Bananas Foster Overnight Oats

I love Bananas Foster. Like a lot. It’s pretty much one of my all-time favorite desserts, which, for a sweets girl like myself, is saying something. So when I was trying to think of a new way to jazz up some overnight oats, Bananas Foster seemed like the logical choice.

I love oatmeal, but when it starts to get warmer out, I’m not always down for a steaming hot breakfast. This is when overnight oats have their moment in the sun. Overnight oats are just raw old-fashioned oats soaked in some sort of liquid overnight. The liquid can literally be absolutely anything that gets your flag up the pole – milk, nutmilk, yogurt, water, etc. For these oats, I used some of my homemade vanilla bean cashew milk as the liquid base, which cannot be beat by anything you could buy at the store. I highly recommend. You could also use some store-bought coconut milk mixed with a little vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract, but seriously, homemade is really the way to go if you want your taste buds to bow down in worship.

Bananas are what really take this over the top though: sweet roasted bananas puréed right into the smooth cashew-milk base, and a cinnamon-spiked heap of pan-caramelized banana slices as the crowning jewel. It’s Bananas Foster without the crazy-ass calorie-count. And it’s insanely tasty.

I make a fresh batch of cashew milk each week, so I always have some on-hand. So if I’m feelin’ like I might want a Bananas Foster-y breakfast, the night before I’ll go ahead and roast the bananas after I’ve finished making dinner (which is literally like a minute or two of prep time), then when they’re done, I just pop those bad boys into the blender with the cashew milk and blend it up niiiiiiiiiiiice and smooth. Then I mix it all up with some oats in a great, big jar or tupperware, and let it do its thang in the fridge overnight, let those oats get a little frisky with the cashew milk. Then in the morning, all I have to do is pan-fry the bananas (which takes less than 5 minutes). It’s easy, it’s quick, it’s awesome. And it gives you no excuse to skip breakfast.

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Bananas Foster Overnight Oats

Overnight oats that taste like dessert. Keep individual servings in jars for an easy, grab-n-go breakfast option for busy mornings. If you want to eat one serving at a time, I recommend cutting the topping recipe down to 1 banana, 1 Tbsp butter, 1/4 tsp cinnamon and 1 tsp honey, and just making fresh cinnamon bananas each time you have a helping.

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Courses

Breakfast

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

45 minutes

Servings

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Ingredients

• Oats:
• 2 cups vanilla bean cashew milk or coconut milk mixed with 1 tsp vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract and 1 Tbsp maple syrup
• 3 ripe bananas peeled
• 2 cups old-fashioned oats raw
• Topping:
• 4 bananas peeled
• 4 Tbsp butter or coconut oil to keep it vegan
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 Tbsp honey or maple syrup to keep it vegan

Courses Breakfast Prep Time 5 minutes Cook Time 45 minutes Servings servings MetricUS Imperial Ingredients Oats: 2 cups vanilla bean cashew milk or coconut milk mixed with 1 tsp vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract and 1 Tbsp maple syrup 3 ripe bananas peeled 2 cups old-fashioned oats raw Topping: 4 bananas peeled 4 Tbsp butter or coconut oil to keep it vegan 1 tsp cinnamon 1 Tbsp honey or maple syrup to keep it vegan

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Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Put the bananas on a sheet pan covered in parchment paper, and bake for 45 minutes. When they're fully roasted, remove from the oven and let cool for a few minutes.
3. In a blender, blend the cashew milk and roasted bananas until completely smooth, about 30 to 45 seconds.
4. In a bowl or container, thoroughly mix the oats and the cashew milk mixture, cover and refrigerate overnight.
5. When you're ready to serve, make the topping by melting the butter in a large frying pan, then add the sliced bananas into the pan in a single layer, and cook for a couple minutes. Add the cinnamon and honey and gently stir the bananas, cooking for another minute or two.
6. Divide the oats into four servings and top each with some cinnamon bananas.
7. Savor the Bananas Foster-y flavor.