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I love regular, creamy oatmeal, but this baked oatmeal is great for a few reasons. First, it’s an interesting cross between a bowl of oatmeal and an oatmeal cookie. You can’t go wrong with (healthy!) dessert for breakfast.
Second, it creates leftovers that can be easily reheated for quick breakfasts the next couple of days after baking it. It even makes a great little snack when you cut off a piece and eat it cold, like a granola bar.
Fork optional. Not that I would know anything about that.
If you like chocolate for breakfast (my kids sure do!) try this recipe for Chocolate Baked Oats! I think you’ll love it.
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Baked Banana Peanut Butter Oatmeal
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 6 - 8 servings 1x
Description
This is a healthy baked oatmeal recipe that is a snap to make! Mix maple syrup with peanut butter for the topping–it’s heaven!
Ingredients
- 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup milk (dairy or non-dairy)
- 1 large egg
- 2 medium bananas, one mashed well with a fork and one sliced
- 2 tablespoons natural peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Grease a medium sized casserole dish (I used a 2 qt. oval shaped dish) and set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the oats, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Add the milk, egg, 1 mashed banana, peanut butter, maple syrup, and vanilla. Mix well.
- Pour the mixture into the greased dish. If you want to add the sliced banana before baking, it browns some but tastes delicious. Alternatively, add the sliced banana to the top after baking.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes, until your desired consistency is reached. I cook mine the entire 30 minutes and it is almost bar-like. If you want a creamier, less-held-together texture, reduce the baking time
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 of 8 servings
- Calories: 167
- Sugar: 5.6g
- Sodium: 242mg
- Fat: 5.9g
- Carbohydrates: 25.1g
- Protein: 4.8g
I know I skipped my pregnancy update last week. In case you were worried, no, it’s not because I went into early labor. Baby is still cooking and I’m feeling well. 🙂 I’ll give you a double update this week. I was just enjoying the time with my family too much to blog. I hope you’ll understand.
Have a great week and I hope you get the chance to try this baked oatmeal. It doesn’t disappoint.
Looks delicious dear..but to those chef at heart, you may use quick cooking oats instead if you have it on your kitchen cabinet, it works well too, so you dont need to go out to buy rolled oats to save your energy going to grocery.
What is the drizzle on top? Caramel?
The drizzle on top is peanut butter melted with maple syrup. 🙂
I made this on the weekend. It was great. I think it tasted better after it sat in the fridge for a day. I used both bananas in the batter. Next time I would like to try applesauce instead of bananas.
Apple sauce would be great, too!
This baked oatmeal was a big disappointment. Texture-wise and flavor-wise it let us down.
I’m really sorry to hear that. Can you help me understand how it fell short? What were you expecting in terms of texture and flavor and what it was like? I appreciate your feedback.
Thank you for replying! I guess I was just thrown off by the caramel in the photo. I thought it would be much more rich in flavor. I didn’t care too much for the consistency when it was soft and gooey, nor as a bar.
It sounds like baked oatmeal is just not for you! The topping was peanut butter+maple syrup. 🙂
I’ve been searching endlessly for an easy breakfast that will actually keep me full till lunch and doesn’t ruin my diet plan. This is the BEST recipe! Thanks so much!
You’re welcome! 🙂
What is the serving size
Looks amazing on a cold wintery day! Is that peanut butter drizzled on top after baking?
Yes, it is. 🙂
I am using this as a base recipe (minus the pb for the base and adding an extra egg for a touch more protein and binding) and mixing in berries, chocolate chips, and soooo much more for Jackson! I needs something easy AND healthy to take to daycare for him to eat for breakfast! This is perfect!! 🙂 Loooove this, Maryea! Thanks!!
You’re welcome!! 🙂
Thank you so much Maryea! This was our first baked oatmeal, and it was delicious! My almost 2 1/2 year olds loved this. We made it the way you recommended, by baking it for 30 minutes and it was nice and soft in the middle, but stays together when the kids hold it. It really is a perfect snack for toddlers. We already ate half the batch, so I know we’ll be making this again very soon. I also wanted to thank Meghan for loving peanut butter so much that it encourages her wonderfully, talented mommy to create delicious and nutritious snacks for her (my son is the same way). Thank you so much!
