Lemon Blueberry Baked Oatmeal
Lemon blueberry baked oatmeal with lemon yogurt glaze takes oatmeal to a whole new level. Enjoy it as a wholesome breakfast or snack. This recipe is dairy-free, gluten-free, and refined sugar-free.
Ingredients
Wet Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ½ cups milk of choice
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- zest of 1 lemon
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil or melted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Dry Ingredients
- 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1 cup blueberries, plus more for topping
Lemon Yogurt Glaze
- ¼ cup unsweetened plain yogurt dairy-free or regular
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon poppy seeds (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F and grease your 8x8 pan.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, maple syrup, lemon zest, lemon juice, coconut oil or butter, and vanilla extract.
- Stir the rolled oats, poppy seeds, baking powder, and pinch of salt into the wet ingredients. And then fold in the blueberries.
- Pour the batter into the greased baking dish and bake the oatmeal for 35-40 minutes or until the tip of a knife comes out clean and it's lightly golden around the edges.
- In a small bowl, mix together the yogurt, lemon zest, lemon juice, and maple syrup.
- Let the oatmeal cool down for a few minutes, drizzle with the glaze and add a sprinkle of poppyseeds and more blueberries if desired. Can be eaten warm or cold.
Notes
No poppy seeds? – you can either add in some chia seeds for a similar texture or just omit them completely.
Make it egg-free - replace with flax eggs (the ratio per egg is 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed mixed with 3 tablespoons water). Let the flax eggs gel up for a few minutes to thicken before adding them to the batter.
No maple syrup? - use honey instead, but reduce the amount to 1/4 cup for the oatmeal and 1/2 tablespoon for the glaze since it's sweeter than maple syrup.
Variations - use another kind of berry such as blackberry or raspberry or a berry mixture. Stone fruits would also work really well here such as peaches, nectarines, or plums.