Baked Oatmeal With Berries and Almonds

My own version of this (that predates the current millennium) is 1 cup milk (skim); 1 egg; 1/2 c oatmeal, 1/2 tsp vanilla, and rarely 1 tsp sugar, which gives you a much more custardy version and NOT at all granola-bar like. To that basic formula I add a very thinly sliced apple, or peach; and top it w/ a small (1/2 tsp) of cinnamon sugar.

I love this recipe and have made it regularly over the last eight months since my twins were born because it's so easy! It is such a crowd-pleaser that it is my go-to breakfast recipe for guests. I make a few modifications to simplify.

1. Use two bags of frozen berries--a lot! Throw them in cast iron and let defrost in oven while it preheats. Skip the butter.
2. Mix everything else together and pour over. I add cinnamon, flaked coconut, nutritional yeast.
3. Use lots of heavy cream on top!

Recipe also works nicely cut in half in an 8x8 baking dish.

You might not want to mix everything: baking powder will lose its "fizz" and you'll get a denser texture. I like the oats better soaked overnight anyway, so I've been leaving oats+milk+vanilla+spices in the fridge and nuts+bp+salt+sugar on the counter. In the morning, I melt butter as the oven warms (grease the pan, then pour the rest into the oats), combine wet+dry+eggs, and pour it over fruit. Easy enough that I can do it pre-caffeine, before the oven reaches temp.

I made this with frozen cherries and fresh mango, and added in some toasted coconut. I used maple syrup and coconut sugar in place of the turbinado/brown sugar. Delicious, satisfying, and easy recipe but I found it to be too sweet. I'll cut way back on the sugar next time around.

to make it savory, remove the berries and sugar (and perhaps the nuts) add 1/2 tsp salt, some pepper, and put in whatever vegetables you enjoy. I'd use onions (caramelized first) or mushrooms; maybe asparagus, and top it with a cheddar or swiss cheese.

I am not into this recipe! I thought it sounded great but it kind of tastes like a protein/energy bar, like a Clif or Kind type. The dish comes out of the oven looking like a crispy crumble, but when you break into it you see that the custard turns the fruit an off pale grayish color since they get soaked/coated in the custard. I love Melissa Clark's recipes but this one didn't do it for me in taste nor presentation!

This is a great, hardy breakfast option that is healthy (if you don't use too much sugar) and keeps you full throughout the day. Make it once and it lasts throughout the week. Pretty easy to play around with the ingredients. I substituted in steel cut oatmeal that gave it an extra oatmeal kick and texture.

I just made this and it is delicious! I substituted the eggs for chia eggs (1egg = 1 tbs ground chia seeds and 3 tbs of water).

This is delicious! I used a thawed package of frozen cherries, raspberries and strawberries and also followed another reviewer's advice and only used 1/4 cup brown sugar. No problems with the greyish custard that others have reported, probably because I added all the vibrant red liquid that came with the frozen berries.

Quaker Oats has a similar 'Baked Oatmeal' recipe on their web site. Theirs is made with apples, maple syrup, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and pecans. I increase the maple syrup, add raisins and use 6 eggs as well as grind the pecans into meal. Also find it helps the texture to soak the oatmeal overnight in milk.

Delicious and quite filling! I used mixed frozen berries and cherries and put them directly into the pan without thawing; they baked up just fine, and didn't exude too much juice. Like other reviewers, I think half a cup of turbinado sugar was a bit too sweet for my taste. As an added bonus, this is really tasty served cold the next day.

Holy moly this is good! I used frozen apricots and cherries. Almond milk. Quick oats because that's all I had. Plan to eat chunks of it for breakfast during the week.

With a surplus of frozen "farmer's market" fruit on hand, I decided to use a combo of peaches and strawberries. Thawed the fruit in a sieve, and then again in the pre-heating oven, to collect juices. Used the juices (1 cup) and 1 cup half and half as a substitute for milk. Richness of the half and half omitted the need for butter. Will use full 1 tsp. almond extract next time. Agree with other reviewer s that 1/4 cup sugar is fine to mildly sweeten the dish.

I used fresh strawberries and blueberries with coconut oil instead of butter, almond milk instead of whole milk and rolled oats - so good! I threw some cinnamon on top half way through cooking, very tasty.