Gingerbread Baked Oatmeal Recipe

This gingerbread baked oatmeal recipe is the right wholesome breakfast recipe for the vacation season. Nice for make-ahead meal prep breakfasts!

Confession – I’m a type of those that begins listening to Christmas music earlier than Thanksgiving.

I completely love this time of yr. I’ve Hallmark Christmas films on on a regular basis, Christmas music on the automobile radio as we drive, and I’m itching to get the Christmas tree up (although I maintain off on the entire different decorations till the day after Thanksgiving).

And I love my seasonal meals – gingerbread, eggnog, peppermint, and all of these different pretty festive flavors are simply so nostalgic for me.

So, I’m at all times attempting to construct vacation favorites into our wholesome regular!

Breakfast is the one meal I meal prep each single week as a result of I’m so not a morning particular person, however I like a scorching, hearty breakfast (you possibly can learn extra about how I meal prep for weight reduction right here), so I made a decision so as to add a festive aptitude to baked oatmeal this yr.

I take advantage of molasses as an alternative of sugar or brown sugar for sweetness on this recipe and, paired with the ginger, cloves, and cinnamon, it brings the entire gingerbread magic to the dish.

How To Make Gingerbread Baked Oatmeal

Collect your whole components collectively. The molasses I used is “full taste.” Blackstrap molasses is one of the best type to make use of for this recipe to provide the most gingerbread taste, however they didn’t carry it in my grocery retailer, and the complete taste labored properly.

I wouldn’t suggest utilizing “gentle taste,” although!

First, combine collectively your dry components.

In a separate bowl, whisk collectively your whole moist components.

*Straightforward cooking tip – in case you spray your measuring cup with cooking spray earlier than measuring your molasses (or different sticky components like honey), it comes out a lot simpler!

Now pour your moist components into your dry components and blend to mix.

Pour all of it right into a greased 8×8 glass pan and bake at 350 for 35 minutes, till the oatmeal is about.

When the oatmeal is about, take it out of the oven and funky for about 5 minutes earlier than serving.

What To Eat With Baked Oatmeal

I eat fruit with breakfast nearly each single morning and winter fruits like pears, clementines, and grapes go nice with this gingerbread baked oatmeal!

As a result of high-protein breakfasts are such a giant a part of my 100-pound weight reduction upkeep, I prefer to serve this baked oatmeal with entire meals with a lot of protein like:

You possibly can even add a protein choice into the baked oatmeal itself earlier than baking like:

• a scoop of vanilla protein powder
• a tablespoon of chia or hemp seeds

*Observe that in case you do add these choices, you’ll additionally want so as to add extra milk to the baked oatmeal.

How one can Make Baked Oatmeal Forward of Time

Meal Prep Breakfasts

My favourite manner to do that is baking the whole recipe, then cooling them fully earlier than packing up their particular person containers.

I reheat every serving within the microwave for about 1 1/2 minutes for wholesome breakfast meal prep.

If you wish to reheat the whole pan, cowl it with foil and bake at 350 for 10 minutes.

Can You Freeze This?

You possibly can completely freeze this baked oatmeal in case you’d like!

Simply bake as directed, cool fully, then cowl it tightly. You possibly can freeze the whole casserole pan or particular person items.

You possibly can freeze it for as much as 3 months.

When you’re prepared to make use of it, thaw it within the fridge, then reheat utilizing the directions above.

Can You Double The Recipe?

Completely! You possibly can double the recipe and use a 9×13-inch pan as an alternative of an 8×8.

You will have so as to add not less than 10 minutes to the baking time for the oatmeal to set. Watch it rigorously and if it begins browning an excessive amount of, cowl with foil till the oatmeal is absolutely baked.

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