Name: Baked oats
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 100g porridge oats; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tbsp runny honey plus extra to serve; 2 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; ½ tsp ground cinnamon (optional); 1 banana peeled and chopped; flavourless oil for the tin; a handful of chocolate chips, sliced bananas, berries or chopped nuts to serve (optional)

Baking tin filled with golden baked oats on a linen napkin next to a plate of cherries and chopped nuts and a bowl of yogurt

100g porridge oats
1 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp runny honey
plus extra to serve
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp ground cinnamon
(optional)
1 banana
peeled and chopped
flavourless oil
for the tin
a handful of chocolate chips, sliced bananas, berries or chopped nuts
to serve (optional)

Method

step 1
Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Put the oats into a food processor and whizz until they resemble flour. Add a pinch of salt, the baking powder, honey, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon and banana, and whizz again until the mixture is smooth.
step 2
Lightly oil a medium baking dish (about 15cm x 20cm) and pour in the batter. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until risen, golden brown and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
step 3
Serve the baked oats fruit, yogurt and an extra drizzle of honey for breakfast, or with ice cream, chopped nuts and a drizzle of melted chocolate for dessert.