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Banana Cottage Cheese Parfait with Peanut Oat Crunch

Creamy vanilla cottage cheese layered with sweet banana slices and a toasty, cinnamon-scented oat and peanut crunch.

Banana Cottage Cheese Parfait with Peanut Oat Crunch

Ingredients

  • 2⅔ cups600 gCottage cheese, 2%
  • 3 medium360 gBananasliced into rounds
  • 1¼ cups100 gOld-fashioned rolled oats
  • ¼ cup40 gDry-roasted peanuts, unsaltedroughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp32 gPeanut butter, no salt added
  • 2 tbsp40 gMaple syrup
  • 1¾ tsp8 gCanola oil
  • ¾ tsp2 gGround cinnamon
  • 1¼ tsp5 gVanilla extract
  • ⅛ tsp0.5 gSalt

Steps

  1. Make the crunch first: warm the canola oil in a large skillet over medium heat, add the oats and toast, stirring often, for 5 to 6 minutes until golden and fragrant.
  2. Add the chopped dry-roasted peanuts, cinnamon and salt to the skillet and toast 1 minute more.
  3. Turn off the heat, add the peanut butter and half of the maple syrup, and stir until the oats are coated and clumpy. Spread the crunch on a plate and let it cool and crisp for about 10 minutes.
  4. While the crunch cools, blend or whisk the cottage cheese with the vanilla and the remaining half of the maple syrup until fairly smooth.
  5. Slice the banana just before assembling so it stays bright.
  6. Build 4 glasses: spoon in half of the cottage cheese mixture, then half of the banana, then half of the crunch, divided evenly among the glasses.
  7. Repeat with the remaining cottage cheese mixture, the remaining banana and the remaining crunch on top. Serve right away so the crunch stays crisp.

Check labels: Gluten-free when you buy old-fashioned rolled oats labeled gluten-free.

Contains: Milk, Peanuts. Some brands contain gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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