Baked Oatmeal is a delicious and easy way to start your day!
The goodness of oats combined with juicy blueberries and protein packed almonds all lightly sweetened and baked into a delicious family favorite breakfast!
This blueberry baked oatmeal is a stick to your ribs kind of breakfast. It’s healthy, filling and tastes great! It reheats well so it can easily be made ahead of time making it the perfect way to fuel your body on a busy weekday morning!
I am so excited to have partnered with SPLENDA® Stevia Sweetener to bring you this belly warming recipe.
Easy Blueberry Baked Oatmeal
We know breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day. A meal that fills you up and gives you energy for the morning is the perfect start to any day! As much as we like oatmeal, we LOVE baked oatmeal and this recipe tops the list.
Making baked oatmeal is really easy, we just combine oats, eggs and almond milk (or traditional milk) with fresh fruit or berries.
With all of that goodness going into this baked oatmeal, I try not to load it up with added sugar so in this recipe I use SPLENDA® Stevia Sweetener. This no-calorie sweetener is a plant based sweetener, and gets it its sweetness from the stevia leaf. I love it because not only does it taste great, it contains no added flavors or colors, no preservatives, and only non-GMO ingredients and it has no bitter aftertaste.
A hint of cinnamon and a splash of almond extract really make this breakfast sing!
Once it’s all spread into the pan, I add some extra blueberries on top making sure every bite is bursting with flavor.
When I make desserts that contain fruit, I often top it with a delicious streusel topping. A streusel topping is a sweet and buttery crumble sprinkled on top (almost like you would put on top of a Berry Crisp) and baked until golden.
I love to add oats and nuts (or coconut) to my streusel topping for extra flavor and a little bit of crunch.
For breakfast, we serve this baked oatmeal with a splash of cream or milk and extra fresh blueberries.
Can you bake oatmeal?
Yes!! You can definitely bake oatmeal and if you’ve never tried baking it you’re in for a real treat.
Oats are such a great breakfast, they’re perfect served cold as Overnight Oats or in Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal but best of all is baked oatmeal!
The texture is different than a regular oatmeal boiled in a pot as the oats hold their shape better.
Can you freeze baked oatmeal?
Baked Oatmeal can be prepared and frozen before baking. To cook, remove from the freezer and defrost in the fridge overnight. Bake as directed.
This blueberry baked oatmeal recipe makes 9 servings. It’s a great breakfast to make on a Sunday morning and enjoy throughout the week. It reheats perfectly in the microwave to enjoy for breakfasts all week long.
If you’d like to keep it longer, I would suggest cutting it into servings and placing each serving in a freezer bag. In the morning just remove one serving and heat on 70% power until heated through.
What is the Difference Between Quick Oats and Old Fashioned Oats?
This recipe uses Old Fashioned Oats. There is a difference between quick oats and old fashioned oats so you’ll want to make sure you’re using the right variety.
Whole oats are rolled flat to create Old Fashioned Oats where as Quick Oats are cut into smaller pieces so they cook faster. The smaller pieces of the quick oats soak in more liquid and don’t hold their shape as well in this recipe.
Changing the oats will change both the cooking time and texture of this recipe.
Blueberry Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 3 ¼ cup old fashioned oats
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup almonds coarsely chopped
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 ¾ cup almond milk
- ⅓ cup butter melted
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 ½ cups blueberries divided
Topping
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 ½ tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons almonds coarsely chopped
- 2 tablespoon oats
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a large bowl combine oats, SPLENDA® Stevia Sweetener, cinnamon, almonds, baking powder and salt.
- Add in eggs, almond milk, butter and almond extract. Mix well.
- Fold in ¾ cup blueberries and spread in a greased 9×9 pan.
- Top with remaining ½ cup blueberries.
- Combine topping ingredients in a small bowl and mix until you have large crumbs. Sprinkle over blueberries.
- Bake 35 – 40 minutes
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Breakfast
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if I want to use real sugar, what would the conversion be?
You will want to use 1/2 cup of white sugar. If you try it I would love to hear how it turns out Emily!
I made this this morning, and you get 5 stars! I didn’t have almond milk, but regular whole milk worked just fine. I added another 1/2 tsp of almond extract to compensate. My husband loved it, and he is pretty set in his ways. It was just a tiny bit dry, but pouring a little milk on top made it perfect! Thank you for such a great way to start the day.
Could this be made the night before?
Absolutely! It reheats well so it can easily be made ahead of time making it the perfect way to fuel your body on a busy weekday morning!
Delicious recipe. I added chopped pecans in addition to the almonds!
In case you aren’t using the individual packets of stevia …. 12 packets = 24 grams of stevia!
This is definitely getting added to my brunch recipes!
What is the white mix that is show being poured on top of cooked recipe.
Once baked, we love to drizzle a little milk or cream over top of the oatmeal! This step is completely optional though.
I made this as soon as I saw it! We eat fresh berries on a regular basis but sometimes they get a little too soft quickly. I freeze them to use later and this recipe was perfect to use them! We ate it as a DESSERT! It’s that good! Big fan of all your recipes, Holly! (P.S. I used regular milk and 1/4 cup of Swerve Stevia sweetener!)
Thank you so much!
How would frozen blueberries hold up in this recipe? I was planning on thawing them and pat any juices off before using.
I think they’d work just fine, I wouldn’t even worry about defrosting them. You might like to toss them with a small spoonful of flour before adding. The color from frozen blueberries can sometimes run more but they would still be great!
Any suggestions as a substitute for the eggs?
Loved this recipe
I noticed that the recipe does not say what size pan. I looks like and 8 X 8 from the pics. Could you please verify this.
The recipe indicates a 9×9 pan.
I was wondering if steel cut oats could be used instead of old fashioned oats? Thank you
I’ve only made the recipe as written. Changing the oats will change both the cooking time and texture of this recipe. Let us know if you try it with steel cut oats Bonnie!
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I have read your article. it is very informative and helpful for me.I admire the valuable information you offer in your articles. Thanks for posting it, again!
How much sugar should I use if I don’t use Stevia?
I have only made this as written
Hello….This recipe looks super as all of your do. As for the use of Splenda/Stevia do you have
a bulk measurement ie; 1 Tablespoon etc vs ’12 packets’? Thanks and keep those fun and delicious
recipes coming.
I’m not sure what the bulk measurement would be. According to my package, 1 packet of Splenda Stevia = 2 teaspoons of sugar. This means 12 packets = 1/2 cup regular sugar. Hopefully your bulk package has a conversion chart that you can use to replace 1/2 cup sugar.
Hi Holly,
Thanks for sharing, love your recipes. I have tried a few they always turn out great, and my family loves them too.
Florance
*recipe*…not song! ♀️
This recipe just what I’ve need for my mornings before work! I had gotten in the habit of fast food and am determined to eat at home! I’ll be making this over the weekend and freezing portions! I love your blog!! ❤️
Thank you Shari! Enjoy this recipe!
Can I sub maple syrup or honey for stevia?
I have only made this recipe as written.
The blueberry baked oatmeal looks delicious. Can I use regular sugar or brown sugar (or a mix of both) instead of Stevia? Equal measurements?
I have only made this recipe as written.
I love baked oatmeal and it’s so much easier to me than standing around a pot of oatmeal…which I always forget about and then it boils over. lol
It great for that! :)