Baked oats are a breakfast game-changer, such an easy no-stir way to serve warm oats for breakfast. This banana blueberry baked oats recipe is so good my kids call it 'pudding breakfast'.
Why This Recipe Works
- Loaded with protein and full of oats this breakfast fuels kids for a busy day
- Bakes in the oven while you do other things
- Absolutely delicious!
Ingredients you will need
To make my baked oats you will of course need oats. You will also need milk, eggs, cinnamon, honey, banana, and blueberries. Some of these ingredients can be substituted. Substitutions I've tested can be found below.
Substitutes
- Milk: The milk can be substituted for any dairy-free milk alternative.
- Honey: The honey can easily be subbed for maple syrup or brown sugar, especially if anyone under one year of age is going to be enjoying these baked oats.
- Blueberries: These can be substituted for any berries.
- Eggs: I have not tested this recipe without eggs or with an egg replacer.
I am an ambassador for Countdown supermarket, they support my blog by providing ingredients for recipe creation and testing. I used rolled oats, cinnamon, free-range eggs, and honey from their range in this recipe.
Step by step instructions
Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make baked oats, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the printable recipe card or check out the video below.
Step one: Heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (360 Fahrenheit)
Step two: Grease a baking dish, I use a quick spray of oil
Step three: Slice banana, lay the slices in the bottom of the dish
Step four: Cover the banana with the oats
Step five: Whisk together milk, eggs, honey, vanilla, and cinnamon. Pour the wet ingredients over the oats
Step six: Scatter the blueberries on top
Step seven: Pop into the hot oven and bake for 20-25 mins (until the oats have absorbed the liquid)
Serve: as is, or with a little extra milk or yoghurt. You can either scoop it with a spoon or if you leave it to cool a little you will be able to slice it.
I am such a fan of oats, oats feature in so many of my recipes, if you are looking for other ways to serve oats to little ones, check out my baby porridge, and porridge fingers. If you love the idea of a no-stir way to cook porridge, my slow-cooker spiced apple and carrot porridge is really good and cooks while you sleep.
And then when it comes to oat-based snacks I have loads! Oatmeal Muffins, Soft Oat Bars, Anzac Biscuits, Baby Cookies, baby pancakes, and no-bake energy balls.
Top Tips
Here is how you can make this baked oats recipe perfectly every time!
- Don't forget to grease the dish, a spray of oil or a smear of butter across the base of the dish works wonders
- To make this an easy no-fuss breakfast. When you wake up, pop on the oven to heat. Make up the porridge recipe, it takes under 5 mins. Bang it in the oven and get on with your morning. 20 mins later, breakfast is ready!
FAQs
Baked oats are suitable for babies, be sure not to use honey as a sweetener in children under one year of age.
Store any leftovers in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. They can either be enjoyed cold or reheated in the microwave.
Blueberry Banana Baked Oats
Ingredients
- 2 medium bananas
- 2 cups rolled oats 220g
- 2 cups milk 500ml
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoon honey 30ml
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup blueberries frozen is fine
Instructions
- Heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (360 Fahrenheit)
- Grease a baking dish, I use a quick spray of oil
- Slice banana, lay the slices in the bottom of the dish
- Cover the banana with the oats
- Whisk together milk, eggs, honey, vanilla, and cinnamon
- Pour the wet ingredients over the oats
- Scatter the blueberries on top
- Pop into the hot oven and bake for 20-25 mins (until the oats have absorbed the liquid)
- Serve as is, or with a little extra milk or yoghurt. You can either scoop it, or if you leave it to cool a little you will be able to slice it.
Video
Notes
Tips
- Don't forget to grease the dish, a spray of oil or a smear of butter across the base of the dish works wonders
- To make this an easy no-fuss breakfast. When you wake up, pop on the oven to heat. Make up the porridge recipe, it takes under 5 mins. Bang it in the oven and get on with your morning. 20 mins later, breakfast is ready!
- Store any leftovers in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. They can either be enjoyed cold or reheated in the microwave.
Substitutes
- Milk: The milk can be substituted for any dairy-free milk alternative.
- Honey: The honey can easily be subbed for maple syrup or brown sugar, especially if anyone under one year of age is going to be enjoying these baked oats.
- Blueberries: These can be substituted for any berries.
- Eggs: I have not tested this recipe without eggs or with an egg replacer.
Courtney says
This recipe is SO yum & its super easy to make which makes it a winner for our family!
Whaea says
Substituted the honey for maple syrup and omg these are so delicious! It's like dessert for breakfast.
Deb Brown says
Quick, easy, nutritious and everybody loves it (even the fussy ones). #winning
Lesley says
Hey Stacey
Does it matter which kind of oats you use? It looks like you used whole oats?
Cheers!
My Kids Lick The Bowl says
It won't matter at all, although cook time will be a little faster with the finer oats
Lucy says
My 10 month old loves this as a slice. Thank you!
Lyn says
So easy to make & yummy as well. Would this freeze?
My Kids Lick The Bowl says
Yes it would freeze.
Jo says
This is delicious I make it as much for myself as for the kids ? and even better my little one (and me) enjoy it cold and sliced ??
Emma says
This is so yum, and easy to make.
Isobel King says
Fabulous - loved it - totally addictive
Rochelle says
This is so yummy. I slightly under cook it and put it in the fridge, then take some out each morning and microwave for a yummy porridgy breakfast
Juliet Davies says
This recipe is amazing. I made it but used 2t teaspoons of brown sugar. Next time might just use 1 teaspoon as it’s quite sweet. Topped it with Greek yoghurt sliced almonds and lemon honey.
My Kids Lick The Bowl says
As I said if your bananas are nice and ripe you may not need any sugar.