Orange Citrus Baked Oats

This Orange Citrus Baked Oats Recipe is bursting with vibrant flavors and nutrients all in one breakfast bowl!

Baked oats are one of my favorite go-to breakfast ideas! You can make them to include so many different flavors, ingredients, and different healthy elements. The recipe showcases a delicious blend of citrus flavors as it uses both the zest and juice from an orange. This provides a wonderful balance of sweetness and flavor to the recipe.

This recipe is dairy-free, gluten-free, refined sugar free, and vegan! These baked oats provide protein, healthy fats, carbohydrates, and other nutrients to start your day! It can be adapted based on your preferences or what you have. 

You can quickly mix together the ingredients, then bake for 17-20 minutes! Within 25 minutes, you’ll have baked a scrumptious little breakfast cake packed with nourishing ingredients. 

The texture is soft and chewy, like a dense cake. This creates a delicious base for sweetness from the orange and maple syrup to shine through.

Features of this recipe

• It’s a healthy, vegan breakfast recipe that is full of delicious, citrusy flavors.
• Baked oats are a quick and easy breakfast recipe that is both filling and provides nutrients to start the day. 
• Only requires a few main ingredients and can be adapted based on what you have. 

Ingredients 

• Oat flour: The main ingredient in this baked oats recipe (an alternative to whole oats). It provides nutrients such as fiber and healthy carbohydrates. You can make this yourself by blending oats in a food processor or blender. 
• Flax seed meal: a great source of dietary fiber and healthy fats. This also helps to hold the cookies together. You can substitute additional chia seeds or omit it from the recipe if necessary.
• Chia seeds: provides antioxidants, fiber, healthy fats, protein, and other vitamins and minerals. They are a nutrient dense addition to this recipe, and also make this recipe more filling for breakfast. You can substitute additional flax seeds or omit it from the recipe if necessary.
• Orange: both the zest and the juice of the orange are used in this recipe. This gives a strong citrusy flavor to the baked oats. Use an organic orange to avoid chemicals. If your orange is not organic, you can omit the zest and use the juice from the entire orange. This provides vitamin C among many other vitamins and minerals.
• Almond butter: this adds nutrients and healthy fats to the recipe. You can substitute another nut or seed butter, although this would probably affect the taste.
• Maple syrup: this provides sweetness to the oats without any refined sugars. You can substitute honey.
• Almond milk: provides moisture to the oats and healthy fats. Substitute any milk of your choice.
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Equipment

• Oven/microwave safe bowl
• Spoon
• Oven/toaster oven or microwave

How to make: step-by-step

Zest your orange using a zester or small cheese grater. Cut half of the orange into quarters (you can squeeze each piece directly into the bowl with the other ingredients). Cut a slice of the orange and set aside for the topping (optional). 

Mix together your dry ingredients – oat flour, flax seed meal, and chia seed – in an oven safe or microwave safe bowl, depending on what you are using. 

Add in the rest of the ingredients: orange juice + zest, almond butter, maple syrup, and almond milk. Mix until everything is well combined. Top with a slice of orange (optional). 

Bake at 350°F in an oven or toaster oven for about 17-20 minutes. If using a toaster oven, you could set the temperature to 400°F. You could also microwave the oats for about 3 minutes for similar results. 

Allow the baked oats to cool and enjoy!

Serving and Storage

Enjoy these oats warm after they have baked and cooled slightly. You could also top these oats with some yogurt or a drizzle of almond butter. 

If making these baked oats in advance as a meal prep recipe, you could refrigerate the oats, cooked or uncooked in the bowl with a covering. When ready to eat, reheat the oats or bake as listed above.  

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