Simple Baked Oatmeal
Erica Lea on Apr 1st 2011
Ever since I can remember, I have enjoyed waking up to the smell of oatmeal baking in the oven. The toasty aroma enticed us kids from our warm beds to the breakfast table. Even now, crawling out of my bed is that much easier when someone announces, “Baked oatmeal for breakfast!”
The other morning I crawled out of bed, shut off the alarm, and made my way to kitchen to make a special breakfast treat. I had bragged the night before that I was going to make baked oatmeal for breakfast. Imagine my horror when I couldn’t find my favorite recipe. Instead of panicking, I turned on my computer and quickly selected a substitute recipe. With a few modifications, it turned out just the way I wanted.
Notes: The original recipe called for cinnamon and cranberries. Whereas I think this would be a lovely addition, I knew my dad would freak out if I included them. I also decreased the amount of sugar by 1/4 and used maple sugar in place of granulated; you could use any sweetener you like - this recipe is quite forgiving.
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Simple Baked Oatmeal
Recipe adapted from here.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
- 3 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 3/4 - 1 cup maple sugar, maple syrup, or sweetener of choice
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 350° F. Place the butter in a square (9×9 or 8×8-inch) baking dish and place in the oven to melt. Make sure to keep an eye on the butter, or it will burn!
2) In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the oats, maple sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together the milk, eggs, and vanilla.
3) Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix well, making sure all of the oats are moistened.
4) Remove the pan with the butter from the oven. Pour the oats mixture into the pan and stir, mixing until most of the butter in incorporated, but leaving some unmixed at the edges & bottom of the pan.
5) Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, about 30 minutes. Serve hot with cream.
Makes approximately 6-8 servings, depending on how hungry everyone is.
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I love baked oatmeal! Your recipe looks simple and delicious…I’m going to give it a try this weekend!
I always like a bowl of baked oatmeal in the morning. This version looks good, but I think I would go for the cranberries:)
I’ve never heard of baked oatmeal before. I’m not a big oatmeal fan because of the slimy texture, but this looks like it might be good. Think I might try it! Thanks for posting the recipe!
This would definitely be a great smell to wake up to! Looks delicious!
“Serve hot with cream”? Oh my goodness, Erica! You’re killing me!
Hi Erica, breakfast is my favourite meal, so I can see myself making this soon on the weekend. How long, approximately, would you say it cooks for? Thanks.
Never heard of baked oatmeal before, but can’t wait to try this recipe
This looks lovely! Do you think it would work with steel cut oats?
sarah: Oops, forgot to put in the time! It’s approximately 30 minutes.
Arleen: I have never tried it with steel cut oats - they may not become soft in time. Here’s a recipe that calls for steel cut oats {link}. Hope that helps!
We LOVE baked oatmeal. Yours looks yummmy. The one we make is usually more soft and “gooey” so we don’t add additional liquids, but it would be fun to try the drier version if only for the sake of being able to pour cream on top. LOL!
Love the light and textured napkin in your photo!
Its been very sad that i haven’t actually stopped by ur blog after DMBLiGt awards, looks like i have missed loads here, love baked oatmeal it is so simple and delish!
The pictures mke this look delicious. My problem is that my family does not like the mushy/gummy texture of traditional oatmeal. Does the baking make it closer to granola?
Thank You!
I’m a huge fan of oats so this looks absolutely perfect!
How funny. I never got to try baked oatmeal while I was in Minnesota. I wonder how the texture is like. As an oatmeal person, I MUST have rolled oats soaked in hot malt chocolate for breakfast. Really, the idea of baked oatmeal never struck me till now. How the texture is like? I might give it a go, if it sounds good to me. =)
ashley: I’m not a big fan of traditional oatmeal either. The textured of baked oatmeal is much better, in my opinion. The bottom of the pan tends to be soft, but the top gets a bit crunchy.
Pei-Lin: The bottom is soft and sweet, the middle is firm, not mushy or dry, and the edges get a bit crunchy.
Just wanted to pop over to congratulate you on your engagement. So happy for you!
Oh yes… when a recipe starts with a stick of butter, it has to be good. What a way to start the day!
I love this recipe! We make it all the time (slight variations after making it two or three times each week! I use a little canola oil instead of butter and replace the milk and eggs with water). But never tried it with vanilla! I will have to see how it turns out!
I made this recipe last week and loved it. I’d planned to add sliced bananas, so I cut the sugar by 2/3. In the end, the bananas never made it in, and I forgot about the sugar cut, but it is still amazingly delish. I don’t think I’d add more sugar at all, if serving only to myself, but for others, I’d guess that half the sugar is A-ok.
I never thought of baking oatmeal - genius! I don’t like the mushy texture of most oatmeal and it seems like you could serve a crowd with this. Can’t wait to try it!
congratulations on your engagement! that’s so wonderful and super exciting!!
i think i’ll be trying this recipe in the morning (i’ve just left my career to return to study so am now a poor uni student all over again) i’m quickly running out of cheap breakfast ideas and this looks like the ticket!
ps. what does the baking powder contribute in this recipe?
cathy x. - Thank you!
I believe the baking powder give it a bit of raise to make it a little more “light” texture. If that makes any sense. 
this looks just simple enough to be crazy tasty!
Just found your blog - love it! Cooking for 7 all the time.. and I thought cooking for 6 when the grandkids came by was bad! Good for you, hun. and congrats on the engagement!
Take care!
– Chelsey
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