Peanut Butter Banana Baked Oatmeal
Updated Jun 11, 2026
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This peanut butter banana baked oatmeal is a healthy breakfast recipe for meal prep and busy mornings. Made in under 30 minutes with 10 simple ingredients like oats, bananas, peanut butter, and maple syrup, this peanut butter baked oatmeal is naturally sweetened and packed with protein and fiber.
This peanut butter banana baked oatmeal has been a go-to breakfast recipe for me for many years! It’s easy to make in 30 minutes with a handful of ingredients you probably always keep on hand in your pantry and fridge. It’s packed full of fiber, protein, and healthy fats to keep you full all day long.
I love keeping slices of this banana peanut butter baked oatmeal in the fridge or freezer for a quick and easy breakfast on busy mornings. If you love oatmeal, also learn how to make oatmeal with lots of flavor combinations or make stovetop peanut butter oatmeal.
Why You’ll Love This Peanut Butter Banana Baked Oatmeal
- Perfect for meal prep breakfasts
- Kids absolutely love it
- Made with healthy ingredients
- Naturally sweetened with banana and maple syrup
- Freezer-friendly
- Gluten-free
- Keeps you full for hours
I’ve been making this recipe for years and it is still a favourite with my kids (and me!)
– lisa
Peanut Butter Banana Baked Oatmeal: Substitutions
This recipe is easily customizable to be gluten or dairy free and it’s naturally sweetened. It can be made peanut-free by subbing your favorite nut or seed butter!
- Quick Cooking Oats: The texture is the best with quick cooking oats. If you only have old-fashioned (or rolled) oats, pulse them 2-3 times in a blender or food processor until they are the same texture as quick-cooking oats and then use them in this recipe.
- Creamy Peanut Butter: Any nut or seed butter works well in this recipe – examples include sunflower seed butter or almond butter. You can also use crunchy peanut butter .
- Maple Syrup: honey is a great substitute.
- Egg: A chia or flax egg (1 Tablespoons ground chia seeds or flaxseed mixed with 2 ½ Tablespoons hot water) can be used in place of a regular egg.
- Milk: I use whole milk, you can use almond milk, coconut milk, 2% milk, even half and half works well.
How to Make Peanut Butter Banana Baked Oatmeal
This recipe is easy to make, as always well walk through the process to ensure your success! Don’t forget to watch the video.
Begin by greasing a 9×9″ baking dish, then set it aside. You can spray it with cooking spray or grease it with butter.
Then, mash the bananas and stir the peanut butter into the bananas.
Next, add the wet ingredients – maple syrup, egg, and vanilla, and stir to combine.
Then, stir in the milk.
Next, add the dry ingredients and stir until everything is well combined.
Recipe Variations
If you want to try new flavor combinations – test these out!
- Chocolate chip peanut butter baked oatmeal: Stir in ½ cup chocolate chips before baking.
- Fruity Banana Baked Oatmeal: Fold 1 cup fresh blueberries, chopped strawberries (think PB&J vibes, etc.) into the batter.
- Protein Baked Oatmeal. Add one scoop vanilla protein powder or collagen protein powder and add an extra 2 Tablespoons milk if needed.
- Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Cups Bake the mixture in a muffin pan for 15 to 20 minutes.
Then, pour the batter into the prepared baking dish and bake for 25 minutes, or until the top is set and lightly browned around the edges.
Let the peanut butter baked oatmeal cool slightly before serving.
How to Make Peanut Butter Baked Oatmeal In Advance
I love this baked oatmeal recipe because it’s easy to whip up a batch once and enjoy it all week long. I often double it and bake in a 9×13″ pan for 27 minutes, and then freeze it in individual portions.
Make the entire recipe according to the instructions. Cool to room temperature, cover with foil and store in the refrigerator. In the morning place the covered baked oatmeal in the oven on warm and warm it for 10-15 minutes before serving.
Cut & Serve
Serve the peanut butter banana baked oatmeal slightly warm with a drizzle of peanut butter and/or pure maple syrup on top!
More Healthy Peanut Butter & Oatmeal Breakfast Recipes
- Stovetop peanut butter oatmeal
- Overnight oats – 6 ways
- Breakfast cookies made with peanut butter and bananas
- Peanut butter overnight oats
- Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie
- Baked Oatmeal Cups
Store
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up 5 to 7 days.
Freeze
Freeze in individual slices or portions in an airtight container for up to 2 months. Reheat in the microwave or in a covered baking dish in the oven set to warm.
Peanut Butter Banana Baked Oatmeal Recipe FAQs
This peanut butter baked oatmeal is an amazing way to start any day! One serving has 5 g protein, 3 g fiber and is very low in sugar! Plus it keeps you full until lunchtime, so you won’t have to worry about a mid-morning slump!
