Baked Oatmeal Cups – 101 Cookbooks

My guide Tremendous Pure Each Day was printed in 2011, and straight away some of the widespread recipes in it was the baked oatmeal. The cookbook targeted on recipes made with pure, minimally-processed components and the baked oatmeal made with rolled oats, toasted nuts, and plenty of berries turned an easy go-to breakfast for lots of people. I’ve baked infinite variations on it within the decade since, and make a muffin tin model of the unique recipe at any time when we wish a simple breakfast-on-the-go possibility.

These baked oatmeal cups are made with rolled oats, chopped bananas, nuts and berries baked in a vanilla-spiked milk combination (you need to use no matter milk you want). You bake them till every little thing comes collectively in a golden topped breakfast on the go. They’re flourless and gluten-free in the event you supply gluten-free oats. You possibly can take pleasure in them dairy-free in the event you use dairy-free milk. All in all, they’re filled with goodness, kid-friendly, and tremendous tasty. 

Variations

The totally different variations on baked oatmeal cups are infinite. For starters, you’ll be able to experiment with totally different liquids. I’ve baked variations with every little thing from buttermilk to oat milk to coconut milk to toasted coconut milk(!). Subsequent, you’ll be able to swap up the fruits. These are berry and cherry-centric, however there’s no cause you’ll be able to’t swap in sautéed apples, or caramelized bananas, or stone fruits like pluots and apricots. You possibly can experiment with sweeteners – maple syrup works nice. A decadent model I took word of final summer season was featured chopped cherries and chocolate chunks. Additionally, you’ll be able to at all times return to baking the combination in an 8×8-inch baking dish in order for you. Different concepts:

• Almond baked oatmeal cups: swap in almond extract for the vanilla extract, and use sliced almonds as your nut part
• Vegan baked oatmeal cups: add I tablespoon chia seeds and three tablespoons of water to the moist combination within the recipe instead of the egg.
• Mess around together with your spices: transcend the cinnamon.
• Dial up the coconut and citrus: coconut baked oatmeal

For the batch I made final week, I had a lot of blueberries and strawberries from the farmers’ market. Cherry season simply kicked off as nicely, they usually’re so excellent and candy. I pitted and added a few of these to the combination as nicely. 

To make the oatmeal cups you mix the dry components and fruit, after which mix it with the moist components in a big bowl. Wait a couple of minutes to permit the combination to return collectively a bit, the oats will begin to take in a number of the liquid.

One technical tip right here: you wish to fill every muffin cup roughly 3/4 full. You additionally need a balanced combination of oats and any of the residual liquid. You possibly can see within the images above and under what the pan ought to appear to be previous to baking.

How To Retailer Baked Oatmeal Cups

To save lots of any baked oatmeal cups you aren’t consuming in your baking day you might have a couple of choices. You possibly can retailer them, refrigerated, in an air-tight container, for a couple of days. Convey them again to room temperature earlier than serving or reheat in a toaster oven, and many others.

How To Freeze Baked Oatmeal Cups

Sure, you’ll be able to freeze them! Enable baked oatmeal cups to chill fully previous to freezing. Prepare in a single layer on a baking sheet and freeze. Switch to freezer-safe bag for as much as a month or so. Enable the oatmeal cups to return again as much as room temperature earlier than serving. You possibly can reheat them for additional goodness. If you realize you need oatmeal cups for breakfast, permit them to thaw within the entrance of the fridge in a single day. Go from there within the morning.

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