Sunshine Baked Oatmeal
I’m in love and it’s a sunny day.
This healthy breakfast recipe is like the love child of oatmeal and pineapple cobbler. The fruit caramelizes as it bakes, which tastes so amazingly good… and the kitchen feels like a tropical island paradise!
It was inspired by the wildly popular Oatmeal Breakfast Cupcakes.
The first time I made this vegan baked oatmeal was back in December: an apple pie version. Recently, I found myself with quite a large amount of leftover pineapple (after making the Dole Whip Recipe I posted earlier). For Mothers’ Day breakfast this year, I adapted my apple pie baked oatmeal to work with pineapple… this tropical version turned out to be even better!
Sunshine Breakfast Baked Oatmeal Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups ripe pineapple or mango, chopped small (350g)
- 1 cup rolled oats (85g)
- 3-4 tbsp Sucanat or brown sugar (depending on desired sweetness) (30g)
- 1/16 tsp uncut stevia, or 2 extra tbsp Sucanat or brown sugar (or 2 NuNaturals packets)
- 3 tbsp ground flaxmeal (or ground chia) (18g)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 1/2 tbsp coconut or vegetable oil (35g)
- 2/3 cup milk of choice (160g)
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract (2g)
- optional ingredients: 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup more milk of choice (120g)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 F and lightly grease an 8-in square baking pan. Combine first two ingredients in a bowl, then pour in an even layer into the bottom of the pan. In a mixing bowl, combine all remaining ingredients but the last 1/2 cup milk, and stir to combine. Spread this evenly over the pineapple or mango, then pour the remaining 1/2 cup milk evenly on top. Bake 35 minutes, then let sit 5 minutes before cutting into slices, using a knife or a very-large cookie cutter. Makes 4-6 servings. For a piña colada oatmeal variation: add 1/2 cup shredded coconut to the mixing bowl. Use canned coconut milk as your milk of choice.
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I simply adore your single serving recipes, but when I’m feeding my bf, too, servings for 4 come in handy. Add his son to the mix, and I know to double the recipe.
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I prefer larger serving sizes, works great!
I love the single serve recipes!
Hi there! First let me tell you Thank You for taking the time to post your recipes! I have three children (& a husband) & I so want to make healthy meals for them. I, however, do NOT like to cook & have no talent on just “throwing” something together. So I appreciate a recipe to look at. You said to let you know if “we” preferred larger recipes. My vote is yes, please! Thank you 🙂
Wow, this sounds terrific! I was looking for breakfast options for my egg – allergic daughter. Could you send me the apple pie baked oatmeal recipe you mentioned? She is also unfortunately allergic to pineapple (drat! ). Thank you for posting all these great recipes!
Shawnya
Just replace the pineapple in the recipe with chopped apple 🙂
Excellent recipe! I never would have thought breakfast oatmeal can ever be this good! I used pineapple, unsweetened shredded coconut, and coconut milk as well. The texture on top reminded me of a crumble topping while the main layer gets a chewiness that is just right. I mixed them all up in a bowl and only 20 min in the air fryer. How easy is that?! I can’t wait to try other fruits with this recipe 🙂
Terrific recipe! I have made it three times now!
This was really good! I added some cinnamon, but otherwise followed the recipe to a T.
What did I do wrong? I made this recipe and it tastes bitter. I used 2% milk and Milled Flaxseed. Thank you!
This was soooooooooooooo good! Hard to believe it is so healthy and with so little sugar. Thanks for the recipe! 🙂
I tried this just this morning using unsweetened unflavored almost milk and two tablespoons of brown sugar with no stevia. It was very good! I used frozen pineapple and tried to drain it well, but the liquid content was a little high this way. Next time I’ll distribute it into a muffin tin so there’s more of the delicious crispy edges. Thank you for another tasty recipe!
Just made this. Looks awesome. Hope it firms up upon cooling….NO WAY could I use a cookie cutter on it….don’t know what I did wrong.
I made this and I think the directions are either slightly incorrect or I did something horribly wrong. Says to mix the first two ingredients, which are pineapple and oats, and put in the bottom of the pan. Then mix the rest besides 1/2 cup milk, pour on top. Am I supposed to mix there too? Because all three layers just sat on top of each other through baking hahaha. The flavor was good after I mixed it all together though! But I definitely wasn’t able to use a cookie cutter for this.
Where did I go wrong?!
I feel like it would be better if I mixed the fruit and sugars, and then mixed the oats with the second layer.