Baked Banana Bread Oatmeal

8 servings

Another day, another baked oatmeal.  This tastes like banana bread!  Great recipe for using over-ripe bananas.  

1  1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2TBL flaxseed meal

1/ 8 cup maple syrup

1  1/2 cups vanilla soy milk or almond milk

1/2 cup water

2 Large ripe bananas - mashed with fork

2 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats

1/2 cup raisins

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat an 8 by 8 baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.

2. In a large bowl, combine  cinnamon, baking powder, and salt and flaxseed meal.  Add milk, water and bananas and combine. 

3. Stir in raisins and oats

4. Cover dish with foil and bake for 30 minutes, uncover and bake an  additional  15 minutes or until oatmeal is golden brown and set. Remove fromoven and serve warm.  Also good to snack on cold or gently warm in the microwave.  Refrigerate the leftovers.

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Bananas have been getting a bad rap lately.  This is a good article explaining why they really are good for you.  

http://healthimpactnews.com/2013/why-bananas-are-good-for-weight-loss-and-immunity/