Banana Blueberry Baked Oatmeal
This banana blueberry baked oatmeal with walnuts is a wonderful hands-off way to make a really delicious, hot, healthy oatmeal breakfast with enough to eat on all week! It portions easily and warms up nicely. This recipe is plant-based and vegan, so there's no egg or dairy. Instead, healthy flaxseed is used, along with fresh fruit, cinnamon, brown sugar, oat milk, and a whole bunch of healthy oats!
Ingredients
- 3½ cups oat milk or other milk of choice (dairy or non-dairy)
- ¼ cup granulated sugar (or 1½ to 2 tablespoons of maple syrup or agave nectar)
- 2 tablespoons ground flax seed
- 6 tablespoons water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2¼ cups old fashioned oats
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (use gluten-free if needed)
- ¼ teaspoon table salt
- 1 large ripe banana (mashed)
- 1 cup fresh blueberries or ½ cup dried
- ⅓ cup chopped toasted walnuts (may be omitted; almonds or pecans may be substituted)
- ¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º F. Grease an 8-inch square baking dish with nonstick spray.
- In a small bowl, mix the flax meal and water. Let sit until it becomes gelatinous about 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl, whisk together milk, sugar, vanilla, and the flax meal mixture.
- Stir in oats, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, walnuts, and mashed banana. Gently stir in the berries.
- Pour into the baking dish. Bake for 40 to 55 minutes or until the center jiggles only slightly. (Note that the outside will start to puff first, and then the inside will follow. At the point the inside is equally puffy, the center should then be just slightly jiggly, and that's when it's done.)
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle the brown sugar evenly over the top of the oatmeal, spreading with a spoon to cover the surface.
- Set oven to broil. Broil 4 inches from the heat until sugar bubbles and browns slightly, 1 to 2 minutes. (Watch carefully to prevent burning.)
- Remove the oats from the oven and let sit for about 10 minutes before serving. The oats will firm up as they sit. Serve warm with a drizzle of milk of choice, sweeten to taste with additional brown sugar or maple syrup sprinkled over the top.
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TIPS: Use gluten-free oats if needed. Oats are naturally gluten-free, but the processing may add gluten, so the package needs to state gluten-free.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
- This is an egg-free recipe using flax "eggs", but 2 eggs or ½ cup liquid egg whites can be substituted for the flax egg (2 tablespoons of ground flax seed meal and 6 tablespoons of water, mentioned in the ingredients above).
- Dairy or plant-based milk may be used. The creamier it is, the thicker the oats will be. I used creamy oat milk.
- Maple syrup or agave may be substituted for the granulated sugar.
- A mixture of fresh berries may be used. I have not tested frozen berries, they could technically be used but they will add to the moisture and increase baking time.
- Any favorite nut can be substituted, but I like walnuts, pecans, or almonds. You could also omit the nuts altogether.
Nutrition
Calories: 234kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 5gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 160mgPotassium: 229mgFiber: 4gSugar: 23gVitamin A: 211IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 189mgIron: 2mg
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