blueberry baked oats
Who doesn't love baked oats for breakfast?! This recipe for Blueberry Baked Oats is filled with juicy blueberries, apples and whole oats, it is quick to put together, easily prepared the night before and can be baked while you are getting ready for the day.
Equipment
- a baking dish approx. 27cm x 19cm
Ingredients
- 180 g whole rolled oats (2 cups)
- 30 g ground chia seeds (4 tbsp)
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 45 g broken walnut pieces (1/4 cup)
- 45 g roughly chopped almonds (1/4 cup)
- 13 g coconut flakes (1/2 cup)
- 6 Medjool dates (pitted and chopped)
- 250 g blueberries (2 cups) fresh or frozen
- 500 g applesauce (2 cups)
Instructions
- Using a mixing bowl, add oats, ground chia seeds, cinnamon, walnut pieces, chopped almonds, coconut flakes, chopped Medjool dates, berries and applesauce.
- Mix all together and then add to a baking dish.
- Either cover and refrigerate until ready to bake or bake immediately.
- When baking immediately, preheat oven to 180°C/356°F and then bake uncovered for approx 30 minutes or until golden.
- When baking from the refrigerator, if you are using a ceramic or glass dish place it in the cold oven, turn the oven on to 180°C/356°F and bake uncovered for approx 40 minutes or until golden.
- Serve with your favourite yoghurt and maple syrup or go extra and add a scoop of ice cream!!
Notes
It is important that you don't put a ceramic or glass dish straight from the fridge into a hot oven as the sudden change in temperature may cause it to crack.
Variations
- Substitute blueberries for your favourite berry or chopped apple.
- Use your favourite nuts or leave them out altogether.
- Try with sunflower or pumpkin seeds.
- Add in some chocolate chips.
- Leave out the coconut flakes, if you prefer.
- Add some vanilla or nutmeg.