Lemon Blueberry Baked Oatmeal

This Lemon Blueberry Baked Oatmeal is the perfect breakfast meal prep with gooey blueberry filling. Easy to make and bursting with fresh flavor.

I loved baked oatmeal and hope you love it too. If you are oat curious and want a fun way to reap the benefits of their nutrition, this oatmeal recipe is just for you.

Oatmeal in all of it’s forms excites me, and hoping I can make you an oatmeal convert too.

Why You’ll Love This Vegan Baked Oatmeal

• This recipe comes out so perfectly gooey thanks to the fresh blueberry jam folded into the surface of the oats.
• It’s a great recipe if you are not a big fan of traditional oatmeal, but still want to include oats for the health benefits. Baking them gives them the perfect muffin like consistency, which completely improves the texture.
• Perfect for meal prep and super easy to make and customize to preference.

Key Ingredients and Substitutions

• Flax Egg: This is our binder that helps our oatmeal stay together. You can also create the same mix using chia seeds to replace the flax seeds.
• Oats: I recommend a combination of both rolled and quick oats. I do not recommend steel-cut oats for this recipe.
• Lemon: Both the juice and zest of a fresh lemon. The zest is really important as that helps to infuse more of the sweet lemon flavor into our oats.
• Almond or Cashew Butter: Make sure it is a runny nut butter as it will make blending into the batter easier. If you need a nut-free substitution, try this recipe with sunflower seed butter instead.
• Maple Syrup: I tested this recipe with the maple syrup, so if you plan to substitute I would recommend a liquid sweetener swap like agave or brown rice syrup. I did not test this with dry sugars, but you can try this with equal amount light brown sugar.
• Blueberries: I used frozen blueberries since they are currently not in season, but you can make the same jam using fresh blueberries. You can also try this same method with other berries.

How to Make Lemon Blueberry Baked Oatmeal

Start by creating your blueberry jam. Add your frozen blueberries to a pan along with your maple syrup and cornstarch. Allow to cook down and thicken for about 3-5 minutes over a low heat and then remove from heat and prepare the oatmeal base.

Combine your dry ingredients including the lemon zest to a medium sized mixing bowl. To the bowl, add in your wet ingredients. Then, mix everything until well incorporated.

Pour your batter into a lightly greased or non-stick 9-in x 9-in baking dish. Place dollops of the blueberries on top of the batter. You can swirl the patches of blueberries as desired, but don’t overmix.

Place the oats in the oven and allow to cook all the way through. You can prepare the yogurt drizzle, and once the oats have cooled down a little bit, you can serve yourself a slice and drizzle the yogurt sauce on top.

Tips for the Perfect Baked Oatmeal

• Use a combination of rolled and quick oats for the best texture. The quick oats help to make this oatmeal fluffier in texture, while the rolled oats help to give it the sturdy structure.
• You can make your own quick oats by adding your rolled oats to a food processor and blitzing it a few times to help break down the oats into smaller pieces.
• If you’d like to make this recipe higher in protein, replace the almond milk with unsweetened soy milk or pea-protein milks like Ripple. I also like stirring in about 3 tablespoons of hemp seeds into the batter or serving a square with a high protein vegan yogurt.

Frequently Asked Questions

How to Serve

You can serve a square of this oatmeal with the suggested lemon vegan yogurt drizzle or serve the square with plain vegan yogurt and more fresh fruit if desired. If you’d like to be more satiated, I would make sure that your vegan yogurt has protein. Some good low sugar options would include:

• Siggi’s Plant-Based Yogurt (contains 10 grams protein per serving)
• Silk’s Unsweetened Soy Yogurt (7 grams of protein per serving)
• Kite Hill Greek-Style Yogurt (contains 15-17 grams protein per serving)

More Vegan Breakfast Ideas Using Oats

• Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal
• Chocolate Cherry Granola
• Easy Baked Apple Oatmeal
• Coconut Cardamom Baked Oatmeal
• Apple Crisp Stuffed Baked Apples
• Lemon Blueberry Muffins

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★ Catherine

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