Cherry Vanilla Baked Oatmeal with Chia and Hemp

Meal prep your breakfast! Make these Cherry Vanilla Baked Oatmeal Cups for a healthy grab-and -go breakfast. Great for mid-day snacks, too. An easy make-ahead breakfast recipe.

Course Breakfast and Brunch

Cuisine Canadian, American

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings

Calories 214kcal

Author Elaine

Ingredients

3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats, certified gluten-free, if necessary
1.5 tablespoon chia seeds
2 tablespoon hemp seeds
2 tablespoon flax seeds
½ cup erythritol or coconut sugar
½ teaspoon ground cardamom or 1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
1 ¼ cups unsweetened milk of your choice (milk, almond milk, coconut milk, cashew milk)
½ cup milk kefir or plain yogurt or coconut milk yogurt
¼ cup coconut oil, melted (or melted butter)
2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup fresh or frozen cherries pitted and coarsely chopped

Cinnamon/Sugar Topping (optional)

1 tablespoon coconut sugar
2 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F. Line 12 muffin tins with culinary paper muffin liners or spray with cooking spray. See Note 1. Alternatively, grease an 8-inch square baking dish.
In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients.
In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, kefir or yogurt, melted coconut oil or butter and vanilla extract.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until well combined.
Gently add the cherries, stir to distribute evenly. Fill each muffin cup ¾ full OR transfer mixture to an 8-inch square baking dish. See Note 2.
Optional: Combine 1 tablespoon coconut sugar and 2 teaspoon cinnamon, sprinkle evenly over the top.
Bake muffin cups for 20-22 minutes, an 8 x 8 inch pan for 40 - 45 minutes. Serve warm, plain or with milk or yogurt and extra thawed cherries and blueberris.
Freeze extra muffin cups in an airtight container lined with paper towel. Reheat in microwave for a quick breakfast.

Notes

NOTES

Using culinary paper muffin liners makes these baked oatmeal cups easy to remove from the pan. Using a cooking spray will make the edges more crisp. You choose.
I use a large cookie scoop to fill the muffin cups. It makes it easy to distribute the batter evenly. Mess-free!

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