Banana Spice Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 3 TBSP butter coconut oil or fat of choice, melted
- 2 bananas sliced
- 2 cups organic rolled oats
- 1/2 fine coconut flakes optional
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup milk of choice I use canned coconut milk, but any will work
- 1 ½ cups water
- ¼ cup grade A dark amber maple syrup see why this type in notes
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Grease bottom of a 8×8 baking dish with 1 TBSP of fat of choice. Place one layer of sliced bananas on the bottom of the dish.
- Mix together dry ingredients – oats, optional coconut flakes, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and baking soda. Once mixed well, pour into baking dish on top of the banana.
- Mix wet ingredients together – milk, water, maple syrup, melted fat, and vanilla extract. Pour the liquid mixture on top of the dry.
- Place a layer of sliced banana on top of the oatmeal/liquid mixture.
- Put oatmeal in preheated over and and bake for 35-40 minutes.
Notes
- Buy organic oats! There has been some information released recently on oats and the prevalence of most commercial oats containing glyphosate – from Roundup. We use this brand to avoid it as best we can.
- I actually meant to put an egg in this but totally forgot – and I’m glad I did because now it’s an egg free breakfast option for those needing to avoid eggs!
- Add frozen organic berries if you have them! I only buy fresh berries in season, but buy frozen blueberries all year (when the ones we’ve picked and frozen are gone). I’m sure they’d be really yummy added on top with the banana before you bake.
- Grade A dark amber maple syrup is best. It’s cheapest, most nutrient dense, and has a strong maple syrup flavor – so you don’t have to use too much!
If it seems a little dry – add yogurt, applesauce or a little milk of choice to moisten it up.