Pumpkin Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal
This Pumpkin Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal is warm, comforting, and filled with all the sweet flavors of fall. It’s the perfect healthy breakfast for all of those chilly mornings!
Happy Friday, everyone! I’m so glad the weekend is almost here. The Blue Angels are coming to Hawii on Saturday, so we are taking the kids to check that out. They will be here as part of a big Air Show called “Wings Over the Pacific,” so there will also be demonstrations of other kinds of aircraft, a parachute team, food, rides, etc. My hubby has been talking about it for weeks. I’m prettttty sure he’s even more excited than our little “Planes” fanatic four year old! 😉
In celebration of it being Friday, and also since we finally hit the first day of fall earlier this week, I have an amazingly delicious breakfast recipe for y’all today. This Pumpkin Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal is my new favorite way to eat my oatmeal. Seriously, it’s just so good. It has a chewy texture with crunchy bits around the crust, which I am just crazy over! I love it so much more than the traditional mushy kind of oatmeal.
In addition to tasting so yummy, this baked oatmeal also makes enough for us to have breakfast for a few days. I just refrigerate the leftovers, then warm them up in the microwave the next day. I love topping mine with a little bit of vanilla yogurt and chopped almonds. The nuts are totally optional, but they do add a nice little crunch, and help to amp up the pumpkin/banana bread flavor.
And yes, this totally got a thumbs up from my official taste tester. He was so busy chowing down I couldn’t even get him to look up! 🙂
Have a great weekend, y’all!
Recipe: Pumpkin Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 3 cups oats, (I use a mixture of old fashioned and quick oats)
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 small banana,, mashed
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs,, lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup butter,, melted
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts, (I used almonds, but walnuts or pecans would be great, too!)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8x8 baking dish or round pie plate and set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the oats, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice.
- In a separate smaller bowl, mix together the pumpkin puree, banana, milk, vanilla, eggs, and butter.
- Stir the wet mix into the dry mix. Fold in the nuts. Pour mixture into prepared baking dish and spread evenly.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes until edges are golden brown, or a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Looks delicious! Perfect for fall! Can these be made in a muffin tin? I LOVE your blueberry baked oatmeal cups and was hoping to make these the same way!
Yes this should work just fine in a muffin tin! I haven’t tried it before but I think the baking time would be about the same as it is for the blueberry cups; 18-20 minutes.
Question how do you eat this? Do I add milk and eat it like cereal or just dry?
We usually drizzle a little milk over the top or even a scoop of yogurt. But it’s great dry, too.
What a nice hearty breakfast this would make to start a fall day off right!
Ok, I actually hate the consistency of regular oatmeal but baked? It sounds crunchy and I love the combo of pumpkin and banana bread so i need to give it a go
Although our mornings here are technically not “chilly”, this was still a great way to start the day. Excellent fall flavors!
This is perfect for my breakfast meal prep!
Yes please. I would love to have this for breakfast.
You had me at pumpkin! Any time of the year is right for pumpkin. Why the two kinds of oats?
We love baked oatmeal! This is a great combo!
This makes a great breakfast or snack! Love it!
This was a hit for breakfast at my house! I loved it!
This Pumpkin Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal is seriously making me hungry!
Yum! The perfect breakfast now we’re going into the cooler months.
I love this baked oatmeal dish! So warm, cozy and delicious!
This is the perfect autumnal breakfast idea!