Store this peanut butter banana baked oatmeal recipe in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
Yes, you can freeze this peanut butter baked oatmeal. Here’s how:
Let the oatmeal cool to room temperature.
Cut into individual squares.
Freeze in an airtight container for up to 2 months.
Yes, you can use old-fashioned oatmeal but the texture will be chewier instead of light and fluffy. You can also pulse old-fashioned oatmeal in the blender 1-2 times to make quick cooking oatmeal.
Easily, use almond milk or coconut milk in place of whole milk.
Yes. Almond butter, cashew butter, sunflower seed butter, or other nut and seed butters work well.
Yes, double the ingredients and bake the mixture in a 9×13″ pan for 27 minutes.
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Peanut Butter Banana Baked Oatmeal
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Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups quick cooking oats
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 overripe bananas mashed
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 large egg lightly beaten
- ¾ cup whole milk
Topping
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (177 degrees Celsius). Grease a 9×9” square baking pan and set aside.
- Mash the bananas in a large bowl.
- Then add the peanut butter, vanilla extract, maple syrup, milk and egg and stir until the mixture is homogenous (uniform throughout).
- Add the quick cooking oats, baking powder, sea salt and cinnamon to the wet ingredients and stir until evenly distributed throughout the batter.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish.
- Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (177 degrees Celsius) for 25 minutes. Or until the top slightly springs back when touched and the edges are just barely brown.
- If desired, drizzle the top with peanut butter.
- Let cool slightly. Then, cut into 9 or 16 squares and serve.
- Store in refrigerator, reheat in microwave or enjoy cold.
Notes
- Quick Cooking Oats: The texture is the best with quick cooking oats. If you only have old-fashioned (or rolled) oats, pulse them 2-3 times in a blender or food processor until they are the same texture as quick-cooking oats and then use them in this recipe.
- Creamy Peanut Butter: Any nut or seed butter works well in this recipe – examples include sunflower seed butter or almond butter. You can also use crunchy peanut butter .
- Maple Syrup: honey is a great substitute.
- Egg: A chia or flax egg (1 Tablespoons ground chia seeds or flaxseed mixed with 2 ½ Tablespoons hot water) can be used in place of a regular egg.
- Milk: I use whole milk, you can use almond milk, coconut milk, 2% milk, even half and half works well.
- Let the oatmeal cool to room temperature.
- Cut into individual squares.
- Store in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 2 months.
- Make the entire recipe according to the instructions.
- Cool to room temperature, cover with foil and store in the refrigerator.
- In the morning place the covered baked oatmeal in the oven on warm and warm it for 10-15 minutes before serving.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Excellent. healthy breakfast or snack. Will definitely make it again!
I’m so glad you love it, Elizabeth!
So yummy! Very easy and comes together quickly. A great day to use ripe bananas. 💗
Can I use stevia in place of the maple syrup?
Our family enjoys this recipe! We always melted peanut butter to drizzle on top after it is baked. I thought the recipe had the amount to melt and drizzle on top but it only has the amount to put into the recipe with the bananas. Did it get deleted somehow?
Hey Kimberly! I’ve been going through and updating every post on my site (huge process)! I updated this one and did accidentally delete that part. It’s 1/4 cup peanut butter for the topping, I added it back in!
Wow, delicious! I used an 8×8 pan (cause it’s the first one I grabbed!) and had to cook a little longer but was so tasty right out of the oven. Also I used almond milk (cause that’s what I had). Highly recommend making this. Perfect way to start the week. Thank you!
I’ve made this a dozen times and it is always delicious. Flax eggs or just egg works great in replacement of the egg. Also I usually forget the baking powder and it’s still yummy. Such a forgiving recipe and a great breakfast staple! Thank you!
I used cashew milk and vegan peanut butter, added walnuts and baking cocoa, came out really good, I cut into portions and froze, would make again.
This was so much better than I expected! I made this in my stand mixer with the whisk attachment, which easily mashed the bananas. My bananas were not even overripe and this was still nicely sweet. I topped this with peanut butter greek yogurt and it was an amazing breakfast. Looking forward to enjoying the rest!
This is one of our favorite cool weather recipes! In fact, it’s become tradition for us to have this on the morning of Thanksgiving!! Easy, flavorful, makes the kitchen smell amazing, & the leftovers are just as good as the first morning you have it… thanks for sharing such a fantastic breakfast recipe!
Can I use applesauce instead of chia seed for eggs? My son is allergic to eggs and don’t have chia seed on hand.