Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
funky monkey baked oatmeal
funky monkey baked oatmeal brings together bananas, eggs, and vanilla extract. Start with the oven-preheating step in the recipe. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 45 min
- Total
- 55 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 11 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Main course
- Cooking method
- Baked & roasted
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: 31–60 minutes
- Dietary characteristics
- Vegetarian
A few quick notes
1. Get the oven ready first
Start with the oven-preheating step in the recipe. Then use the preparation steps that follow to get the food ready for the hot oven.
2. Set out the first ingredients
Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. It is easier to give the pan your attention when you are not still looking for the next item.
3. Have the whisking step ready
Set out the ingredients for the whisking step together. Follow that part of the preparation before moving to the next cooking or mixing stage.
Get to know the ingredients
Bananas
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Mash the bananas with a fork until they are about half liquidy and half chunky.
Eggs
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Add the peanut butter, eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, baking powder, and salt to the bowl.
Vanilla extract
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Add the peanut butter, eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, baking powder, and salt to the bowl.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
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Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: Pour the oat mixture into the casserole dish and bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven. Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A little more help as you go
Use the microwave sequence in the recipe
Read the microwave stages and checks before you start. Follow the settings and texture checks given for this recipe, including any note about differences between microwaves or container sizes.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Set out the oven. Read the first preparation step before you get going: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Which little step is worth remembering?
Start with the oven-preheating step in the recipe. Then use the preparation steps that follow to get the food ready for the hot oven.
What happens at the end?
Keep this part of the method in view: Pour the oat mixture into the casserole dish and bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven.
Is there another preparation step to plan for?
Read the microwave stages and checks before you start. Follow the settings and texture checks given for this recipe, including any note about differences between microwaves or container sizes.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: Budget Bytes. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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