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Blueberry Baked Oatmeal Squares

Blueberry Baked Oatmeal Squares
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Blueberry Baked Oatmeal Squares

Recipe by thesal28_wpCourse: BreakfastDifficulty: Easy
Servings

4

servings

This is one of my favorite early quarantine recipes (2020) and is a mash up of a few overly complicated ones I saw online. After extensive tweaking, I settled on an easy, hard to mess up, mostly one pan affair, because who really wants to put in tons of effort for oatmeal? If I’m dirtying several bowls, there needs to be a cake at the end!

I’ve made many variations of this Baked Oatmeal recipe, but these Blueberry Baked Oatmeal Squares are my favorite because this variation requires zero chopping! Simply grease your Pyrex dish, mix your dry ingredients directly in the dish, add your liquid ingredients and fruit, and bake!

Ingredients

  • 2 cups ROLLED oats (not quick oats, which will make it gummy)

  • 1 cup plus 2 tbsp milk (any kind, dairy or plant based will work)

  • 2 eggs

  • 2 tbsp plus 1 tsp melted butter, coconut oil, grapeseed or other neutral oil)

  • 1/3-1/2 cup brown or white sugar (Adjust sweetener to your tastebuds. You could also use maple syrup- just combine syrup with wet ingredients before stirring into oats.)

  • 1 tsp cinnamon 

  • 1 tsp baking powder

  • 1/4 tsp Kosher salt

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract 

  • 1/2 cup applesauce OR 1/2 cup Greek Yogurt OR 1 mashed banana

  • 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries

Directions

  • Preheat oven to  350°F (180°C) and move oven rack to lower middle position. Using 1 tsp of butter/oil, grease an 8 x 8 Pyrex dish (I use a paper towel to do this). Add oats directly into middle of Pyrex dish. Sprinkle sugar, cinnamon, baking powder and salt evenly over oats (so they don’t clump), then stir to combine thoroughly. In a glass measuring cup, lightly beat eggs, then whisk in milk, remaining oil/butter, and vanilla. Add applesauce (or yogurt/banana) and whisk to combine. Pour liquid into oat mixture and stir to combine. Add blueberries and mix to combine. Allow to sit for about 15 minutes, mixing once or twice during the duration. Mix to combine one last time then place in oven. Bake for 35-45 minutes.  35 minutes will give you a softer texture (think bread pudding), and 45 minutes will give you firm, portable slices. Cool for 10 minutes in pan before cutting into 9 even squares.
  • Also, these reheat like a dream. You can reheat the whole pan by baking at 350°F for 10 minutes, or reheat individual pieces wrapped in tin foil or unwrapped on a sheet pan in the toaster oven. You can even microwave them! Find what works for you.

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