This recipe is part of our Good Square Meal campaign in collaboration with FareShare, the UK’s biggest food waste charity, to fund the distribution of up to 250,000 meals to children who need them most.

As part of the campaign, we’ve collaborated with baby weaning expert Shikha Gill, founder of My Little Food Critic, to create recipes based on Britain’s favourite regional delicacies.

These delicious no added sugar baby weaning oat bars topped with a meringue inspired topping are sure to go down a treat. Perfect for breakfast or pudding. Inspired by the desert Eton mess which originates from Berkshire. 

Baked oats eton mess weaning recipe

Servings: 8-10 bars 

Prep: 10 mins 

Cook time: 30 mins 

Ingredients:

For the oat bars:

• 2 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 cup / 240ml milk of choice
• 5 tbsp peanut butter
• 1 large egg
• 2 tbsp olive oil 
• 1 tsp vanilla extract 
• 2 cups / 180g rolled oats
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon

For the topping: 

• 3 tbsp double cream
• Berries of choice 

Steps: 

1. Preheat oven to 170C / 350 F. Grease or line an 8x8-inch baking dish 
2. In a large bowl, combine the banana, milk, peanut butter, egg, olive oil and vanilla. Add in the oats, baking powder and cinnamon, stir until just combined
3. Pour the oat batter into the baking dish and bake for 30 minutes or until just browned. Allow to cool
4. Drizzle with the cream and scatter over the chopped berries
5. For babies, mash the berries down before serving

HAVE YOU HEARD: Nuby is partnering with Fareshare UK to help fund meals for children in need, per every pack of participating Good Square Meal tableware sold. Please see the Good Square Meal page on our website for full Terms and Conditions.