Blueberry-Coconut Baked Oatmeal
Like most healthy living bloggers, I have a love affair with oats. Hot oatmeal, cold overnight oats, breakfast cookies with oats…I love it all.
But what kind of oat-enthusiast would I be without a little attention to baked oatmeal?
I usually stick with Kath’s Baked Banana Oatmeal, but when I came across this recipe for Blueberry-Coconut Baked Oatmeal I knew I needed to switch it up!
I was actually debating between making this and some kind of banana-apple baked oatmeal, but Dave promptly requested this one. (He ♥’s coconut.) He made a fine selection, I must say!
To make Blueberry-Coconut Baked Oatmeal, I first layered banana slices and frozen blueberries on the bottom of a square baking dish.
Then I mixed together rolled oats, dried unsweetened coconut, dried unsweetened blueberries, brown sugar, baking powder, and a bunch of spices (cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves), and dumped that mixture on top of the bananas/frozen blueberries.
Then I made another mixture – nonfat milk, an egg, some Earth Balance “butter,” vanilla extract, and real maple syrup. Poured that over the oat mixture.
Baked for about 35 minutes, and then it was time for breakfast!
Blueberry-Coconut Baked Oatmeal
From Healthy Food for Living
Makes 4 large portions
Ingredients
non-stick cooking spray
2 medium bananas, sliced
3/4 cup frozen blueberries
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
1/2 cup unsweetened dried blueberries
1/4 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
1/4 cup pumpkin seeds (I omitted)
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground ginger
pinch each ground nutmeg, cloves, and salt
2 cups skim milk
1 large egg
1 1/2 Tbsp margarine or butter, melted & cooled, divided (I used 1 tbsp of Earth Balance)
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 Tbsp pure maple syrup
1. Preheat oven to 375*. Lightly coat an 8-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
2. Layer the banana slices over the bottom of the dish. Top with the frozen blueberries, and set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, mix together the oats, coconut flakes, dried blueberries, brown sugar, pumpkin seeds (if using), baking powder, and spices. Set aside.
4. In another bowl, whisk together the milk, egg, 1 tbsp of the butter, vanilla extract, and maple syrup.
5. Pour the oat mixture on top of the bananas and blueberries. Pour the milk mixture over the oat mixture, and drizzle with the remaining 1/2 tbsp butter (if using).
6. Bake for 35-40 minutes, until the top layer is lightly browned and crisp. Allow to cool for a few minutes before serving.
Have you ever made baked oatmeal?
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Yay! Nice to see someone else from bmore! Will you be attending Fitbloggin?
My stomach just growled, thinking about how good that was!
I’ve never had cold overnight oats nor baked oatmeal before. I’ve always wanted to try ‘em but i’m afraid I won’t like ‘em. I think I’m going to have to try ‘em out soon just so I can say I’ve had ‘em before. Have you ever had/made a cookie oatmeal for breakfast? I’ve seen it around healthy blogs and I’ve been wanting to try to make one but I can’t find the recipe.
Oh I love making the breakfast cookie! I think I’ll make one soon and blog about it!
I’m so glad that you tried the baked oatmeal! I haven’t made it in a while, but your lovely photos reminded me of how tasty it is
. Might have to make a batch sometime soon.
I made that blueberry baked oatmeal and it was FANTASTIC!
OMG! That looks delicious! I cant wait to try that out! =)
I love this idea and I think my kids will love it too, I am making it for tomorrow’s breakfast..
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