Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal
Experience the comfort of Peanut Butter and Banana Oatmeal, a quick and tasty recipe that is sure to fill you up.
Looking for more single serving breakfast ideas? Try my Banana Bread French Toast for One or my Honey Latte Oatmeal.
Recipe Summary: Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal
- ✅ Recipe Name: Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal
- 🕒 Ready In: 6 minutes
- 👪 Serves: 1 (easy to scale)
- 🍽 Calories: 427 per serving
- 🥣 Main Ingredients: Banana, oats, milk, peanut butter
- 📖 Dietary Info: Healthy, kid-friendly, vegetarian, gluten-free
- ⭐ Why You'll Love It: This healthy breakfast is such a great way to use up one ripe banana! Packed with fiber and healthy fats to keep you satisfied until lunch.
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Late Friday nights mean lazy Saturday mornings. Lazy mornings with my favorite breakfast, of course. It is really no surprise that it is oatmeal. AGAIN. But this morning, I wanted to make my oatmeal inspired by my favorite sandwich combo: Peanut butter and bananas.
If you are an oatmeal hater, I am sorry. I can't stop with my addiction, and I just want to share my favorite combos with you. Maybe if I keep forcing them down your throat, you will eventually try one. And if I were you, I would start with my banana split oatmeal. Because it is all about the toppings, and I load it UP on that oatmeal!
BUT, if you are already on board the oatmeal train, how about adding another super simple combo to your rotation for an everyday kind of breakfast. The classic combo that reminds you of your childhood... or if you are me, my midnight snack almost every night. Peanut butter and bananas. How can you go wrong? Plus it makes for a healthy breakfast for busy mornings, with no refined sugar and a drizzle of peanut butter on top for added healthy fats.
Key Ingredients
- 1 ripe mashed banana: Make sure you use a brown banana to make the oatmeal extra sweet, and for easier mashing.
- Milk: Can replace it with a dairy free milk if you wanted it to be vegan.
- Old fashioned oats: The base of the recipe! You can replace it with quick oats, but the texture will be a little softer.
- Creamy peanut butter: You can also replace this with your favorite nut butter or cookie butter.
How To Make Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal
Step 1: In a small saucepan, combine the banana, oats and milk. Heat on medium heat until thickened, around 5 minutes.
Step 2: Remove from heat and mix in the peanut butter. Pour into a bowl and top with sliced bananas and additional toppings, if desired.
Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Expert Tips
Can I use quick cooking oats or steel cut oats instead of rolled oats? This recipe can work quick oats, but not so much for steep cut oats. Steel cut oats require significantly more cooking time and more liquid. If you are making it with quick cooking oats, reduce the cook time to ensure you don't over cook the oatmeal.
Make this into a vegan peanut butter banana oatmeal. Instead of using regular milk, try using a non-dairy alternative. Some of my favorite replacements are almond milk, oat milk or soy milk.
Switch up the peanut butter. Instead of using regular peanut butter, try natural peanut butter. Or, if you wanted another taste altogether, I would try cashew butter or sunflower seed butter.
Make this oatmeal extra decadent. Top the oatmeal with semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips.
Meal prep this recipe. This oatmeal is a great recipe to make ahead of time. Just allow the oatmeal to cool to room temperature, then place in an airtight container and transfer to the fridge. This oatmeal lasts around 3 days in the fridge.
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Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 medium banana mashed
- ½ cup rolled oats
- ½ cup milk of choice
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, mix together the banana, oats and milk. Heat on medium heat until thickened, around 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat then mix in the peanut butter until combined. Pour into a bowl and top with sliced bananas, peanut butter and peanuts, if desired.
Notes
- Use a ripe banana. The riper and more spotty the banana, the sweeter your oatmeal will be. This helps add natural sweetness to the oats.
- To store leftovers, allow the oatmeal to cool and place in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. Reheat the oatmeal in the microwave with an extra splash of milk to restore its creamy texture.
- Milk choice: Any milk works in this recipe! Use almond milk, oat milk or soy milk for a dairy free option, or dairy milk for the extra protein.
- Rolled oats vs quick oats: Rolled oats gives this recipe the best texture. If you are using quick oats, reduce the cooking time slightly as they cook much faster and can become soft very quickly.
I would not have thought of adding both of those to oatmeal. Ok, I lie. Maybe the peanut butter. But adding bananas to it sounds like a perfect compliment. I will have to try this out.
I hope you do. Thanks David!
Sounds delicious. Everything makes it a healthy breakfast too.
So true! Thanks!
This looks so yummy! I love all the ingredients.
Same here. Thanks!
I would have never thought of this. I don't like oatmeal cereal but made this way I might be willing to try it.Because I do like the other other ingredients.
And it is so easy too! 🙂
Never thought about putting peanut butter in oatmeal. But i love peanut butter and oatmeal. Trying it.
I hope you do! Let me know how it goes 🙂
i've been looking for ways to use up my peanut butter. this looks so tasty
OR you can take a spoon and eat that peanut butter from the jar 😉 But this is a great way to eat it too 🙂
Good way to spruce up oatmeal. I cant eat bananas maybe I can sub it for another fruit.
I am sure you could! Just add some type of sweetener, as bananas are really the best way to sweeten it!
Now this sounds like an interesting mix to make oatmeal with! I am loving the idea of using peanut butter and banana I bet it adds a delicious flavour.
It is one of my favourite combos 🙂 Thanks Sarah!
This sounds like a great recipe. I never had peanut butter oatmeal, but it sounds tasty.
It is so good! You should definitely try it sometime!
Great recipe. My girls are always looking for creative ways to have oatmeal in the mornings.
This would be perfect for them! Thanks Wanda!
This Peanut Butter and Banana Oatmeal recipe is very easy to do in the morning! It's now my perfect brunch item!
I have it so often 🙂 Thanks Emmanuel!
I never really thought of putting these two together. The recipe does look pretty good though. 🙂
Thanks! It is so good!
I haven't had oatmeal in ages. I'll have to make this for breakfast one day. I love peanut butter and banana.
I hope you do. It is an awesome combo 🙂
OMG THIS STICKY GOODNESS looks absolutely delicious! I am drooling for it over here!!
Thanks!! It is one of my favourites 🙂
What a creative way to have oatmeal. I've never heard about this before. I'm a peanut butter lover so I bet I would love these. Plus, it looks so simple to make, Awesome breakfast. Thank you for sharing!!
Thanks Thomas! It is one of my favourite ways to enjoy oatmeal!