Description
These strawberry chocolate baked oats are like dessert for breakfast! Gluten-free, vegan, and ready in 30 minutes.
Prep Time: 10 min | Cook Time: 20 min | Total Time: 30 min | Course: Breakfast | Cuisine: American | Keyword: 30 minute meals, Breakfast, meal prep, Oats, vegan | Servings: 9bars
Ingredients
2flax eggsor regular eggs
¼cupunsweetened applesauce
½cupmilk of choice
1teaspoonvanilla extract
¼cupmaple syrup
½cupnatural peanut butter
2.5cupsoatsquick or rolled
1teaspoonbaking powder
¼cupcocoa powder *see note below
⅓cupchocolate chipsoptional
⅓cupstrawberriessliced, optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F and grease a 6×9 inch rectangular pan.
- Directly in the pan, whisk together eggs, applesauce, milk, maple syrup and vanilla extract until smooth. Add in maple syrup and peanut butter and whisk again.
- Once smooth, pour in oats, baking powder and cocoa powder. Mix well.
- Fold in chocolate (if using) and strawberries. Reserve some strawberries for topping.
- Bake for about 17-24 minutes or until the top begins to brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the baking tray comes out clean. Top with additional strawberries if desired and enjoy!
Notes
*For protein chocolate baked oats: add ¼ cup chocolate protein powder and only 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder
*I have included an estimation of the nutrition information for this recipe below. However, always remember a recipe is so much more than just nutritional content and these numbers do not need to dictate your food choices. Please don’t forget that both your body and soul need nourishment! The owner of this website is not liable for this estimation.
Nutrition
Calories: 260kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 58mg | Potassium: 289mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 25IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 86mg | Iron: 2mg
