Baked oats

Baked oats with banana, berries, hazelnuts and cinnamon: a moist oven-baked breakfast with oat milk, natural sweetness and a nutty bite.

At a glance

• Serves 2
• Prep time: 10 min
• Cooking time: 35 min
• Total time: 45 min
• Calories: 320 kcal per serving
• Protein: 12 g
• Fat: 10 g
• Carbs: 45 g

Ingredients

• 2 bananas
• 2 handfuls of berries
• 150 g jumbo rolled oats
• 400 ml unsweetened oat milk
• 1 handful of hazelnuts
• 2 tbsp maple syrup or honey
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking powder
• A little olive oil or coconut oil

Method

You’ll need: oven · baking dish · chopping board · knife · mixing bowl

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (160 °C fan) and lightly grease a baking dish with olive oil or coconut oil.
2. Mash the bananas in a bowl with a fork. Add the rolled oats, baking powder, cinnamon, maple syrup or honey and oat milk and stir everything well.
3. Gently fold in the berries and roughly chopped hazelnuts so the berries stay as whole as possible.
4. Pour the mixture into the dish and smooth the top. Bake in the oven at 180 °C for 30–35 min, until the top is firm and looks lightly golden brown.
5. Leave to cool briefly so the baked oats set better.
6. Cut into pieces and serve warm, ideally with a few extra berries or some hazelnuts on top.

Good to know

A breakfast like this makes it easy to get something warm on the table in the morning. Moist and soft with a golden top, it feels more like a bake than classic porridge.

Swaps

Oat milk → whole milk or unsweetened almond milk (more protein with whole milk, less starch with almond milk) Maple syrup/honey → date purée (fruity sweetness, less free sugar per serving) Hazelnuts → walnuts or almonds (more omega-3 with walnuts, more vitamin E with almonds) Olive oil/coconut oil → butter or ghee (more heat-stable, full flavour, no seed oils)

Allergens

Contains tree nuts (hazelnuts) and gluten (oats, oat milk – unless labelled gluten-free). Usually well suited to children as long as nuts are given in an age-appropriate form, and during pregnancy the ingredients are common – just keep the cinnamon moderate.

Frequently asked questions

What kind of fibre is in the rolled oats?

Rolled oats mainly contain beta-glucans, which are soluble fibres. They also provide insoluble fibre, which adds to the total in the recipe.

What do berries provide besides sweetness and acidity?

Depending on the type, berries contain vitamin C, anthocyanins and other polyphenols. The exact content varies a lot with variety, ripeness and processing.

What do hazelnuts contain?

Hazelnuts mainly provide monounsaturated fats, vitamin E, copper and manganese. They also add some protein and fibre.

Is honey or maple syrup the better fit?

It varies from person to person. Honey contains fructose, among other things, and isn't suitable for children under 12 months; maple syrup mainly provides sugar and, in small amounts, some manganese.

Is the cinnamon in this recipe unproblematic?

In normal kitchen amounts, cinnamon usually agrees with people. If you use larger amounts very regularly, it's worth knowing that cassia cinnamon can contain more coumarin; Ceylon cinnamon is the milder choice here.

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