Banana Blueberry Baked Oatmeal
A variant of Baked Oatmeal — An ingredient branch from the authored reference, with its selected additions included in the quantities and method.
Contains dairy, egg · usually contains gluten · only in an optional ingredient: tree nut
Restrictions
Containsdairy · eggIt is in an ingredient you cannot leave out.
Usually containsgluten (oats rolled)The usual version has it. One without it exists — it is the one named here.
Only if you add ittree nut (walnuts)Leave that ingredient out and the dish does not have it.
Diets
VegetarianPescatarianNo porkNo alcohol · check
Worked out from the ingredient list. It knows nothing about brands, shared equipment or cross contamination, and it is not a certification — if you have an allergy, you still have to read the label.
Ingredients
Servings:
| 2 cup | oats (old-fashioned rolled) |
| 1 tsp | baking powder |
| 1 tsp | cinnamon (ground) |
| ½ tsp | salt |
| 1 ½ cup | milk |
| 1 unit | egg |
| ⅓ cup | maple syrup |
| 3 tbsp | butter (melted, plus more for the dish) |
| 1 tsp | vanilla extract |
| 1 ½ cup | blueberries (fresh or frozen) |
| 1 unit | banana (sliced) |
Optional
Not counted above. The dish works without them.
| ½ cup | walnuts (chopped) |
Steps
- mix3 mindry and wet separatelyoats + baking powder + cinnamon + salt in one bowl; milk + egg + maple + melted butter + vanilla whisked in another — the melted butter goes into room-temperature milk, not cold, or it re-solidifies into flecks that bake as greasy spots
- mix2 minberries folded lastwet into dry, then two-thirds of the berries folded in gently — frozen berries go in still frozen; thawed ones bleed and dye the whole pan violet
- rest10 minin the buttered dish, remaining berries on topArrange the listed banana slices across the bottom of the buttered dish before pouring in the oat mixture. Scatter the remaining berries on top and let the mixture soak for 10 minutes while the oven heats.
- bake35 min375°F, until set at the center and golden at the edgesuntil the middle no longer jiggles as a liquid and the top has browned — the egg and milk are a light custard binding the oats, and it wants the same respect as any custard: done when barely set, not when bone dry
- rest5 minbefore cutting into squares — it slices clean once the custard finishes setting, and it reheats all week, which is the real reason this dish exists