Banana Bread Oatmeal

Prep Time:30 minutes Cook Time: 45 minutes Servings: 4 minutes

This banana bread oatmeal recipe has cinnamon, nutmeg, bananas, and pecans — delicious additions to your morning oatmeal — and has everything you love about banana bread.

Ingredients:
  • 3 cups fat-free milk
  • 3 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
  • ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 2 cups quaker® oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
  • 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
  • 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped toasted pecans
  • 1 teaspoon plain or vanilla non-fat yogurt
  • 1 small banana slices
  • 1 tablespoon pecan halves
Directions:
  1. Bring milk, sugar, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg to a gentle boil in a medium saucepan (watch carefully); stir in oats. Return to boil; reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until most of liquid is absorbed, about 1 minute for quick oats and 5 minutes for old-fashioned oats.
  2. Remove oatmeal from heat. Stir in mashed bananas and pecans.
  3. Spoon oatmeal into 6 cereal bowls.
  4. Top with yogurt, sliced bananas, and pecan halves, if desired.