Peanut Butter Banana Baked Oatmeal
This Peanut Butter Banana Baked Oatmeal is the perfect make-ahead breakfast! It is ultra healthy, delivering a generous serving of fiber, protein, and healthy fats! Plus, it’s gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan-friendly and has zero refined sugar! It can even be made peanut-free by subbing your favorite nut or seed butter! Really, this oatmeal can be all things to all people.
Not only is this Peanut Butter Banana Baked Oatmeal healthy & delicious, but it’s also incredibly easy to make! Mash and mix everything together, pop it in the oven, bake and you’re done! Taking 35 minutes to make a delicious breakfast that lasts most of the week is a no-brainer to me! 
If you’ve seen my usual breakfast bars, then you may be wondering how on earth this Peanut Butter Banana Baked Oatmeal is different? It has many of the same ingredients and looks practically identical, but is completely and totally it’s own breakfast.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups quick cooking oats
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 overripe bananas, mashed
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten (Vegan: 1 TBS ground chia seeds mixed with 2 ½ TBS hot water)
- ¾ cup unsweetened, vanilla almond milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x9” square baking pan and set aside.
- For Vegan Version: Mix 1 TBS ground chia seeds with 2 ½ TBS hot water. Set aside.
- In a small bowl mix together the quick cooking oats, baking powder, sea salt and ground cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a large bowl mix mashed banana and peanut butter together until combined.
- Add in the vanilla extract, maple syrup and chia seed mixture or egg. Mix until combined.
- Add the almond milk and stir until batter is homogenous.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix thoroughly.
- Pour the mixture into a lightly greased 9x9” baking pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Or until the top slightly springs back when touched and the edges are just barely brown!
- Cut into squares and enjoy!
- Store in refrigerator, reheat in microwave or enjoy cold!
