Why You’ll Love This
This healthy breakfast is great for meal prep or feeding a crowd for breakfast or brunch. Serve with yogurt and extra maple syrup for garnish. This isn’t porridgy type oatmeal with blueberries it’s more like a thick warm oatmeal breakfast cookie (cake-style)!
Recipe Ingredients
Old-fashioned oats – Or rolled oats. Don’t substitute instant oats as they will be too soggy. Baking powder – Baking powder is a leavening agent and prevents the baked oatmeal from becoming too dense.Ground cinnamonGround nutmeg – Fresh ground is best, in our opinion!Kosher saltMaple syrup – I like to use maple syrup instead of brown sugar. It’s less sweet and adds a nice caramel flavor.Pecans – No need to toast the pecans first. Use a nut of your choice, like almonds or walnuts. Or simply omit the nuts.Eggs – Act as a binder.Milk – You can also substitute with your favorite non-dairy, but it won’t taste as rich.Pure vanilla extractUnsalted butterBlueberries – Fresh or frozen blueberries can be used in this recipe.
How to Make Blueberry Baked Oatmeal
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter or grease a 2-quart baking dish. Do yourself and your oven a favor and also line a sheet pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper to bake the casserole. I haven’t had it overflowing while baking, but you can never be too careful. In a large bowl, stir together the oats, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, 1/2 cup chopped pecans, and salt. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, maple syrup, melted butter, and vanilla together until combined. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until well combined. Spread 2 cups of the blueberries evenly over the bottom of the prepared baking pan. Pour the oatmeal mixture over the top and spread out evenly. Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup of blueberries and 1/4 cup of the pecans over the top. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes until the oats are set. Let cool at least 10 minutes before serving. This baked oatmeal can be served warm, of course, but also can be served at room temperature.
Toppings
Serve blueberry baked oats with extra maple syrup for drizzling over the top, vanilla yogurt, or whipped cream.
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Adapted from onceuponachef
