Sweet, buttery, and deliciously filling, this peach breakfast bake is a healthy breakfast recipe that tastes like homemade peach crumble!
Someday, I am going to be a very good grandma.
By the time I’m old, I will have had lots of practice. I often sit down for dinner at 5, constantly nag people to eat more vegetables, and living in Florida sounds like a dream!
But every now and then, I like to stay out late. Unfortunately, my body doesn’t care if I’m up at 2am; it’ll still be wide-eyed and ready to go by 6 the next morning! For example, on Friday night I went out dancing and had two friends spend the night afterward. I woke up at 5:30 yesterday morning, while they proceeded to sleep until noon.
That’s okay; I actually enjoy my time alone in the mornings. It’s peaceful when no one else is awake. Yesterday, when I got back from running and found my friends still asleep, I figured I’d surprise them with breakfast. Little did I know I’d be eating lunch by the time they got up…
What to make?
First, I thought about baking a Chocolate Banana Bread.
But my friends aren’t the biggest banana fans. So I decided to try something new on them. A few months ago, I’d pulled a recipe for apple crisp out of People magazine. It caught my eye due to its simplicity. I very loosely used this apple-crisp recipe as a guide for yesterday’s breakfast: peach breakfast bake. My friends loved it… when they finally woke up!
Peach Breakfast Bake
Ingredients
- 5 cups sliced peaches
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp cornstarch or arrowroot
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 1/2 cups crushed cereal of choice (I used shredded wheat)
- 1/2 cup sweetener of choice, or 1/4 tsp uncut stevia
- 4 tbsp melted butter, coconut oil, or applesauce or banana for low fat
- 1/2 tsp salt (decrease to 1/4 tsp if using salted butter spread)
- optional yogurt or nondairy creamer for serving
InstructionsÂ
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. If desired, peel the peaches. Mix them with the lemon, arrowroot, cinnamon, half of the salt, and half of the sweetener. Let sit for ten minutes. Meanwhile, stir the crushed cereal, remaining sweetener and salt, and melted butter or oil in a separate bowl until well-blended. Spread the peach mixture in an 8-inch baking pan. Top with the cereal mixture. Bake for 45 minutes. To serve, I like to mix each portion with yogurt or nondairy creamer.View Nutrition Facts
Notes
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That looks delish!
I’ve been in granny-mode all of my life, LOL. I love eating at diners, love being up early when no one else is, I know when it’s going to rain, I like the Weather Channel, I love black and white TV shows and movies, and I often wish I lived in the 1950s, lol.
We keep a weird schedule, so sometimes we’re up by 2:00am, other times we sleep until 4:00pm. Life of self-employed, work-at-home nerds. 🙂
Ok, this gets one major nomnom!
This was delicious! Thanks, Katie :). It was the perfect dessert for a hot summer’s night.
Oh I am SO a grandma! I’m in bed every night by nine, even on the weekends!
Katie the first two images are probably the prettiest pics I have seen you post in a long time, maybe ever…they are just absolutely sooooo stunning! They are delicate, lovely, the composition is right on, they are just….brilliant. Perfect. Major job well done on your part!
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And the recipe looks great… I LOVE cobblers and crumbles of all kinds. Seriously…THE BEST!
I do take inspiration from magazine recipes, yes, for sure. And from blogs, cookbooks, and whatever I can conjure up in my head, too.
Awww! Thank you so so much, Averie. Your photos are lookin’ awesome these days too… I keep seeing you on foodgawker. And I always smile when I do!
My friends are the same way! Whenever they stay over, I’m always up wayyyy before them..and being that my house is so small, I have to try to keep my blogging or what not really quite while they’re snoozing in the living room.
Haha you need my friends… they wouldn’t wake up to a tornado alarm!
You will have some lucky grandkids! AWESOME!
Yes, you are going to be a fantastic grandma. Fantastic aunt, mother, great-grandmother for that matter!!!
And yes, peaches are amazing in season. Can’t wait to try this.
That is one of the most beautiful photos you have taken to date – I just want to lick my screen. Almost. I hope we can pick a lot of peaches at the orchard this year! I do occasionally cook recipes from magazines but, like you, find that I alter them quite a bit. I like Cooking Light, but the frequently have too many ingredients in a recipe that would taste just as good with 6 ingredients instead of 16. As far as sleep goes, I used to sleep till noon. Then I had a baby. Five years later and my body has decided that sleeping in is no longer an option!
Oh my gosh, thank you! Your comment made me smile so much :).
Well done! This works! 🙂 I will add my own chocolate to it. 🙂
I’m mostly a grandma at heart too, but I can easily stay up until 3am hanging out or going out with friends. I basically can survive off not much sleep apparently. But I savor the quiet morning hours so much!
Millions of peaches, peaches for me! 🙂
Oh no! Now I’m going to have that song stuck in my head! But that’s ok, because I like the song. It’s on my ipod… I think it’s so funny!
This looks so delicious! I’m in love with peaches and I’m so excited they’re ifnally starting to be in season again!
I am an early bird!
Oh I’m so very much a peach fan, and a displaced southerner. Going to make this this week for the boys and I. None of your recipes have ever disappointed, no doubt this one will be great as well!
Ooh I hope you like it! 🙂
This looks amazing! I cannot wait to make this!
Definitely an early bird!! I’m up and at the gym by 5. This breakfast bake looks incredible. Oh, and I have to force myself to WAIT til 5 for dinner!