As I was flipping through Let Them Eat Vegan the other day (yup, still obsessed), I came across an interesting way to prepare steel cut oats. Dreena’s “Instant Steel Cut Oats” caught my eye because it claimed I could enjoy a hot bowl of steel cut oats in just minutes.
I love steel cut oats, but I don’t make them often unless I prepare my Make-ahead Steel Cut Oatmeal for several breakfasts worth. It takes a bit of planning in the evening (and planning is so not my forte), but the upside is that the recipe will last for at least a few breakfasts. That is, if I can keep myself from spooning it into my mouth all day and night. Outlook not promising.
With this method, you simply blend the steel cut oats into a flour. Yes, you will lose the chewiness of steel cut oats that us fans tend to love, but by grinding them you slash the cooking time by over 80%! I wouldn’t say this method is for all the time (unless of course you prefer a porridge like consistency), but it’s great in a pinch when you want the nutrition of steel cut oats, but don’t have the time.
Here’s how you make them:
1. Grind the steel cut oats and chia seeds in a high-speed blender.
2. Once the oats and chia seeds are ground into a flour, add them into a pot.
3. Add some almond milk (or milk of your choice).
4. Now stir in some mashed and chopped ripe bananas, vanilla, spices, and sweetener for this batch. My goal was to make an ultra gooey banana bread flavour.
5. Heat this mixture for only about 4-5 minutes! You now have virtually instant steel cut oatmeal with all the nutrition that we love, but in a fraction of the time.
Served with walnuts, raisins, maple syrup, and a touch of shaved chocolate…you are left with a crazy gooey oatmeal that reminds me so much of banana bread batter! It’s to die for. This batch makes a few servings and I should also tell you that it tastes absolutely wonderful straight from the fridge, cold, in a vegan overnight oats sort of way. Serving it chilled is perfect for all these warm mornings we are having lately.
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Gooey Banana Bread Batter Instant Steel Cut Oatmeal
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3 servings
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Just like eating a big bowl of gooey banana bread batter, only better for you! If you like gooey, porridge-like breakfasts, you will go crazy for this one.
Inspired by Let Them Eat Vegan.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup steel cut oats, ground into a flour
- 2 tbsp chia seeds
- 2 ripe medium bananas (1 mashed and 1 chopped small)
- 2 1/2 - 3 cups almond milk, as needed
- 2 tbsp pure maple syrup, divided
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- pinch of salt & dash nutmeg
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp chopped walnuts, toasted if preferred, for garnish
- 2 tbsp raisins, for garnish
- Shaved dark chocolate, to garnish
Directions
- In a high-speed blender, grind the steel cut oats and chia seeds into a flour. Remove and place into a medium-sized pot.
- Stir in 2.5 cups of the milk and increase the heat to low-medium. Now stir in the mashed banana, the chopped banana, and 1 tbsp of maple syrup. Heat for 4-5 minutes, adding more milk if desired and reducing temperature if necessary.
- Remove from heat and stir in the cinnamon (to taste), a pinch of salt, vanilla, and dash of nutmeg (optional).
- Portion into bowls and top with chopped walnuts, raisins, and 1 tsp of pure maple syrup per bowl.
I encourage you to enjoy it cold, especially during warmer mornings, as I think I liked it even better served cold!
Looking for more oatmeal recipes?
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And if it’s too warm where you are to enjoy a hot bowl of oats, you can try one of my 12 Vegan Overnight Oats parfait recipes which are great on warmer mornings.
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Well, we’re on the cusp of the Victoria Day long weekend here in Canada. Yippee. I don’t know about you guys, but our weather forecast is calling for sunshine all weekend and highs of 26C! Absolutely crazy and unexpected for this time of the year. We’re heading up to the in-laws to spend the entire weekend playing outdoors. I’ll be Instagraming a bit and I might even do a quick blog recap if I get a chance. Cheers to the weekend!
This look amazing… I am going to make it this weekend for sure. I LOVE your website.
I am not sure what “steel-cut” oats are. I have Bob Red Mill’s whole oats and instant oats. Which do you think would work better?
You could probably use regular rolled oats in this recipe if need be.
Ahh this looks awesome, trying this tomorrow for a snack, I love steel cut oats in the morning with veggies(weird I know) but its takes forever! haha thanks for the recipe, I also been having cravings for banana bread- perfect timing !
This is how my sis and I like to make them…ground into a flour.. much quicker and easier for the kiddos to eat! This recipe looks delish!
Victoria Day and Warm Weather RARELY combine! Yay!!
ps- recipe looks great!
Anything with the words Banana Bread Batter in the recipe title, I am so on board!
Sounds and looks delicious, Angela!
I’m a tad obsessed with bananas lately – you read my mind with these oats!
Oh yes!…I have half a container of steel cut oats that have been screaming to be used. I am making this tomorrow morning!
I love that this is quick, but I don’t know that I could do the porridge mixture all the time! I love the chewiness of steel cut oats occasionally but will always be a fan of rolled oats in the end, I suppose. That being said, there’s nothing quite like a slow-cooked bowl ‘o steel cut on a lazy weekend morning :)
Thanks for the idea! Grinding the oats give it such a nice texture…and oats and banana are pretty much the most perfect combo!
Could you make the same recipe with regular rolled oats (without grinding them)?
I cant see why not!
Since I can’t ever make baked goods without eating the batter, might as well make batter inspired breakfasts! YUM!
This looks delish!! Must try this method, I don’t like that it takes so long in the morning to make oats normally, but I do prefer hot oats to overnight oats most of the time. This is a great time saver! Carrot cake flavoured oats would be good too ;)
I make steel cut oats in my pressure cooker in about 10 minutes. This sounds good though for a change.
I’ve also been cheating and using ground steel-cut oats in my overnight oats for a little while, now that it’s warmer and I don’t really feel like a hot bowl of anything in the morning. When I worked in an office, I used to make up a dry mix of the ground oats and cinnamon/spices and then would pour boiling water from the coffee maker over a container with other goodies (chia, molasses, dried fruit, etc.). It’s a great shortcut!
Omg! That looks absolutely delicious! Will definitely be trying that soon!
I love this! I had bananas in my oatmeal this morning, pureed into the milk before I cooked it, and it was fabuloso. I love that you made steel cut oats super fast to cook!
I’m heading over to a gulf island off the coast of BC to share a cabin with 8 friends this weekend, as it is one of their birthdays. Should be good times, I love long weekends, especially when they’re in summer!
Oh my gosh, YES. I was just thinking yesterday that I need a delicious way to mix bananas and oatmeal. This is absolutely perfect. Also, as an Instagram addict, I’m so looking forward to seeing your photos.
Oh man! When I read the title of this post my mouth instantly watered. Mmmm that looks delicious. I haven’t tried steel cut oats since they do take some time to prepare. I will have to try this recipe! Yippie for bananas too! :)
Hi! This sounds great, but can I use a regular blender? I don’t have a vitamix!
This looks like dessert to me! I have go to try this!