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.
Do you prefer to see larger recipes or single-serving recipes?
I will still post a mix of both, but seeing the majority vote is helpful when I’m developing recipes, so I can know which types of recipes to focus on more often.
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Love your recipes. Many of your recipes I would prefer larger recipes versus single-serving. For your cookies, I often double or triple the ingredients for larger quantities. Would love your single serve carrot cake recipe in a large recipe!
I love the heart shape! So adorable 🙂 . I prefer single serving recipes otherwise I would eat the entire cake, brownies or batch of cookies 😉 .
single-serving recipes! i find myself making those way more than the larger portion desserts.
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I vote for more single serving recipes! They are good for those of us with no self-control:) Plus, I can always double the recipe if I want to share it!
P.S I really love your blog:)
I admit I am more of a rapt reader than a maker of your recipes, but I am definitely trying this recipe this weekend. I will be cooking for 3 and this recipe size is attractive. However, I do like the fact that most of your recipes are single serves. I can always double it for hubby to enjoy as well.
Katie, im a huge fan of yours! I eat oatmeal everyday for breakfast because I teach and it keeps me nice and full until lunch time :). This is a fun twist on baked oatmeal and I cant wait to try it. Personally I like to see the full size recipes, its easier for me to bake a large batch and dish it out through out the week then individually. Keep the awesome recipes coming..especially if they involve chocolate 🙂
Larger scale recipes.
I think a mix of big recipes and single-serving is perfect…half and half maybe 🙂
I prefer the larger recipes but it is neat that you have single-serving recipes, too! Thanks for all you do! I’m a chiropractor who counsels patients on nutrition. Your recipes give people the tools to treat themselves without all the processed flour and sugar! Keep up the good work!
As a single girl, single-size servings would be great! I get tired of making recipes and eating it for days or trying to convert serving sizes myself and having something totally yucky. Thank you! 🙂