Healthy Oatmeal Bake – this is the perfect recipe for when you are serving a crowd OR for some weekend meal-prep! It reheats perfectly and is always a hit! This is a recipe you are going to want to save!
Healthy Oatmeal Bake
This is one of my family’s favorite breakfasts! Kid and husband-approved!
How to Prep this Oatmeal Bake Ahead of Time
If you want to prep this the night before this is what you can do:
- Combine your dry ingredients and place in bowl and cover.
- Chop your apples and peaches and store in separate bowls.
- Set out your pan and another bowl for your wet ingredients ahead of time.
Then, in the morning you can throw everything together quickly and pop it in the oven! I wish I could tell you that you could combine it all together the night before, but you would end up with a pan of overnight oats in the morning 🙂
Substitutions
One of the things I love about this recipe is that you could easily substitute other fruit for either the blueberry, apple or peaches! Feel free to use raspberries, blackberries or pears!
How to Make this Healthy Oatmeal Bake Dairy-Free
Feel free to substitute vegan butter for the butter/ghee! Works perfectly and leaves this recipe dairy-free!
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Healthy Oatmeal Bake
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 45 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 mins
- Yield: 8–10 servings 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
This Healthy Oatmeal Bake is perfect for large gatherings or for your weekly meal prep! It re-heats perfectly in the oven!
Ingredients
- 4 cups oats
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar
- 2 1/4 Teaspoon baking powder
- 1 Teaspoon salt
- 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup melted butter (or ghee or vegan butter)
- 1 large apple, cut into bite-sized chunks
- 2 cups blueberries (frozen is fine)
- 1 can of peaches, cut into bite-sized chunks (you can use fresh peaches, but the canned peaches just seem to hold up better through the mixing/baking process)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- In large mixing bowl, combine oats, brown sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon and stir to combine.
- In smaller mixing bowl and add eggs (whisk) and then almond milk and vanilla; stir to combine.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the large bowl with the dry ingredients and mix together.
- Add apple, blueberries and peaches and gently stir to combine.
- Pour melted butter (or ghee or vegan butter) on top and mix again.
- Pour mixture into deep 7×11 pan (spray with olive oil) – feel free to place extra peaches, blueberries or apples on top for garnish as well as extra cinnamon;
- Bake for 45 -50 minutes;
- Let cool slightly.
- Serve with unsweetened almond milk, if desired.
Notes
- Coconut Sugar – if you want it extra sweet add up to 1 cup of coconut sugar. You can substitute coconut sugar for brown sugar, if desired.
- Butter: to make recipe dairy-free use a vegan butter instead of butter or ghee.
- Storage: store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5-6 days.
- Reheating: it reheats really well in the microwave!
- Serving: I like to serve it with a little extra cinnamon on top and some almond milk!
Keywords: healthy oatmeal bake, healthy baked oatmeal, baked oatmeal, oatmeal bake
Post updated March 15, 2020.
Carla Grimm says
This was a big hit in our house. I didn’t have peaches so i just used different berries and it was delicious! And It made the house smell divine when it was baking 🙂
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Suzanne says
Would like to try this recipe for brunch tomorrow. Can I use egg whites instead? And how many?
Erin says
Hi Suzanne – I have only ever made this with whole eggs! Let me know if you try it with egg whites though!
Andrea says
This is the perfect make ahead dish for company or just for weekly meal prep. Delicious and a crowd-pleaser! Thanks Erin!
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Angela says
Our family loved this breakfast bake! We love that it is refined sugar free and can easily be prepped ahead of used for meal prep. If you like oatmeal that is slightly sweet and packed with fruit this recipe is for you.
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Erin says
so happy to hear that, Angela! This is a family favorite in our house 🙂 Thanks for taking the time to leave your feedback – I really appreciate it!
Dayna says
Hello! I want to make this tomorrow morning. If I’m using frozen blueberries, should they we fully defrosted and at room temperature before adding them to the mixture? Also, can this be made ahead of time, refrigerated overnight, and then baked in the morning? Thank you! Can’t wait to make this!
Erin says
Hi Dayna! You do not need to defrost frozen blueberries – just toss them right in 🙂 I wouldn’t recommend combining ALL the ingredients and then baking in the morning as the oats will soak up the liquid and you would kind of have an overnight-oats situation … I don’t know how it would turn out after allowing the oats time to soak up so much. I usually just prep everything the night before (combine all your dry ingredients and cut up fruit, etc.) and then throw together quickly in the morning. You could just bake it the night before though – it does reheat really well. Hope that helps!
Dayna says
That’s what I figured. Just wanted to check. Thanks so much!!
Erin says
Of course!
Suzanne says
I would like to try this recipe. Can I use egg whites instead? And how many ?
Olivia says
Such a yummy breakfast! Quick and easy meal prep! It’s also great because I almost always have these ingredients on hand!
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Erin says
So happy to hear that, Olivia!! It is one of my favorites! Thanks for taking the time to leave your feedback – I really appreciate it 🙂
Lauren says
So Delicious and easy to make! Great to make for breakfast all week!
★★★★★
Erin says
Thanks, Lauren! So glad you enjoyed it – thanks for taking the time to leave your feedback, I really appreciate it!
Arelis says
Hi Erin
I just made this oatmeal bake and it was delicious ❤️
It was good for my soul lol
I definitely poured some maple syrup on mine, hearty and heavenly 😇
Anyway thank you for your delicious recipes
Take care,
Arelis
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Erin says
Hi Arelis! I am so glad you enjoyed it!! It’s a family favorite over here 🙂 thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback – I greatly appreciate it!!
Jaclynn B says
Is this quick oats or rolled oats? Can’t wait to make this with my kids today!
Erin says
Rolled oats! Thanks for the great question, Jaclynn! Enjoy!
Christine Geffner says
Hi Erin! I made this yesterday and it is so delicious! Had an enormous bag of frozen blueberries and everything else already around. I will certainly be making this again. Seems like a perfect one to customize, based on what fruit you have.
Thanks so much for all that you do. I’m definitely finding comfort in cooking these days.
Up later-your Buffalo Chicken Meatballs.
Erin says
Hi Christine!! Thank you so much for your feedback – I greatly appreciate it!! Ooooh those Buffalo Chicken Meatballs sound amazing right now!! Hope you are doing well in these strange times!
Crystal says
I eat oatmeal every morning, and this recipe looks like a great option to mix things up and also for grab and go. Do you think I could omit the sugar altogether?
Erin says
Hi Crystal! Yes, you can definitely omit the sugar altogether if you want! It will still turn out (just not as sweet, of course!). Let me know if you have any other questions!