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Blueberry Baked Oatmeal is the perfect filling breakfast recipe and it’s the ONLY way I like to eat oatmeal. It is so easy to make with blueberries packed throughout. The texture is like a soft oatmeal bar married a granola bar – you’re going to love it!
The BEST Baked Blueberry Oatmeal
This recipe is the best for people who love oatmeal and also people who hate oatmeal. What I often hear from people who do not like oatmeal is that the texture is not their favorite (this is my problem). This recipe brings in the best parts of oatmeal with a less oatmeal-y texture: It’s like oatmeal but more like a soft oatmeal granola bar. The flavor is incredible and the blueberries add so much flavor.
A baked oatmeal granola bar is the perfect grab and go breakfast or serve it with a drizzle of maple syrup. It’s also freezable and even the pickiest eaters love it!
Ingredients Needed
- Blueberries: Fresh of frozen blueberries are fine, just make sure to thaw and drain frozen berries.
- Eggs: These give the baked oatmeal structure.
- Oats: I use old fashioned oats for this recipe (rolled oats). While you can use quick cooking oats, I don’t recommend it.
- Baking Powder: Keeps the bars soft, almost like one of those grocery store oat bars.
- Brown Sugar and Applesauce: These are for sweetness and the applesauce makes it so we don’t have to use any oil.
- Milk: You can use any kind of milk (regular, 2%, nonfat) or nondairy milk, like oat milk, almond, or coconut milk.
How to make Blueberry Oatmeal
- Whisk eggs, applesauce, brown sugar, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Stir in cinnamon, salt, and baking powder. Stir in oats and milk. Gently fold in blueberries. Spread in prepared baking dish.
- Bake until oatmeal mixture is browned and not jiggly in the center.
- Serve with greek yogurt, honey, maple syrup, a drizzle of peanut butter, or plain.
Expert Tips
- Add chopped nuts: pecans, walnuts, cashews or anything you like. You can also add chocolate chips or spices like pumpkin spice!
- Store in refrigerator up to 2 days in an airtight container. You can also freeze individual portions in sandwich bags.
- Reheat in the microwave or air fryer.
- You can use gluten-free oats in place of regular.
- Make these as baked oatmeal muffins in muffin liners (makes 12).
FAQs
Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week.
Yes you can! Freeze in an airtight container for up to 2 months.
Blueberry Baked Oatmeal Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ⅓ cup (67g) brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray an 11×7 or a 9×13 pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- Whisk eggs, applesauce, brown sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Stir in cinnamon, salt, and baking powder. Stir in oats and milk. Gently fold in blueberries. Spread in prepared pan.
- Bake for 28-34 minutes until oatmeal is browned and not jiggly in the center. Cool slightly before serving. Serve with syrup and/or fruit or vanilla yogurt.
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Recipe Notes
- Fresh or frozen berries may be used – just make sure to thaw and drain frozen berries.
- You can use any kind of milk (regular or nondairy)
- I don’t recommend quick oats in this recipe but you can use certified gluten-free oats.
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator or freeze slices in sandwich bags.
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Last Updated on March 30, 2024
Love this baked oatmeal, such a great and delicious idea! Really cannot wait to try this for breakfast one day! Thanks for sharing Dorothy and Happy New Year!
Looks absolutely amazing! Congratulations on a fantastic year, and best wishes for a wonderful 2015 filled with lots of delicious food!
Thank you so much!!
Oh this looks good. It’s getting pinned to my breakfast board. Thanks for sharing. I hope your off to a great new year!
Yup, I’m putting on my yoga pants for exercise too. Bleurghhh, been putting it off, but I really must!Â
I don’t like hot, gloopy cereal either, YUK! I didn’t like oatmeal for so many years, but then I discovered baked – it’s soooo good! I’ll definitely be trying this lightened up version, my jeans are not loving me right now!
Happy New Year, Dorothy!
This is one of my favorite breakfasts! I like how it cooks up, too and isn’t all gloppy (love that word) like regular oatmeal.
You and your hubby weren’t the only ones in bed before the ball dropped. I needed my sleep!  😉
Happy New Year, Dorothy! Your night sounds just like ours. We stayed in and kept warm.
I’m loving this baked oatmeal. If I eat this and only pretend to work out, does it count? I’m allergic to exercise… Yes it’s a real thing, lol.
Yes, to all the above. Â Working out more, eating healthy, baked oatmeal…I’m all in for all of it!!! Â I need to get started on some healthier recipes too. Â A few weeks off from blog stuff has me slow to get started though! Â This oatmeal looks amazing! Â
Happy New Year, Dorothy! This oatmeal looks awesome – I’ve been wanting to try baked oatmeal, but haven’t had a chance.
As for NYE plans, my mom and I made Ice Cream Sundaes, watched/ slept through a Christmas movie and then went to bed before midnight. I loved it all the same. Hope you have a great 2015!
I love oatmeal, especially when it is super thick, not runny. This baked oatmeal sound delicious, blueberries add a nugget of colour and extra flavour, pinned!Â
I probably ate oatmeal 360 days out of 2014. Call me crazy, but I love it! This recipe looks fantastic– I love how it does look like soft granola bars, which probably makes them pretty portable!?!?! Â Thanks for the recipe!
I’m not sure if you could hand hold them, but it would for sure hold up well in a baggy in a lunch box!
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