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cups
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- 3 cups Old-fashioned Oats
- 2 tablespoons Brown Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 cup Banana mashed ripe
- 2 tablespoons Olive Oil
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 2 cups Milk
- 2 tablespoons Mini Chocolate Chips
Ingredients
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 12 cup muffin tin with cooking spray or line with paper liners. (see notes below)
- In a large bowl combine oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and baking powder.
- In a separate bowl whisk together mashed bananas, oil,eggs and vanilla until well combined. Whisk in milk.
- Pour milk mixture over oat mixture and stir well to combine. The batter is going to be very liquidy and appear like it's not holding together. It's not supposed to; just stir until everything is well combined. It's going to look very soupy.
- Use an ice cream scoop or a ladle to fill the prepared muffin cups all the way to the top. Try to insure each cup is filled pretty evenly with oats and liquid. You don't want to end up with a cup that is mostly liquid without a good amount of oats.
- Sprinkle the tops with chocolate chips and bake for about 20-25 minutes or until set and just lightly brown on the edges. (Baking time may be slightly longer if you use paper liners)
- If you didn't use liners, allow the cups to cool completely for easiest removal then reheat to serve warm. Or, if you used the liners, allow to set for about 5-10 minutes, then remove from pan.
To store, allow to cool completely, then place in an airtight container and refrigerate overnight. In the morning, reheat in microwave. It took about 1 minute to heat up two cups in a 900 watt microwave oven.
This recipe is lightly sweetened to allow for adjusting to individual tastes at serving. If you like a sweeter oatmeal, increase sugar to 1/4 cup, remembering you can always add more later.
This recipe can also be baked in a 9" square pan that's been lightly greased or sprayed with cooking spray. Increase baking time to 30-35 minutes or until set. If using a convection oven, converted the temp down to 325 and they baked up in 25 minutes.
The oatmeal will get more direct heat without using liners. They are a nice option for easy removal and easy clean up, and you can definitely still use them. Just know that your baking time may have to increase for them to set up properly.