I’m glad she’s not the only one! Sometimes I feel like all my recipes are so catered to my family’s likes–I’m glad those likes are shared by others. 🙂
Hey Maryea-tried this today and it was delicious!! Thanks for all of your awesome recipes! For this one, do you find a serving of the oatmal with a piece of fruit is a good breakfast (filling, etc.)? Also, how do you store the leftovers (fridge or not, airtight container)? They weren’t bar-like when they were warm but I loved it! It will probably be even better tomorrow!!!
You’re welcome! I do find it to be a good breakfast. I usually have a snack 2-3 hours after breakfast no matter what I have, but it definitely keeps me full until snack time. 🙂 I keep the leftovers in the fridge.
Does this work well prepared the night before, put in fridge, then baked in the morning??? Thanks!
I think it would work, but I can’t say for sure. You’ve inspired me to try it! I’ll try it tonight and let you know.
Can’t go wrong with baked oatmeal. I’ve only recently tried it, but loved it! It was great to make it on a Sunday and enjoy easy breakfasts the rest of the week!
Yes, the leftovers are the best part!
I LOVE baked oatmeal – it’s just a great breakfast and snack, AND it freezes beautifully for quick heat and go breakfasts. 🙂 Never tried PB and Banana in baked oatmeal, but it’s one of my favorite flavor combos so it has to be good! 🙂
I’ve never tried freezing it, but I think I’m going to make a batch just for freezing now. Thanks!
Baked oatmeal is my family’s favorite way to eat oatmeal! I love the leftovers too, and will even find my kids sneaking bites right out of the fridge. I haven’t tried putting peanut butter in mine, so I might have to make that addition!
Meghan is a peanut butter freak, so that’s why I added it here. She seriously wants peanut butter in everything–it’s insanity.
I’ve never baked oatmeal but this looks like the perfect one to try! ….Especially with the leftover factor (and the fork optional part too 😉 )
The leftover factor is reason alone to make this! It’s wonderful to have a quick breakfast ready to heat up and eat.
I was just thinking about you earlier today and wondering how you were doing.
This recipe looks good. I’m not a huge oatmeal fan, but I do like it baked.
Thanks for thinking of me. I didn’t really plan on taking a long hiatus, but it worked out that way. Sometimes you just need a blog break. 🙂 I hope you’re doing well!
Oooh, I love baked oatmeal! Like really love it, especially for the leftovers(I have been known to just munch on a square of it straight from the fridge, in fact I think I like it best that way, haha). But I haven’t made it in so long. Gotta change that, banana and peanut butter sound so good 🙂
The sweet potatoes I have at the moment are actually super sweet, so I find it gives ample sweetness. Am typing and eating at the same time… yum yum! I used almond butter instead of peanut, and it’s awesome. I did drizzle a little more maple syrup on top – why not?! Yum, thanks for the recipe 🙂
Sounds delicious. Definitely going to give this a try. Thanks!
Yum… you’ve inspired me, I have a batch of sweet potato baked oatmeal cooking now (didn’t have any bananas!) Have been wanting to try baked oatmeal for ages, so when your post popped up, I knew today was the day 🙂
Sweet potato baked oatmeal! Great idea! Did you add any extra sweetener? It may not be sweet enough w/out the mashed bananas (at least for my taste). Let me know how it turns out!
Did you cook the sweet potatoes at all before adding them in?
Thanks!
I love baked banana oatmeal. I’m surprised I haven’t tried putting pb inside the oats (i always spread on top) because it is my favorite combo! And I agree, love the leftovers for this-just like granola bars!
I love having the leftovers for snacks!
How do you store your leftovers?
How do you store your leftovers?
I store them in the fridge!
giving this a try for my school competition hop it works. sounds
Good luck! Let me know how it goes!
What is over the top
It’s a mixture of peanut butter and maple syrup. It’s a really delicious addition!