Peanut Butter Oatmeal
Smooth peanut butter thinned with warm water and stirred into infant oat cereal. A safe, simple way to offer peanut early.
Ingredients
Makes 1 baby serving
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Method
- 1
Stir the peanut butter with the warm water until smooth and runny, with no clumps.
- 2
Mix the cereal with the milk or water until smooth.
- 3
Stir the thinned peanut butter into the cereal until fully blended.
- 4
For the very first taste, offer about ¼ tsp worth and wait about 10 minutes. If there is no reaction, offer the rest and watch your baby for 2 hours.
Serve it by age
6 months
Offer the smooth oatmeal on a spoon.
7–8 months
Stir thinned peanut butter into thicker quick-cooking oats.
9–12 months
Spread thinned peanut butter very thinly on soft toast fingers (contains wheat).
12 months+
Keep offering peanut 2–3 times a week: thinly spread on toast, or stirred into oats or yogurt (contains milk).
health_and_safetyAllergens
Contains peanut (top 9 allergen). Oats may contain wheat. Serving ideas: toast contains wheat, yogurt contains milk; the almond butter swap is a tree nut. Offer those only after each has been introduced on its own. For a first exposure, offer a small amount early in the day and watch for 2 hours. If your baby has severe eczema, an egg allergy or another known food allergy, talk to your pediatrician before the first taste.
sync_altSwaps
- swap_horizUse peanut powder (peanut flour) stirred into the cereal.
- swap_horizOnce peanut is in the diet, introduce almond butter (a tree nut) on another day, with the same small-first-taste steps.
kitchenStorage
Best fresh.
Safety reminders
- No added salt, sugar or honey before 12 months.
- At 6 months, blend until completely smooth with no lumps or skins; move on to thicker, lumpier textures over the next few weeks.
- Stay with your baby and keep them seated upright while eating.
- Never offer whole peanuts, or peanut butter by the spoonful or in thick clumps.
- This recipe is general guidance for healthy, full-term babies and children. Ask your pediatrician first if your child was born early, has a medical condition, allergies or feeding difficulties (medical disclaimer).
