Single Serve Banana Bread Baked Oats (Vegan + Gluten Free)

Name: Single Serve Banana Bread Baked Oats (Vegan + Gluten Free)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Banana Bread Baked Oats
Ingredients: 50g instant oats; 1 very small ripe banana (mashed); 1 teaspoon baking powder; 0.25 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 1 Tablespoon maple syrup; 80ml soy milk; 25g vegan chocolate chips; 15g pecans (finely chopped); Vegan chocolate pieces/squares (to taste); Sliced bananas (to taste); Ground nutmeg (to taste); Granulated sugar (for sprinkling)

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Creamy Morning Oatmeal Ready In No Time

These quick and easy banana bread baked oats are such a perfect way to begin your day. They're chocolatey and caramelised. The banana flavour is so good!

If you love a sweet breakfast, you'll also love my chocolate cinnamon french toast rolls recipe.

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Ingredients For This Recipe

All of the ingredients need to make vegan banana bread baked oats.

Instant oats - the best type of oats for this recipe
Very small ripe banana
Baking powder
Ground nutmeg
Maple syrup - as a sweetener for this recipe.
Soy milk
Vegan chocolate chips
Pecans - to be mixed into the oats before being cooked.
Vegan chocolate - for the topping.
Sliced bananas - also as a topping.
Ground nutmeg

A zoomed in photo of my vegan banana bread baked oats inside a shiny white ramekin. The bananas on top are toasted and the chocolate has melted.

How To Make Vegan Banana Bread Baked Oats

Step-By-Step Instructions

For the full method and ingredient amounts, please refer to the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

The oatmeal ingredients being blended together inside a high-speed blender.

1: Blend together all of the baked oats ingredients.

The banana oatmeal has been poured into a large ramekin. Chocolate chips and pecans have been mixed in it has been topped with chocolate chunks, cinnamon and banana slices.

2: Pour the mixture into a large ramekin and add the fillings and toppings.

The vegan banana baked oatmeal has been cooked and is golden brown on top. The chocolate has melted nicely.

3: Bake the oatmeal then let it cool down.

Tips For Making Banana Baked Oats

Use A Ripe Banana

The Riper the banana that you use, the better the overall flavour of these baked oats will be. If you have any spotty brown ones laying around, definitely consider using it for this recipe.

Why You Will Love These Oats

The consistency is so creamy.
It is filled and topped with so many delicious goodies.
The flavour is wonderful.
This recipe is fully vegan and dairy-free.

An overhead picture of the toasty oats. They have has cinnamon and granulated sugar sprinkled over them giving them a slight glow.

Customisations & Substitutions

Switch up the toppings and fillings. You may want to substitute in an alternate nut to pecans such as walnuts or you might want to swap out the chocolate chips for raisins to make the oats healthier. As for the toppings you could swap the sliced bananas for another type of fruit.

How can I make these oats nut free?

You can make this vegan breakfast recipe nut free by omitting the pecans.

How should I serve my banana bread baked oats?

It tastes great on it's own but I sometimes like to add raisins and maple syrup to it which tastes amazing.

How To Store Banana Bread Oatmeal

Store the leftovers in the fridge for up to 3 days. Make sure it is covered.

A spoonful of chocolatey banana oats being shown close up to the camera.

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