Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal

Heck yes, I jumbled up baked oatmeal and banana bread, slammed them together, forced them to be friends, heat treated them until they made my house smell like potpourri, then ravaged them like a rabid chipmunk.

Okay, what happened was a lot less of a diseased smack down than what I just described. What happened was much more fluid…less aggressive…and the result was, of course, heavenly.

When it comes to breakfast, baked oatmeal and banana bread are always sure to give my heart a flutter.  Sweet and dense is the route I choose in the morning. And you can take that for what it’s worth. Okay.

Combining two of my food loves – baked oatmeal and banana bread – to make banana bread baked oatmeal resulted in a fit of how-did-I-not-make-this-eons-ago? It’s the perfect comforting breakfast for a lazy weekend morning.  Do you have children? They’ll eat this. Shoooo nuff! Especially if you drizzle maple syrup all over it. You’re a pleaser, admit it.

At any rate (where did that phrase come from? Am I mis-using it? Ah shhh yeah), this recipe is naturally sweetened using pure maple syrup and bananers. It can eeeeeasily be gluten free as long as you use gluten-free oats. Done.

Bake it this weekend. Put yogurt-atop. Sliced bananas. Drink a pot of coffee like no one’s watching. I’ll keep my fingers crossed you don’t encounter any rabid chipmunks. None whatsoever.

Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Author: Julia

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Ingredients

• 2 cups gluten-free rolled oats
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 ripe bananas mashed
• 2 eggs lightly beaten
• 2 cups almond milk
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

For Serving

• Sliced bananas
• Yogurt
• Maple syrup

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly oil an <a href="8” x 8” baking pan.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients and stir.
3. In a separate mixing bowl, mash the bananas. Add the eggs and whisk them in with the mashed bananas. Add the remaining “wet” ingredients and stir.
4. Pour the dry ingredients in with the wet and stir to combine.
5. Pour this mixture into the oiled baking pan.
6. Bake in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until the center tests clean.