I’m on a roll, people!
Monday: Baked Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal
Tuesday: Baked Apple Pie Oatmeal
Today: Baked Banana Bread Oatmeal…with a bruleed top!
Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup each of old fashioned oats, skim milk & water
- 1 banana (1/2 mashed, 1/2 sliced & reserved)
- splash of vanilla
- dash of cinnamon
- sprinkle of raisins & chopped walnuts
- sprinkle of cinnamon sugar (optional)
Directions:
1. Pre-heat oven to 375. Combine ingredients from oats to walnuts, and pour into an oven safe dish.
2. Arrange reserved banana slices on top and bake for 25 minutes.
3. Remove dish from oven and sprinkle top with cinnamon sugar. Place under broiler until golden brown. Serve immediately or store in the fridge overnight and microwave for 1.5 minutes in the morning.
Confession: I tasted this last night! It smelled so good and tasted even better! I have no regrets. 
This baked oatmeal channeled banana bread in the most incredible way. The sweet banana, pop of the raisins and the crunch of the walnuts were unmistakable.
The cinnamon-sugar melted under the broiler and created a shiny, chewy, crunchy bruleed top that was unbelievable. Baked oatmeal experimentation is getting gooooood.
What will she come up with next? I’ve come this far, so I feel like I should finish up the week with two more baked oatmeal recipes. I’ve got one more idea up my sleeve and two more days to brainstorm the other one. Baked oatmeal thinking cap firmly in place starting…now.
Sooo, is it deja Vu? Nope, it’s leftovers for lunch!
My Lemon Tuna Noodle Casserole was really filling last night, so I saved my salad to bring today.
I can’t tell you enough how tasty this tuna noodle casserole is. I’m not a canned tuna kind of gal either – this is really the only way I can eat it! And I’m happy to do so
Looking back – all of my breakfasts so far this week have channeled some of my favorite desserts! What can I say, I know what I like. 
Have a happy Hump Day everyone!
Does it feel like Thursday to you?
~~~~~
Tell me about your favorite dessert!
Mine’s warm, gooey, creamy, crunchy and cinnamony…it’s Caramel Apple Crisp! Which Granite City happened to perfectly re-create on Friday night. YuuUUUUuum!
Related posts:
I posted about my favorite dessert in my video
you girl know how to prepare the most amazing dessert style of breakfast!
I want to try all three of them! Do you like chocolate? what about something with chocolate for the next one? 
fav dessert = anything with chocolate!
This is beyond amazing girl!!! It looks SO GOOD
Keep the brekkie creativity coming, you are inspiring us all!
Wow, what an amazing breakfast!
I’m not sure I have a favorite desert… I like them all
Have a great day!
baked oatmeal IS life-changing. its so great to have a bowl of oatmeal but with a twist! i love that you tasted it last night – that is EXACTLY what i would do too
have a good day girl!
Omg, those OATS!!! Those oats!
I am loving your baked oatmeal breakfasts!
woah that breakfast looks AMAZING! i can see why you tasted it last night! hehe
OMG. You are amazing in the kitchen. I swear! This looks fantastic!
You need to quit your day job and become a professional chef. For realz. Your food pics NEVER fail to make me drool!
It actually does feel like Thursday. This has been a long week!
My favorite dessert is anything involving chocolate, chocolate chips, or ice cream.
I love that oatmeal combo. WHen I was sick a few weeks ago it was the only thing I really at for about 2 days. SO yummy and tastes so bad.
Have you tried using pears in oatmeal? I did so the other day and it was so good.
That oatmeal looks sooooo good!
My favorite dessert is warm chocolate chip cookies with ice cream. There really is nothing better!
Yum! I’m gonna have to try some of these baked oatmeals!! I think my favorite dessert is brownies!!
That sounds and looks DELICIOUS. I’ll have to try that asap.
I love fruit pie and I love brownies full of walnuts, not sure I can pick a fave from those!
Peaches in the baked oatmeal would be num! (Peach pie being one of the aforementioned favorites of mine!)
That oatmeal looks delicious!!! I had “Oatmeal Brulee” recently at a restaurant with cinnamon and raisins…it was the best thing I ever had. haha. It tasted like warm rice pudding! I definitely want to try recreating it. I love the addition of the bananas. I bet it would taste even better and custardy with an egg in there too!
That oatmeal looks delicious!!! I had “Oatmeal Brulee” recently at a restaurant with cinnamon and raisins…it was the best thing I ever had. haha. It tasted like warm rice pudding! I definitely want to try recreating it. I love the addition of the bananas. I bet it would taste even better and custardy with an egg in there too!
[...] Oh and check back on Friday night for my next update…I will be attempting to make Iowa Girl’s Baked and Bruleed Oatmeal!! [...]
hey kristin! I am going to make this tomorrow night for breakfast on friday morning… did you use brown sugar or regular sugar? I was thinking brown may carmelize better…what do you think?
[...] courtesy of Kristin- Iowa Girl! [...]
Helloooo, ive never come across a blog before but my obsession with food has lead me to yours and im a fan! question… if i substitute the skimmed milk for vanilla soy milk (lactose intolerant and in a military base in japan which for some reason has vanilla soy but no regular soy milk – v. strange commissary) will the baked oatmeal still work do u think? thanks much