The perfect baby led weaning snack, these blueberry and banana oat bakes are tasty, filling and nutritious. It’s a good way to encourage your little one to eat fruit and they’re great for on the go. We found that when following baby led weaning, meals are relatively easy but baby led weaning snacks are a little more likely to be things that we buy… and they’re so expensive! That’s why we love this simple baby led weaning recipe for oat bakes; all the solidity of a biscuit and the softness of a cake, at a fraction of the cost of store bought snacks
Due to the egg content, we found this to be an easier initial way to get protein into our egg refusing child’s diet. Blueberries are a great antioxidant and bananas and oats are ideal to set them up for the day with plenty of energy. There’s no added sugars either thanks to the sweetness of the banana.
These oat bakes store well in an airtight container, we recommend keeping them in a cool place.
Blueberry & Banana Oat Bakes (Baby Led Weaning)
You will need:
- 150g oats
- 1 egg
- 1 large banana
- A handful of blueberries
- 1tsp of cinnamon
Recipe:
- Pre-heat the oven to 180°C / Gas mark 4-5 and grease a baking tray
- Combine the oats, egg, cinnamon and banana in a bowl
- Chop the blueberries in half and add. Stir until completely mixed in
- Using a tablespoon, scoop out a spoonful of the mixture and place in your palm. Roll lightly between your hands to make it into a ball approximately 2-3cm wide
- Place the ball on the baking tray and lightly flatten until it’s approximately 1cm thick. Repeat with the rest of the mixture
- Place in the oven until starting to brown and firm(ish) to touch. For us this is around 8-9 minutes. The mixture will firm further on cooling so it doesn’t need to be completely hard at this stage
- Allow to cool and store in an airtight container until eaten!
Why not check out our carrot cake oaty slices for another BLW snack? Or, for more baby led weaning recipes, you can find our favourites here!
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Oh, wow! I’ll be definitely saving this recipe for later use 🙂 those look super delicious 🙂
Thank you!
Oooh these look scrummy! Looks like even a crap cook like me could make them with ease!
If I can make them, anyone can!! All my cooking is designed for people, like me, that struggle to cook!!
These look amazing. I am gonna make them for myself as I am doing slimming world so these would be perfect
Oooh I hadn’t thought of that. I think if I was making them for me, I’d be tempted to add a bit of sweetness to them; some raisins and a bit of sweetener perhaps. That’s just because I’ve got a major sweet tooth though. If you’re on slimming world, try the sweet potato rostis that are on here… delish!
Bless him! I need to up my baking game pretty quick once we start baby led weaning I think!! So excited! Will be following closely! x
Don’t worry, we lived off of cucumber and pepper sticks for the first six weeks!!
These look great! My nearly 3 year old still refuses meat of any sort, and has done since day 1 so I have to be a bit more inventive about getting protein into her.x
Snap – I don’t know how he knows!! A friend suggested we mix meat in with yoghurt since he likes yoghurt… yuck!!!
If they are good enough for your bubba they are good enough for us x
These sound yummy!!!
Can you freeze? Or how long would you store in the fridge? X
They should freeze fine – they might be a bit squishy when defrosted, I haven’t tried personally but there’s nothing in there that wouldn’t work frozen. I only kept mine for a couple of days in an airtight container, they got eaten that quickly!
Are they soft once they are cooled from the oven? We’re working with very few teeth 🙂
They are! They’re baked so they’re slightly harder around the outside but generally quite soft without being mushy in their hands. My son had very few teeth when we started them and he did really well!
These are fab and so easy! Can’t wait for my little one to try one… I already have- yummy!!
Is there an alternative without eggs? What can I substitute it with? My LO is allergic to it. 🙁
Hi Kat, I’ve not tried them without egg but mashed banana can be used as an egg substitute in baking so I would suggest trialling them but upping the quantity of banana slightly. The egg is really in there to help bind them together. Another alternative is pureed apples which you can switch for the eggs, this would alter the flavour slightly but I think they’d be quite tasty with that!
What kind of oats do you use for this recipe? Or steel cut oats work?
Hi Connie, we tend to use porridge oats, which are rolled oats. Steel cut oats should work but it might make them a bit more dense. Hope that helps