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 site! I like both single and larger portion recipes. I have a small family (3), but some things my family just won’t eat. So, I will make those items for myself. We like to do healthy pot lucks at the office so the larger portions are helpful, as I like to try out a new recipe each time. [They’re basically my guinea pigs. 🙂 ] Larger servings are also great to save and freeze for later.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent and good taste!!
I prefer single serve. I can always double or triple a recipe but for whatever reason making a recipe smaller is difficult for me. JMO keep up all the great work you do for us. Love your posts!
This recipie looks delicious! I will definitly have to try this one. I just recently found your blog, and one of my favorite parts (besdies all the yummy looking photos & recipies of course) are the single-serving recipies! As a single girl I really appreciate not having a bunch of left-over goodies, and it’s always easy enough to make several ‘single serve’ recipies for when I have people over. Sometimes that’s even better, because then everyone can have a taste of several different things! Keep up the wonderful work, can’t wait to see what else you come up with. Thank You!
Haha well being terminally single I prefer single serving recipes!
Hello!
This look yummy! I love anything oatmeal.. I love trying new types. Before this blog it was only oats, milk, and honey.. now I have options!
I like your single recipes, not because I’m single but my boyfriend does not like many foods and it is only the two of us in the house, so if I do find a recipe he will eat, doubling is so much easier!
Thanks!
larger scale recipes, I like leftovers and giving extras away to friends
My vote is for the single serving desserts, it’s one of my favorite things about your site. I do like seeing full size desserts too but in general I like the single serving ones because more often than not I’m just making it for myself and its easier to multiply your recipes on the rare occassion that I do want more than to cut them down on a regular basis to just feed myself lol.
I must say though, my exception would be when you post non-dessert recipes. I love it when I make one of your meal recipes and have a whole weeks worth of dinners/lunches leftover to put in the freezer 🙂
Single servings! I usually multiply your recipe by 2-3 to make that many servings, but I love how your website is one of the only ones to post really good single serving recipes!
The recipes I’d like to see in non-single serving form are generally muffins and baked oatmeals like this! Some of those recipes I make for a crowd!
I love pineapple so this looks right up my alley! Pineapple truly is sunshine in the form of a fruit. 😉
I like to see larger recipes, because I have a family of four and it’s easier to “cook once, eat twice” that way.
I prefer larger recipes.
Happy national chocolate chip cookie day! Guess what’s for dinner tonight?!? Well, after our lentil kale soup anyway. 🙂
Thanks for the great recipes!
This oatmeal recipe looks good. I much prefer large quantity recipes so I don’t need to do it times ten. 🙂
I vote for single serve recipes. Love your site, looking for the apple version of this.
I rarely make single serving recipes and instead prefer the “normal” recipes (batch-style), because it is much easier for me to make a batch of something and refrigerate/freeze for later. I like to have a small dessert every night (keeps me from waking up in the wee hours), so having something I can pop in the microwave quickly to take the fridge-cool off is a must – I do all my cooking for the week on Sunday afternoon/evening.
Also, I live in a pretty small apartment (=small kitchen) so taking out all my baking stuff (ingredients, materials, etc) for a single serving is not efficient for me. I find it much easier to experiment with decreasing recipes than increasing, but I rarely do either…I just freeze, “forget”, and then remember that I’ve got treats in the freezer (or fridge, whatever)!
SINGLE SERVING! I have no self control. I come to this blog a lot looking for single serving things.
Single serving, and the portion sizes you have been doing already (pie, etc.) It helps with portion control.
Such a sweet recipe, love the shape cut out.
Even though I usually cook for 2, I love the single serving recipes as well as I’m a go to dessert eater while my husband would rather nom on potato chips. Keep em coming!