This Banana Berry Baked Oatmeal is naturally sweetened, healthy, and great for breakfast or brunch. Make this tasty banana oatmeal bake at the beginning of the week for an easy breakfast all week long. It’s just that good!
Baked Oatmeal Rocks!
I LOVE OATMEAL BAKES. I would scream it from a mountain top if we had mountains in Minnesota! There are many reasons that we love baked oatmeal on Team Fit Foodie. We have baked oatmeal in muffin form or in cake form- it doesn’t matter what it’s baked in. We just can’t get enough!
Baked Oatmeal is…
Nutrient Rich. Baked oatmeal can be an amazing option for breakfast, lunch, or a snack. The only thing you have to be careful about is to make sure to use whole and healthy ingredients. Make sure to use natural sweeteners like honey and maple syrup and include fresh fruit or vegetable puree to add extra vitamins and minerals to your baked oatmeal.
Meal Prep Rockstar. One thing we love to develop on FFF are healthy and easy recipes that are great for meal prep. We know that we all lead busy lives and we try to do what we can to help everyone make life a little easier. Baked oatmeal is the perfect meal prep recipe.
All you have to do is prep a delicious baked oatmeal recipe at the beginning of the week. Let it cool and cut it into pieces for the week. Make sure to store your baked oatmeal in an airtight container in the refrigerator. It’s that easy!
Everyone loves it. If you have had any of our baked oatmeal recipes (especially this Peanut Butter Banana Baked Oatmeal) you know that baked oatmeal is delicious! The best part of baked oatmeal is that you can make it your own. We generally used mashed banana as a sweetener and a base in our oatmeal, but feel free to use applesauce.
If you’re not a fan of berries, try mixing in a different fruit. No matter who you mix into your baked oatmeal, it will be delish!
Banana Berry Baked Oatmeal
This banana oatmeal bake with berries is a go-to recipe in our kitchen. Hopefully, at least one kind of berry is one sale at the grocery store and we usually have fresh bananas of frozen bananas in the freezer (check out how to freeze bananas here). Other than our favorite fruit mix-ins, we always have rolled oats and almond milk on hand. Breakfast doesn’t get much easier than that!
It is so fun to already have all the ingredients for a recipe you want to make in your pantry. We have a couple of tips and tricks that we use when we make this baked banana oatmeal as well as other baked oatmeal recipes. Check them out!
Tips + Tricks
It’s all about the oats. Nine times out of ten, our baked oatmeal recipes are made with rolled oats. We have found that quick cooking oats get a bit mushy and steel cut oats are a bit too crunchy. We’re not giving up on other oats, but for now, we love the chewy consistency classic rolled oats the most!
Add enough liquid. The last thing anyone needs is a dried out oatmeal bake. Every kitchen, bowl, and oven are different. Make sure that your baked oatmeal batter is the consistency of muffin batter. If it doesn’t pour easily into a pan, add a tablespoon of almond milk at a time until it is easily pourable.
Don’t overbake. No overbaking allowed! Make sure to pull the baked oatmeal out of the oven immediately. Baked oatmeal continues to bake in the pan after you take it out, so just be cautious.
Storage. Like I said earlier, baked oatmeal makes a great meal prep meal. The #1 tip I have for you is to let the baked oatmeal cool before storing it in a stasher bag, ziploc, or storage container. If you are going to eat it within 5 days, storing it in the refrigerator is perfect.
However, if you make a couple of batches of baked oatmeal, you can store it in the freezer (after letting it cool completely) for up to three months. Just be sure to wrap your baked oatmeal in plastic wrap and then place into an airtight storage container.
That’s all I have for you! Now, go whip up baked oatmeal for you and your people!
Baked Oatmeal Recipes

Banana Berry Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients
Wet
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup unsweetened, plain almond milk
- 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
Dry
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1 large ripe banana
- 1/2 cup white whole wheat flour any kind of flour will work
- 1 cup berries any kind (+ more for topping)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- First, preheat oven to 350ºF then spray an 8x8-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- Place 1 large ripe banana in a large bowl. Then, use a fork to mash it until pureed.
