Banana Pear Baked Oatmeal Bites
Healthy Baked Oatmeal Bites with bananas, pears, walnuts, and dates. Easy, make-ahead breakfast, snack, or guilt-free treat! WW friendly.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups (120g) old-fashioned rolled oats or quick cooking
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ cup (28g) walnuts, chopped optional
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup (120g) unsweetened almond milk or other nut/coconut milk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon (7g) date syrup (silan) or maple syrup or honey
- 1 large Medjool date, pitted and minced optional
- 1 cup (240g) very ripe banana (about 2 medium), mashed
- 1 medium very ripe Bosc pear (about 220g), peeled, cored, and diced
- coconut or avocado cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C.
- In a large bowl, combine the oats, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and walnuts.
- In a separate bowl whisk the eggs, milk, vanilla, and date syrup until well combined. Whisk in the dates, breaking up any clumps. Mix in banana and pears.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix to combine.
- Scoop into a sprayed 12-cup muffin pan. Stir the batter periodically to keep the liquid incorporated. Even out the tops. Wipe the top of the pan with a paper towel.
- Bake for about 25 minutes until golden brown and completely set.
- Cool for 10 minutes and remove with an offset spatula.
- Enjoy warm or remove to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Store: refrigerate for 4 days or freeze for 3 months.
- Delish cold from the fridge or reheat in the microwave. :)