These Easy Baked Oats are a simple, but delicious healthy one bowl breakfast that the whole family will love. We have added banana and blueberries to ours, but you can adapt it to add any of your favourite ingredients. You can make it ahead of time, and no stirring is needed - you just pour it all in a dish and pop it in the oven. A warming and comforting breakfast.
When we want something easy, healthy and comforting, we turn to baked oats. It's as simple as stirring everything together in a bowl and then putting it in the oven. If you haven't had baked porridge before, then you are seriously missing out. It is about to become your new favourite breakfast, and will keep you full all morning.
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Why should you try it?
- Easy to make
- Soft and chewy - a nice alternative to regular porridge
- A simple way to get kids involved in the kitchen
- Can be made ahead of time
- Easy to adapt and use your favourite ingredients
What you will need
- Oats
- Banana
- Maple syrup
- Baking powder
- Ground ginger and cinnamon
- Vanilla extract
- Milk
- Blueberries
Step by step
One: Put the oats in a bowl with the mashed bananas, baking powder, ginger and cinnamon and mix.
Two: Add the vanilla and maple syrup and mix well.
Three: Add the milk and stir.
Four: Stir in the blueberries.
Five: Pour in to a greased oven proof dish.
Six: Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C/400°F/Gas 7 for 25 minutes.
Seven: Serve with yogurt, seeds, berries and a drizzle of maple syrup (all optional).
What are baked oats?
Well, it's exactly what it sounds like - oats that are baked. Think of comforting porridge (oatmeal), but baked in the oven with other tasty ingredients, rather than cooked on the hob. Whereas porridge cooked on the hob has a creamy, runnier consistency, baked oats is soft, but chewy, and can be cut in to square.
It's a warm breakfast casserole make up of oats, milk, banana, maple syrup, blueberries and then some warming spices for extra flavour (although these are optional).
The great thing about baked oats is that you can adapt this recipe to use your favourite sweet breakfast ingredients. You never have to make these the same way.
What else can be added?
This is where you can get creative and add any of your favourite ingredients. Here are some of our favourites that we have tried:
- Chopped apples
- Chocolate chips
- Pecans
- Walnuts
- Raisins
- Dried cranberries
- Chopped pear
- Raspberries
- Strawberries
- Chia seeds
FAQs
Yes, this is such a great recipe for making ahead of time and then reheating, meaning that it's a really quick and easy breakfast for a busy morning.
Once it is cooked and fully cooled, portion it out and wrap individually and then keep in the fridge. When you want to reheat it, you can put it in the microwave for 30 seconds to a minute.
You can also freeze baked oats for up to 3 months. Just make sure that it has fully defrosted before reheating.
You must bake it if you are going to make it ahead of time. You can't mix everything together and then leave it, as the oats will soak up all the milk.
Extra tips
- Keep and eye on the oats when cooking, to make sure they don't overcook and become too dry. They should still be nice and moist.
- If you want to make this recipe vegan, then use your favourite milk alternative.
- If you don't have maple syrup, you can use honey or another liquid sweetener. You could leave it out all together if you don't like sweet breakfasts, as the banana and blueberry do add some sweetness.
- You can use frozen blueberries instead of fresh if you like.
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Recipe card
Easy Baked Oats
Ingredients
- 180 g rolled oats
- 2 bananas mashed
- 4 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 0.5 tsp ginger
- 0.5 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 500 ml milk
- 200 g Blueberries
Instructions
- Put the oats in a bowl with the mashed bananas, baking powder, ginger and cinnamon and mix.
- Add the vanilla and maple syrup and mix well.
- Add the milk and stir.
- Stir in the blueberries.
- Pour in to a greased oven proof dish.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 200C/400F/Gas 7 for 25 minutes.
- Serve with yoghurt, seeds, berries and a drizzle of maple syrup.
Notes
- Keep and eye on the oats when cooking, to make sure they don't overcook and become too dry. They should still be nice and moist.
- If you want to make this recipe vegan, then use your favourite milk alternative.
- If you don't have maple syrup, you can use honey or another liquid sweetener. You could leave it out all together if you don't like sweet breakfasts, as the banana and blueberry do add some sweetness.
- You can use frozen blueberries instead of fresh if you like.
Sarah
Best baked oats recipe I've tried!! Tastes amazing and was really easy to make, thank you
Dannii
yay - that's great to hear. So glad you enjoyed it.
Erica Schwarz
So easy and SO delicious! Loved this recipe.
Cathleen @ A Taste of Madness
Oats are my go-to breakfast, but for some reason I haven't made baked oats in SO long. Thanks for the reminder! This sounds amazing!
Beth
We are always looking for easy but healthy for you type breakfast! So delicious and perfect with the blueberries!
Sapana
Such a delicious way to kick off the day and so easy to make!
Andrea Metlika
What a fabulous recipe for breakfast. I could eat this every morning.
Beth
My new favorite way to make oatmeal! I love the bit of caramelization that the top gets! Perfect!
Paula Montenegro
I love anything oats in the morning, so this is exactly the type of recipe I'm always looking for! Love the combo of fruits and how easy it comes together.
Cate
This looks amazing!! I'm not always a fan of stove top/ microwave oats but baked are always a hit, can't wait to try your recipe!!