Baked Banana Oats
Warm, comforting banana baked oats loaded with chocolate chips and crunchy walnuts, it’s an easy make-ahead breakfast or cosy snack.
I love making these as a meal prep for the mornings ahead, and often vary the ingredients up a little for variety, such as swapping out the walnuts for a different nut, or adding in some berries! They take no time to prepare as most of the time spent is cooking in the oven. They’re easy to store in an airtight container ready for reaheating in the oven, or microwave when you serve up!
What you need to make baked banana oats
- oats
- non-dairy milk
- bananas
- vanilla extract
- walnuts
- chocolate chips
- cinnamon
- maple syrup
- pinch of salt
- demerara sugar
Substitutions and ingredient notes
Oats: Opt for gluten free if allergic.
Non-dairy milk: You can use any non-dairy milk for this recipe, but I’d recommend finding fortified ones. My favourites would be unsweetened soy milk, oat milk or coconut milk!
Walnuts: You can change these out for other nuts like almonds or pecans if you like
Vegan chocolate chips: These are usually easy to find in the baking section of the supermarket. The dark chocolate chips are often vegan friendly. Alternatively you can use dark or vegan chocolate and cut into small pieces.
Maple syrup: Can be substituted for agave syrup or brown sugar.
Demerera sugar: You can leave this out if you want to lower the sugar in this recipe, and use no added sugars.
How to make baked banana oats
Gather your ingredients and then preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F.
Next, add the mashed bananas, oats, plant milk, walnuts, most of the chocolate chips, cinnamon and maple syrup into a mixing bowl and mix well.
Pour into a rectangular baking dish (approximately 10 inches/25cm). You can use a similar volume square baking dish also.
Now you can bake for 10–15 minutes, until the top is beginning to set.
Remove from the oven and top with the sliced banana and remaining chocolate chips. Sprinkle the demerara sugar on top.
Return to the oven and bake for a further 10–15 minutes, until golden on top and cooked through. Serve warm.
You can store in an airtight container and refridgerate once cool, ready to be reheated for breakfast the next day! They will stay delcious for 3 days in the fridge.
Baked Banana Oats
Ingredients
- 175 g oats
- 375 ml non-dairy milk
- 3 bananas ((2 mashed, 1 sliced for the topping))
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 100 g walnuts (roughly chopped )
- 50 g vegan chocolate chips ((reserve a small handful for the topping))
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp demerara sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F.
- Add the mashed bananas, oats, plant milk, walnuts, most of the chocolate chips, cinnamon and maple syrup to a baking dish and mix well.
- Bake for 10–15 minutes, until the top is beginning to set.
- Remove from the oven and top with the sliced banana and remaining chocolate chips. Sprinkle the demerara sugar on top.
- Return to the oven and bake for a further 10–15 minutes, until golden on top and cooked through. Serve warm.
Notes
- Chopped pecans or hazelnuts work well instead of walnuts.
- For a softer texture, let the oats sit for 5 minutes before baking so they absorb some of the milk.
- Delicious served with yoghurt, extra maple syrup or berries.
Nutrition
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One comment
Sophie
Maybe this recipe already a few times 😊
Sooooo Good 😍totally different from porridge out of a pod but in a good way🌸. If you have a bit of extra time you should try it out yourself 👍🏻. The recipe is very change and adaptable friendly 💕 I put some extra apples and nutmeg in mine and topped it with chocolate sprinkles after baking😉. Love it🌸