This healthy, delicious and beautiful breakfast is easy to make to feed a crowd at your house! Make this in an 8X8 casserole dish for dishing up family style. I prefer the pretty individual serving effect of 4oz ramekins. If using ramekins, divide into 6 for large servings, divide into 8 for more modest helpings.
Preheat oven to 375. Regardless of the baking dish you’ve chosen, use coconut oil to grease the bottoms and sides.
Ingredients: In a large bowl, mix together:
2 cups rolled oats
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
pinch salt
1/4 cup coarsely chopped toasted pecans
Distribute into baking dish(es).
Layer blueberries and bananas over the top of the oats, spreading evenly. I suggest using the season’s best and creatively using whatever you like best: strawberries and rhubarb in spring, blueberries and nectarines, blackberries, raspberries and chocolate, everything goes with bananas, pomegranate arils, cranberries and orange, even citrus like red grapefruit in the winter. This is a pic of how I distribute fruit for serving at the inn. For my own bowl I go very deep with berries, almost 1/2 and 1/2, because I love warm fruit so much. Feel free to layer as you like it, the recipe is very flexible.
In a small bowl, whisk together until well combined:
1 egg (can omit if vegan)
1/3 cup pure maple syrup
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups coconut milk
Slowly distribute over oats and fruit. Bake for 30-35 minutes until top is golden brown. Allow to cool slightly before serving.
The original recipe from which I adapted this claimed that this held up well, covered, in the fridge for up to 3 days. This has not been my experience or maybe I’m just too picky. It’s certainly edible the 2nd day (no waste!) but not so much the 3rd day, getting consistently drier and not nearly as luscious as the day made. So my advice? As a rule accept no substitutes: make and eat. If you have leftovers, microwave it the next day for a snack.
This recipe can be fully Vegan by omitting the single egg in the ingredients; I have done so and have experienced no significant change in the outcome.