Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal with Pecan Halves

Serves 9 in about 50 minutes. An oven recipe built around eggs and old fashioned oats.

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons melted butter, or melted coconut oil
• 4 ripe bananas, divided
• 2 eggs
• ⅓ cup brown sugar, or real maple syrup
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
• 1 ½ cups milk (or almond milk)
• 2 ½ cups old fashioned oats (not quick)
• ½ cup chopped pecans, (or walnuts)
• ¼ cup pecan halves (or walnuts)

Method

1. Turn on oven to 375° F. Then grease or spray a 8"x8" baking dish. keep it nearby.
2. Warm the pan and melt the butter and keep it nearby.
3. In a small bowl, mash 3 ½ of the bananas using a fork. Reserve the remaining ½ banana (don't mash it). keep it nearby.
4. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the eggs. Stir in the mashed banana.
5. Mix in the brown sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla.
6. Mix in the melted butter.
7. Mix in the milk.
8. Mix in the oats and chopped pecans.
9. Tip in mixture into the baking dish.
10. Slice the remaining half banana and arrange the slices on top.
11. Arrange the pecan halves on top as desired.
12. Cook for 25 to 35 minutes, or until center is set and not too wet.
13. Leave it to cool in pan until warm, then cut into portions and serve in a bowl. Some garnish options are milk, cream, maple syrup.

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