I know I know…another Baked Oatmeal. Well I love them, so you are stuck reading about them! This has really changed my breakfast routine over the past year, I make a pan once every two weeks, slice it into 18 pieces and have it for breakfast almost every morning and before a yoga class to tide me over as I find myself not eating dinner until 9:30/10:00 on those nights. Really you can make any variation of baked oatmeal you want, I tend to go to the frozen fruit section and find whatever is on sale that week. I saw frozen cherries and just had to try and I am glad I did!
Cherry Baked Oatmeal: Serves 12-18
4 Eggs
3C Milk
2-1/2C Unsweetened Apple Sauce
1/2C Brown Sugar
6C Uncooked Old Fashioned Oats
2C Frozen Cherries
1.5tsp Baking Powder
1tsp Salt
1tsp Vanilla Extract
Mix the eggs and milk together then add all remaining ingredients. I let it sit for 5 minutes so the oats can absorb some of the liquid. Pour into a greased 13×9 or 10×15 pan and bake at 350° for 60-70 minutes until the top of the oatmeal is evenly cooked. Remove from the oven and let it cool on the counter, then slice into 12-18 slices, and refrigerate until you are ready to eat. I personally like to eat them plain, with a tsp of butter, a TB of cream cheese, some honey or some maple syrup, I really haven’t found a way that I don’t like baked oatmeal!
Other Baked Oatmeal’s to Try:
Gingerbread
Blueberry Lemon
Strawberry Banana
Banana Bread
Apple Pie
Pumpkin Pie
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WW: 6 Points Plus / serving @ 12 servings
4 Points Plus / serving @ 18 servings
Am so glad you did this. I have 12 jars of fresh bing cherries I tried canning this Summer and wanted to do something different besides just putting in my Greek yogurt, Think I will try this.
Sounds so delicious!!!
Jillian, get out of my head!!! I picked up a bag of frozen sweet cherries (no sugar added) last week to take a shot at making a Cherry Almond version or your baked oatmeal…and you beat me to it!!! I am in love with your baked oatmeal. It’s become my breakfast standby, for sure! Thank you so much!
Let me know how you like it!!! I really do eat it almost every day!
Hi, is the middle supposed to be a little wet/soggy, or did I not bake them long enough??
Jess,
The middle should not be soggy at all. Sounds like you needed more bake time, in general the top should always start to be golden brown. I cook in a pyrex baking dish and will often look at the underside to make sure the center is cooked as well. My oven runs a little hot, yours may run a little cool and may need another 10-15 minutes.
Jillian
Ah! makes sense.. i’ll retry the recipe tonight. Thanks!!