Until yesterday, I’d never tried baked oats.
Could that really be true?
Me?? With all of the Healthy Oatmeal Recipes?
Yes, somehow, it’s true. Baked oatmeal has been on my list for a long time, but that “to make” list is kinda lengthy. Thankfully, I finally got around to it… and now I am kicking myself (hard!) for not trying baked oatmeal sooner! I see many bowls (ramekins?) of it in my chocolate-covered future.
Single Serving Baked Pumpkin Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup rolled oats (50g)
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon, and optional 1/8 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- sweetener, such as 1 1/2 to 2 tbsp maple syrup or 1 to 1 1/2 packs stevia
- 1/4 cup canned pumpkin (applesauce or banana also work)
- 1/4 cup milk of choice, or nondairy creamer, or water (scale back by a tbsp if using liquid sweetener)
- 1/8 tsp salt
- Optional: 1 to 2 tbsp oil or favorite nut butter (if oil, scale the milk back by a tbsp)
- Optional: raisins, walnuts, brown sugar to sprinkle on top, etc.
Instructions
Single Serving Baked Pumpkin Oatmeal: Preheat oven to 380 degrees. Combine raw oats, spices, pumpkin, and milk. Pour into a greased 1-cup ramekin (or two 1/2-cup ramekins) or a mini-loaf pan. Cook for 20 minutes or more, until it gets firm. Finally, set your oven to “high broil” for 3 more minutes, or until it reaches desired crispy-ness (or simply just bake longer, but broiling gives it a nice crust). You can even make this the night before. Edit: some readers told me that they like to make multiple servings at once and freeze leftovers for an instant breakfast! A few readers have had success making this in the microwave, but I haven’t tried.
So, Pumpkin Boatmeal?
It was like biting into a warm pumpkin-oatmeal cookie. Highly, highly recommended! I thought I’d miss my creamy oats, but surprisingly I didn’t miss them one bit groat. I should’ve known: oatmeal in any form is pretty much guaranteed to be a hit with me.
I have never tried baked oatmeal, other than oatmeal cookies! I shall be trying this! Thanks for the recipe:)
I made this boatmeal this weekend and OMG it was amazing!!! It was like eating a pumpkin pie! Thanks for the recipe!! I will be remaking this again.
Aww I’m so excited you liked it! 🙂
So I’ve seen you (and your recipes) around the blogosphere for a while now but since I mostly stick to fitness sites I had yet to try one out (even though HEAB raves about you on such a regular basis). And then I found this one through Carbzilla and knew I had to try it out! DELICIOUS! I love it! And you have a new fan:)
Thank you so much, Charlotte! 🙂 I’m so glad you found me!
I love baking my oats 🙂 muffins, baked oats in bread form….all soooo good!
Katie, can you bake the cake in the microwave? How long would it take??
I’m sure you could! But I haven’t tried it, so you’ll have to experiment. Let me know how it goes if you do try it :).
So I just made this and I liked it! I made the pumpkin puree from SCRATCH so I thought “this better be worth the effort!” Hahah. Next time I would add in some dried raspberries or raisins and maybe add a little bit more cinnamon. Though I doubt I will be patient enough to make this again 😮
WOW! Ive just made my own Boatmeal version, with 1/2 cup of milk cos I didnt have any apple sauce, more cinnamon and dark agave syrup! I was the best form of oats Ive ever had! Thank you so much for the great idea!
Aw I’m so excited you made it, Rachel :). It always makes me so happy when someone tries one of my ideas… and likes it!
Just made a PB&J version of this for breakfast this morning, so good!
You’ve totally inspired me to make my own version 🙂
The best oatmeal. Ever. Thanks so much for posting this!
It’s up on my blog here:
http://knittlings.blogspot.com/2010/12/god-of-breakfast.html#more
(I link to you at the bottom)
Hi Katie! I just stumbled onto your blog yesterday and can’t wait to try tons of your recipes! Your single lady cupcakes, oatmeal recipes, and boatmeals. Do you think you could make a boatmeal in the microwave? Thanks!