Strawberry Baked Oatmeal is a delicious simple recipe ideal for meal prepping and make-ahead breakfasts. It's ready in 45 minutes and packed with strawberry flavor and makes a wholesome family-friendly breakfast. Baked oatmeal is great for busy mornings, whether it's a busy back-to-school week or a jam packed holiday.
Baked oatmeal is such a versatile breakfast and the kids love it. I use this recipe as a starting point and change it up based on the season or our mood, like when we make a blueberry baked oatmeal or baked pumpkin oatmeal.
While my recipe is gluten-free, you can also easily make it dairy-free, egg-free and even vegan with a few simple ingredient changes. If you love easy breakfast ideas make sure to also check out my recipes for a garden veggie baked omelette and bacon, egg and cheese crescent ring.
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Ingredients
- Oats: old fashioned oats, steel cut oats, rolled oats or quick oats are all fine to use.
- Strawberries: fresh strawberries work best. See my tips below if using frozen strawberries.
- Chocolate chips: Strawberries and chocolate are a classic combination, and who doesn't like some chocolate in their breakfast?!
- Almonds: almonds or other nuts like walnuts or pecans are optional.
- Milk: any milk is fine for baked oatmeal recipes, but I lean toward almond milk to cut back on dairy and calories.
- Maple syrup: maple syrup is the sweetener here, but you can use honey or sugar if you'd prefer.
- Eggs: eggs bind the oats to give it a cake-like consistency when cut.
- Vanilla extract: you can even make homemade vanilla extract if you'd like!
- Cinnamon
- Melted butter: the baked oatmeal is drizzled with a little melted butter for extra yumminess.
Love strawberry recipes? Check out my lemon strawberry bread and frozen strawberry margaritas next!
Ingredient swaps
Variations
Dairy-free: drizzle with a little coconut oil instead of butter or use a vegan butter substitute. Use a plant-based milk such as almond milk, oat milk, or soy milk and make sure to use chocolate chips that are labeled dairy-free.
Egg-free: use flax eggs instead of regular eggs.
Nut-free: skip the almonds to make this recipe nut free.
Vegan: in addition to the changes to make it dairy-free, use flax eggs or just eggs.
Other fruits: add bananas, raspberries, blackberries or blueberries.
Other chocolate: substitute the chocolate chips with white chocolate chips or dark chocolate chips. Peanut butter chips also taste fantastic!
How To Make Baked Oatmeal
Making strawberry baked oatmeal is incredibly simple.
- Preheat the oven to 375° Fahrenheit. In a large mixing bowl, combine oats, cinnamon, baking powder and salt. Mix. Add milk, eggs, maple syrup, vanilla extract, 1 ½ cups strawberries and chocolate chips. Mix until combined.
- Grease a 2 quart baking dish with butter or olive oil. Pour in the oatmeal mixture. Top with the remaining ½ cup strawberries and sliced almonds. Drizzle with melted butter.
- Bake for 35 minutes or until the center barely wiggles and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly dry with just a few crumbs. Let baked oatmeal settle for 10 minutes before serving.
- To serve, you can add extra berries, nuts or plain yogurt to your bowl of freshly baked oatmeal. Enjoy!
Kristina's Tip
Make It Ahead Of Time
Baked oatmeal works well as a meal prepped breakfast during the week, so make it on Sunday night and enjoy all week long. Or, make it the night before a busy holiday or family event for a ready-to-serve breakfast in the morning. I like making this a few days before Christmas morning so no one is in the kitchen making breakfast while the kids are rushing to open gifts!
How To Make It In A Different Size Dish
Baked oatmeal can be made in any size pan but the cook time will change slightly. The smaller the pan, the thicker the oatmeal and it will need more cooking time. I typically use a rectangular 2 quart (or 9x13) glass baking dish but an 8x8 or 9x9 pan also work. Keep in mind that the oatmeal will rise a bit, so don't go any smaller than that.
How To Store
Strawberry baked oatmeal will keep in the fridge for up to 5 days. Cover tightly with plastic wrap. When making ahead or for meal prepping, it's ideal to bake it in a casserole dish with a lid and handles for easy storage and serving.
How To Freeze Baked Oatmeal
You can freeze this right in the baking pan or cut individual serving sizes. In the baking dish, cover tightly with plastic wrap and then foil. If cutting into slices, let them cool completely, then place into storage containers that are freezer-friendly. Freeze for up to 6 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight.
Recipe
Strawberry Baked Oatmeal
Equipment
- baking pan ideally a 2 quart baking dish
Ingredients
- 3 cups oats old fashioned, rolled, quick or steel cut
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 2 ½ cups milk any dairy or plant-based variety
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups fresh strawberries chopped
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- ½ cup almonds sliced
- 3 tablespoon butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375° Fahrenheit. In a large mixing bowl, combine oats, cinnamon, baking powder and salt. Mix. Add milk, eggs, maple syrup, vanilla extract, 1 ½ cups strawberries and chocolate chips. Mix until combined.
- Grease a 2 quart baking dish with butter or olive oil. Pour in the oatmeal mixture. Top with the remaining ½ cup strawberries and sliced almonds. Drizzle with melted butter.
- Bake for 35 minutes or until the center barely wiggles and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly dry with just a few crumbs. Let baked oatmeal settle for 10 minutes before serving.
Notes
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