Small Batch, Butter-Free Baked Oatmeal
Intro: Small Batch, Butter-Free Baked Oatmeal
I absolutely love baked oatmeal. Warm and filling, it is the perfect feel-good, cozy breakfast food. But a normal batch of baked oatmeal requires lots of butter, and it makes enough to feed eight people.
So, since butter is hard to find right now and I don't have eight people quarantined in my house with me, I decided to create a small batch, butter-free baked oatmeal recipe! This recipe makes enough baked oatmeal for three or four servings depending on how much oatmeal you like to have at once.
STEP 1: Beginning Preparations
Gather all of your ingredients together.
Preheat your oven to 350° F and grease three mini loaf pans or one 8.5 x 4 loaf pan.
STEP 2: Melt Your Coconut Oil
Measure out 2.5 Tbsp. coconut oil into a microwave safe bowl. Place bowl into microwave and heat in 15 second intervals until oil is fully melted.
STEP 3: Combine Dry Ingredients
Add 1.5 cups Oats, 1/2 cup pecan halves (at this point I like to break up my pecan halves into smaller pieces, but feel free to leave them whole, or substitute for a different nut), 2 tsp. ground cinnamon (feel free to add nutmeg or cardamom here too!), and 1.25 tsp. kosher salt.
Mix it all together.
STEP 4: Combine Wet Ingredients
Measure out 2 cups milk of choice, one egg (either beat before adding to milk, or beat once added to milk), 2 Tbsp. honey, and 1 tsp. vanilla.
Stir to combine.
STEP 5: Combine Wet & Dry Ingredients
Add your melted coconut to dry ingredients. Stir together.
Pour in wet ingredients. Stir together.
STEP 6: Add Oatmeal Mixture to Pans & Bake
Transfer oatmeal mixture to prepared pans/pan. Carefully place pans into oven.
Bake oatmeal until liquid is absorbed and top is golden brown. Approximately 35-40 minutes depending on your oven.
***Tip: Transferring the mixture to the pans works best if you pour out the milk into your pan first, and then scoop the rest into the pans equally. It is much easier when simply using one loaf pan because you don't have to portion out the oat part into the three separate pans.
STEP 7: Let Cool & Enjoy!
Once baked oatmeal comes out of the oven, let it sit 10 minutes before serving.
Add whatever toppings you prefer. I really enjoy this recipe topped with a little vanilla yogurt and some kind of fresh or dried fruit.
Make Ahead: Oatmeal can be made 3 days ahead. Let it cool, then cover it and chill. To reheat, cover in foil and place into 350° oven until warmed through, 15-20 minutes.
2 Comments
Penolopy Bulnick 4 years ago
You should consider using the last image in the last step as your main image so people can see the tasty oatmeal you've made :)
CLSV 4 years ago