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Plum Oat Soft Squares for Babies (8 months+)

Cooked plum and mashed banana keep these oat-and-yoghurt squares moist. They should be baked into soft, tender strips rather than firm biscuits, and yoghurt supplies a milk allergen.

8 months+Snack33 minEasy
Plum Oat Soft Squares
  • Age Range8 months+
  • Prep 8 min · Cook 25 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • Allergen InformationContains: Dairy

Ingredients

  • 1 ripe plum, washed, peeled if skin is tough, pitted and chopped
  • 3 tbsp plain quick oats
  • 2 tbsp safe water
  • 1 tbsp plain unsweetened pasteurised full-fat yoghurt (milk)
  • 1 tbsp fully mashed ripe banana

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F) and line a small shallow baking dish with parchment. Wash, pit and peel the plum if skin is tough.

  2. Stew plum gently with a splash of safe water until fully soft, then mash or blend to remove firm pieces.

  3. Mix cooked plum, mashed banana, plain quick oats and enough water to hydrate the oats completely; fold in pasteurised yoghurt.

  4. Spread into a thin even layer; bake until fully cooked through and set but still moist. Ovens and layer thickness vary, so the estimated time is not a sufficient doneness test.

  5. Cool completely and pinch-test a cut strip: it should squash and break apart easily, with no hard crust or sticky dense centre. Offer only as an age-appropriate finger food, upright and supervised.

Serving by Age

Offer fully cooked, easily squashed, thin moist strips to a developmentally ready baby within the listed 8m+ age gate. Avoid crisp crust, gummy centre or whole plum pieces; supervise upright feeding.

8 months+

Outside the recipe's 8m+ age gate; the generic younger-age field does not authorize earlier serving.

9 months+

Thin, very soft moist plum-and-oat strips that squash and break apart easily, not firm bars or dense sticky squares.

Allergen Information

Contains cow's milk from plain pasteurised yoghurt. Oats do not inherently contain wheat, but packaged oats may have wheat, barley or rye cross-contact; check labels and the individual allergy plan.

Storage

Cool clean untouched cooked portions promptly, refrigerate covered within 1–2 hours and use within 24 hours for a conservative infant-food limit, or freeze promptly where suitable. Reheat only once until steaming hot throughout, stir and cool before serving. Discard food left in baby's bowl.

Frequently Asked Questions

How should I store Plum Oat Soft Squares?

Cool clean untouched cooked portions promptly, refrigerate covered within 1–2 hours and use within 24 hours for a conservative infant-food limit, or freeze promptly where suitable. Reheat only once until steaming hot throughout, stir and cool before serving. Discard food left in baby's bowl.

Which allergens does Plum Oat Soft Squares contain?

It contains Dairy. Check the labels of the products you use, and follow any allergy advice your baby has been given.

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