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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Larger recipes! I have two hungry boys, a ravenously hungry baby whom I still nurse (so I’m always eating), and a hubby who eats more than he realizes :). I’ve been doubling and tripling your recipes though. It’s easy to do, but sometimes I don’t figure it out until I see how little the recipe makes when I follow it to the “T”.
I have a family of 4 with a 14 year old son therefor I never use the single serving and it can be complicated increasing the recipes especially with pancakes. I understand the benefite of single servings for singles and would use it too if I was but family recipies would be nice for us. I have the mango oatmeal bake cooling now but I doubled it.
Hi Katie, for desserts, I like to see single-servings, so I am not tempted to over-eat! But if it’s something like a breakfast dish (ie, baked oatmeal), I prefer large batch recipes. That way I can just cook up 5 servings at a time, then grab one serving in the morning on the way to work. That makes life much easier for me!
Katie, does the flaxmeal serve to bind the recipe, or is that just for extra nutritional value? I love flax, but I’m all out and wanted to make this tomorrow morning. As for the recipe sizes, I like both: Usually, I make the single servings, because I have NO self esteem and will eat the whole batch of cookies, muffins, w/e before my boyfriend comes home. For special occasions, though, it’s good to have the larger scale recipes handy. And I love the heck out of chocolate, but I’d love to see more savory recipes- I’ve been stuck in a rut and you seem like the type of lady that knows how to keep it interesting! 🙂 Please, my poor toddler is refusing his same old veggie meals?
It binds the recipe.
I love single servings for the desserts as variety. I sometimes make up two of them for me and my husband. I also like enough for a crowd if we’re having people over.
For breakfasts? I *love* bigger batches (I want to double this and try it in a 9×13″ pan) b/c I am generally cooking for a family, and even when I’m not, I like to do the prep work once and have several days of breakfast ready at a time.
Large recipes mostly
Made this for breakfast today and it was absolutely delicious! Such a nice alternative to my usual bowl of oatmeal. I added walnuts which made for a nice crunch and might try adding coconut next time too. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Larger size please! Cuz I am lazy and like to make big batches.
One of the things I love most about your blog is the single serving recipes. I have no self-control so making a single serving of something delicious is just what I need. 🙂
I am always cooking for my family, so I have to multiply out your single recipes every time. Maybe you could keep the posts aimed toward the single serve, and have a box at the bottom with “family style” ingredient amounts?