty crunch—mess around with it and make it your individual.
Principally, baked oatmeal is common oatmeal with extra construction. When you’re searching for particular person serving sizes, attempt my baked apple cinnamon oatmeal cups or chocolate chip baked oatmeal cups.
You may bake this banana oatmeal forward of time and reheat servings of it for a fast breakfast throughout the week. You may definitely recognize the comfort!
This Banana Baked Oatmeal Is:
- Prepped in 1 bowl
- Minimal effort for a giant batch
- Sweetened naturally with bananas and maple syrup—no refined sugar
- Heat & satisfying
- Gentle, chewy, & creamy
- Adaptable for dietary restrictions—could make it gluten free, dairy free, and/or egg free!
- Like a casserole model of my banana breakfast cookies
Plus, your oven does a lot of the work—no standing on the range and fixed stirring required!
Gluten-Free, Healthful 1-Bowl Breakfast
…with many substitution concepts.
This banana baked oatmeal combines easy and wholesome components and might be tailored for any allergy symptoms or taste preferences. You want:
- Milk: This banana baked oatmeal is great with just about any milk: entire milk, almond milk, oat milk, coconut milk, reduced-fat milk… use your favourite!
- Eggs: 2 massive eggs, whereas including protein, additionally assist bind the entire components collectively. Have an egg allergy? Merely up the quantity of mashed banana (particulars in recipe Notes).
- Maple Syrup: I like to recommend pure maple syrup for the perfect taste, however different unrefined sugars similar to coconut sugar or honey work as an alternative.
- Melted Butter: Just a few Tablespoons of butter provides scrumptious taste, and prevents the oatmeal from tasting rubbery. Melted coconut oil is an excellent dairy-free substitution.
- Banana: Can’t make banana oatmeal with out bananas! You want 1 cup of mashed banana, which is normally 2 massive ripe bananas.
- Oats: I like to recommend entire old school fashion oats for a hearty and satisfying texture. If you wish to make sure that this recipe is gluten free, be sure to purchase licensed GF oats.
- Baking Powder: Helps the oatmeal puff up properly within the oven.
- Vanilla, Cinnamon, & Salt: The trifecta of flavor-enhancers!
- Chopped Walnuts: Non-compulsory, however add a nutty crunch for much more texture. Pecans can be nice right here too.
Find out how to Make It
This banana baked oatmeal couldn’t be simpler to place collectively. Seize a big mixing bowl and whisk collectively all of the moist components, then add within the dry components and blend till every little thing is mixed.
Pour the oatmeal combination right into a greased baking dish, and bake. That’s all there’s to it! Straightforward as banana pie… nicely really, a lot, a lot simpler. 😉
Garnishes: Serve this banana baked oatmeal with a drizzle of melted peanut butter (or Nutella!), honey, or maple syrup; some recent fruit; and/or a dollop of creamy yogurt.
What to Serve With Banana Baked Oatmeal:
- Scrambled eggs for some further protein
- Breakfast sausage or bacon
- Fruit salad or smoothie
- Greek yogurt parfaits with fruit and granola
- A easy frittata in the event you’re serving a bigger crowd
- Particular person breakfast egg muffins, or my crustless vegetable quiche (additionally easy, wholesome, & gluten free!)
For much more inspiration, see my full record of 30+ wholesome breakfast recipes.
Description
Banana baked oatmeal is like oatmeal + banana bread mixed to make one unbelievable breakfast! Made with healthful components, this simple recipe comes collectively in a single bowl and can preserve you glad all morning. It reheats nicely, so you may make a giant batch and luxuriate in it for a number of days, making it an exquisite choice for busy mornings.
- Regulate the oven rack to the decrease third place and preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C). Spray a 9×9 inch sq. pan, or an 11×7 inch rectangle pan with nonstick spray. Any related dimension pan that holds round 3 quarts works, although 8×8 inch sq. pan can be too small. The pictured dish I’m utilizing is this white casserole dish. See recipe Word for 9×13 inch pan.
- In a big bowl, whisk collectively the milk, eggs, maple syrup, melted butter, mashed banana, and vanilla till mixed. Add within the oats, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt, and whisk to mix. Fold within the chopped walnuts, if utilizing. Pour into the ready baking pan.
- Bake for 33–36 minutes or till the middle seems *nearly* set, which provides us a gentle baked oatmeal as pictured above. For drier and extra strong baked oatmeal, bake till the middle has set.
- Cool for five minutes earlier than serving. Spoon or slice and serve with optionally available toppings, if utilizing.
- Cowl leftovers tightly and refrigerate for as much as 1 week.
Notes
- Make Forward & Freezing Directions: Bake the oatmeal, cool fully, and retailer within the fridge all week for simple breakfasts. Reheat within the microwave or cowl and bake in a 350°F (177°C) oven for 10 minutes. To freeze, bake and funky oatmeal. Cowl tightly and freeze for as much as 3 months. Thaw within the fridge or at room temperature. Heat to your liking. I really like slicing the cooled baked oatmeal into bars or servings and freezing them individually for a fast breakfast to thaw. Wrap every in plastic wrap and place in a big freezer bag or container.
- Particular Instruments (affiliate hyperlinks): 9×9 Inch Sq. Pan, 11×7 Inch Rectangle Pan, or Comparable Measurement Casserole Dish | Glass Mixing Bowls | Whisk
- Don’t: Don’t make oatmeal batter forward of time. The oats will take in all of the liquid! Whisk all of it collectively, then bake instantly.
- Can I Make This in a Muffin Pan? Sure. For banana baked oatmeal cups, divide the batter right into a greased 12-count muffin pan. If utilizing muffin liners, spray them with nonstick spray. The oatmeal cups persist with the liners a bit regardless, so I like to recommend skipping them. Fill the cups all the best way to the highest. Bake for 28-Half-hour or till the sides are calmly browned and high seems set. When you added further add-ins, you will have extra batter and want a 2nd greased muffin pan.
- Eggs: Eggs bind the casserole and add great taste. If wanted, you may exchange the eggs with 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce or extra mashed banana.
- Sugar: I like to recommend pure maple syrup as a result of the flavour is excellent and the baked oatmeal is further moist! As a substitute, you might use brown sugar, coconut sugar, or honey.
- Butter: The baked oatmeal can style rubbery with out it. Don’t exchange with a non-fat various. Melted coconut oil is an excellent dairy-free substitution.
- Oats: Entire oats provide the greatest texture. Fast oats take in extra moisture and dry out the baked oatmeal. If utilizing steel-cut oats, soak the oats within the milk for 20 minutes, then stir in the remainder of the components. Add just a few further minutes to the bake time.
- Add-ins: As a substitute of, or along with, walnuts, you should use blueberries, chocolate chips, dried cranberries, chopped pecans, and/or peanut butter morsels. Attempt to preserve the add-ins round 3/4 – 1 cup whole.
- 9×13 inch Pan: Double the recipe for a 9×13 inch pan. The baked oatmeal might be further thick and require at the very least 10 further minutes within the oven. Tent with aluminum foil if the sides are browning too rapidly.
Diet
- Serving Measurement: 1 serving
- Energy: 308
- Sugar: 10.5 g
- Sodium: 111.5 mg
- Fats: 13.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 37.1 g
- Protein: 7.3 g
- Ldl cholesterol: 54.9 mg