- Add the rest of the ingredients into the large bowl and mix until combined.
- Transfer batter into baking dish and bake at 350ºF for about 30 minutes or until the top begins to brown.
- Remove from oven and let cool.*
I used frozen peaches and used the air fryer! 350 for 15 minutes perfection!! Hard to stop eating.
I made a zero added sugar sugar version of this by substituting 1 tbsp each of almond butter and milk for the maple syrup. The texture turned out just fine. However, I might retry this with maybe another banana or a sweeter fruit.
It’s just one more way to eat oats! 🙂
Thanks for sharing your alterations!
Why no Salt!!??
If I wanted to bake these in muffin tins to make oatmeal cups, how long would recommend baking? Would everything else work the same?
Hiyah! I would likely decrease the bake time to more like 25 minutes. LMK what you think 🙂
I WANT to like oatmeal but I just don’t. Unless it’s in an oatmeal raisin cookie. So when I saw this, I thought maybe it was the thing for a wanna-be like me and it is! I still had to “doctor it up” by adding extra cinnamon, but it doctors well and I’ve made different variations, depending on what fruit I had in the house at the time. Once we made it with cherries and tossed in some sliced almonds and used almond extract instead of vanilla extract and it was delish! Currently I have a raisin version in the oven-can’t believe it took me this long to try that. We’ll see how it turns out. Thanks for helping me like oatmeal!
I wanted to ask what changes you would recommend if I wanted to add protein powder to the dish? My husband LOVES oatmeal like y’all do, but he always wants protein added in. He uses Whey protein. This dish looks like it would immediately become his #1 favorite if I could get that protein added in too.
You could sub 1/4 cup of protein powder for 1/4 cup of the flour! I haven’t personally tried it, but I bet that would work!
I made this Sunday night for breakfast the next morning, but at least half of it ended up being Sunday night’s dessert! So good!
Hi, thanks for the recipe, I am about to taste it now! You do not mention however how to use nut cream in your recipe, that would be interesting to know.
Ohh this looks like the most perfect weekend breaky!!! Another reason to be excited for the weekend hehe
Um hello yum-city! I love baking berries into things – pies, muffins, oatmeal. A.) they taste amazing B.) they look so darn pretty – the pinks and purples!
Have a fantastic trip and maybe bring back some warm weather if it fits in your bag?
Curious, in case I make this for a work potluck, do you know whether this would double well? Also, what size of dish did you use the first time. Thanks!
Looks tasty!
oat-sessed with oats. True story, I went through a year phase where it was my sole carb source (ie- eaten at least 3 times a day). I then developed an oat intolerance. Fail whale.
Oatmeal is the best! And baked oatmeal is the bomb! Love this recipe, love the photos – I’m making this tomorrow morning for breakfast 😀 Thanks for sharing
I love starting my mornings with baked oatmeal! This looks so good! Have fun on your trip!
This would be great to make ahead, or even for a brunch party!
Looks more like a delicious wedding cake! Just look at that texture and colorful fruity goodness 😛
DOODE. This would be the most LEGIT wedding cake EVER.
Baked oatmeal <3 Oatmeal in any form will never get old!
Have fun on your trip! (Jealous!!!)
Yummie. Good-good. That’s one of my specials. We are heading to Siesta Key on Sunday. Sure hope the weather holds out. Be safe, Love Grandma
HAVE FUN GRANDMA!!! Our flight leaves Sunday too 😀
I just don’t understand people who don’t like oatmeal – it’s the best, and this looks delicious 🙂 Have an awesome trip!
I KNOW. People who tell me that…well, we just can’t be friends!
do you know that i found your blog a long, long time ago because of oatmeal? i’m glad you’re still posting about it 🙂 this would be so great for a brunch, maybe an IRL blogger even? 🙂 and great tip on the 1:1 to ration for quick oats. xo!
SHUT UP!!! Because…that’s ALL I ever used to post about 😛 Your love affair with squash is like mine with oats. Maybe I’ll get a book deal 😛