A warm and cozy chunky monkey baked oatmeal with bananas, chocolate chips and walnuts.
Baked oatmeal makes a great breakfast. Not only is it hearty and filling it’s perfect for company or if you just whip up a batch to have for breakfast for several days. In this chunky monkey oatmeal, you can use large or mini chocolate chips, dark or semi-sweet chips, if you don’t like walnuts you can sub in pecans or make it nut-free if necessary.
Ingredients
Oats – Use rolled oats you can substitute gluten-free rolled oats if necessary.
Brown Sugar – You can use light or dark brown sugar.
Salt – Regular table salt
Baking Powder
Cinnamon
Eggs
Milk– You can use your favorite dairy or non-dairy milk here.
Oil
Vanilla Extract
Banana – Use one large banana
Chocolate chips – you can use regular or mini semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips.
Unsweetened coconut flakes – Use the larger flakes instead of the small shredded coconut.
Chopped Walnuts – You can substitute pecans instead or leave the nuts out altogether.
How To Make Baked Oatmeal
- To make the baked oatmeal grease an 8 x 8 square baking pan and set it aside.
- In a large bowl combine the oats, brown sugar, salt, baking powder and cinnamon.
- In another bowl or measuring cup combine the eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla extract stir then add to the dry mixture.
- Cut the banana into slices and set a few slices aside for the topping. Then cut the rest of the banana slices in halves then halves again so they are tiny pieces.
- Add the banana, chocolate chips, unsweetened coconut flakes, and chopped walnuts to the mix. Stir until combined then pour into the prepared baking pan.
- Top with a some of the sliced banana, a few chocolate chips, a few walnuts and some coconut flakes.
- Sprinkle with brown sugar.
- Bake at 400F for 30-45 min until the center is baked through.
- Serve with maple syrup and some plain or vanilla yogurt for extra flavor and protein boost.
Some Topping Suggestions
While you can just bake this oatmeal and eat as is, here are some topping suggestions that will enhance the flavors:
A bit of coconut or vanilla yogurt, dairy or dairy-free should work
Maple syrup
Fresh banana slices
Some chopped pecans
A few chocolate chips
Chunky Monkey Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 2 cups Rolled Oats not the quick cooking kind
- 6 tbsp Brown Sugar 4 tbsp for the oatmeal, 2 tbs reserved for the topping
- 1/2 tsp Sea Salt
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 2 cups Milk/Non-Dairy Milk
- 2 large Eggs
- 3 tbsp Vegetable or Canola Oil
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 cup Unsweetened Coconut Flakes
- 1 large Banana Slice a few for the topping, then cut the rest into quarters.
- 1/2 cup Chopped Walnuts set aside 1 TBSP of this for topping
- 1/2 cup Mini Chocolate Chips set aside 1 TBSP of this for topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F. Grease an 8×8 baking pan and set aside.
- In a large bowl combine the oats, brown sugar, sea salt, baking powder, and cinnamon. Stir and set aside.
- In a medium size bow combine the milk, eggs, oil, vanilla extract. Mix and add to the oat mixture stir to combine.
- Add the coconut flakes, chocolate chips (minus the 1 tbsp you set aside), chopped walnuts (minus the 1 tbsp you set aside) and the quartered bananas. Stir to combine then pour into the prepared 8×8 baking pan.
Topping
- Scatter the sliced banana over the top of the oatmeal. Then sprinkle the 1 tbsp of reserved chocolate chips and 1 tbsp of reserved walnuts.
- Then sprinkle with the 2 Tbsp of brown sugar.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until the middle looks set. If the nuts start to get to dark you can cover with aluminum foil to prevent them from burning.
