This easy healthy baked oats recipe is a nutritious way to start the day for the whole family. Baked in the oven, this healthy breakfast option is low fat, low calorie, and can be enhanced with your favourite flavour combinations.
Whether you're following a Slimming World or Weight Watchers plan, these easy baked oats are a great way to enjoy breakfast.
With oats being a high fibre option, not only are they a great way to enjoy breakfast, but we love them as a lunch time treat, dessert or supper.
Prep is simple - which is what you need to sustain a new year diet throughout the year. just let your oven or air fryer do the work for you and let everyone add their favourite toppings at the end!
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✔️ Why You'll Love This Recipe
Here are just a handful of reasons why we think you'll love this easy baked oats recipe will become a favourite breakfast!
- Use basic ingredients
- Make a great mug cake
- An unofficial Slimming World recipe
- A simple recipe with simple instructions
- Easy to customise with different flavours
- Minimal prep for a sweet fix when needed
- No food processor required, but it will give the create best baked oats recipe
🛒 Ingredient Notes
Please see the printable recipe card with exact ingredient quantities and preparation instructions at the bottom of this post.
- Porridge oats - if using a food processor, you can use any size plain porridge oats, such as jumbo rolled oats. A good alternative is Ready Brek baked with milk instead of yogurt, but will be slightly denser. If you don't have a food processor, I recommend quick cook instant oats with yogurt
- Baking powder - to help it rise significantly more
- Egg - this helps bind while baking, otherwise it will take a lot longer to firm up
- Vanilla extract - or a drop of vanilla essence - you only need a small amount to taste it
- Sweetener - or omit if drizzling with maple syrup, honey, golden syrup at the end
- Fat free yogurt - this is a key ingredient for moist baked oats and has more calcium than full fat yogurts. It also helps it rise compared to swapping it with milk. Milk gives it a more eggy taste, although it does have a delicious homemade thick rice pudding taste to it
- Mixed berries - I prefer berries such as raspberries, blueberries, or strawberries for a low glycemic index and they burst into the mix for a tender cake texture (GI). Then top some uncooked ones on top with more yogurt and maple syrup
- Optional spices - such as a pinch of cinnamon, nutmegs, etc
See Variations for more flavour combinations you can try.
📋 Instructions
Here are my simple step by step instructions on how to make baked oats the healthy way.
First, preheat your oven to gas mark 4/160c fan/180c/350F.
Then if preferred, you can mill the oats into flour with a food processor or stick blender.
Now mix all the wet ingredients together in a small oven proof dish or oven safe mug/cup.
(I use a Denby cup).
Now stir in the all of dry ingredients until smooth.
Gently stir in your fresh fruit - I use mixed blueberries and raspberries.
Then bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
Now serve your abked porridge oats with yogurt or cream, more berries, and a drizzle of maple syrup or honey.
Tip: if you don't have a food processor to mill your own oat flour for baked porridge, then you can use Ready Brek or quick cook oats instead. It won't rise as much, but it still tastes delicious.
👩🍳 Substitutions
Depending on your dietary needs, here are a few simple swaps you can make to this basic recipe:
- Oats - ensure you are using gluten free oats if needed. Or if following a low carb keto diet, a good choice is to use 4 tablespoon of almond flour (note: Slimming World fans can use almonds - but refer to your book or consultant as to how many you can as part of your healthy extra B choice).
- Fat free natural yogurt - if you don't have any fat free yogurt, you can mix milk half the amount of milk with ½ a banana. For dairy free - use coconut plant based yogurt or coconut milk, almond milk or soya. You can also swap for soya yoghut, etc.
- Egg - for a baked oats no egg version (vegan baked oats), swap the egg for ½ a mashed banana to thicken and bake for 30 minutes, but note that cooked fruit will require counting on a weight loss plan. You can also leave it out and mix it all together to make overnight oats by placing it in the fridge the night before and eating without baking.
⚖️ Variations
Here are a few different ways you can personalise to find your next unofficial Slimming World favourite:
- Chocolate orange - add ½ tablespoon cocoa powder, or orange chocolate chips and orange zest
- Parsnip and carrot cake oats Slimming World - this is a really warming flavour with extra natural sweetness
- Deluxe - add seeds from a vanilla pod and serve with a splash of maple syrup
See my microwave baked oats and slow cooker porridge oats version here.
🔪 Equipment
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- Measuring spoons
- Weighing scales
- Measuring jug
- Small baking dish or oven proof cup
❄️ Storage
Storing - we prefer eating baked oatmeal straight out of the oven, but it can be stored in an airtight container or in the same dish, covered with foil and refrigerated for up to 3 days.
Freezing - cool to room temperature and again, store in a freezer safe container for up to 3 months.
Reheating - If you want to eat the next day, defrost in the fridge if required and microwave until piping hot, or in the oven for 10 minutes while covered with foil.
💡Pro Tips
- Avoid pre-soaking them the night before in the mix before baking as it can make them mushy, resulting in soggy baked oats
- If you want a baked oats cake texture, I recommend blending all of the ingredients in a food processor, but it's still delicious if you don't
- For Gluten Free ensure the oat manufacturer guarantees GF on the packaging
- For a more moist texture, add another egg, or add double the fruit
- You can swap oat flour for the same amount of Ready Brek. It comes out slightly denser, but does work
🍽️ Serving Suggestions
Chocolate sauce - baked oats is always delicious with a low calorie chocolate sauce drizzled on top
Fresh fruit - for extra fibre and nutrition, unlike cooked fruit, it's delicious with fresh fruits like sliced bananas, berries, etc
Muller Light yogurt - the perfect way for an easy side is to enjoy baked oats with yogurt such as Muller Light fruity low sugar yoghurt. Theer are many delicious ones such as strawberry, toffee, coconut, vanilla with dark chocolate, etc
Lotus biscuits - crumble some biscoff biscuits on top of your breakfast oats along with a dollop of yogurt with fruit for a cheesecake taste
❓ FAQ
Baking powder isn't essential for this baked oats Slimming World recipe, but it does help increase the volume while baking and increases the syns.
I think baked oats are a great option for those wanting to maintain or lose weight as it's higher in fibre and is a complex carbohydrate, which is important that your metabolism.
However, it becomes less healthy when adding sugar, and fats that are empty calories with little to no nutritional value.
Ideally, you should aim for around a 2:1 ratio of liquid to oats, and too much can make them soggy. Another problem could be that you pre-soaked the oats first, or didn't bake them long enough.
Yes, these make great air fryer baked oats. Simply preheat at 180c/350F and bake for 8-10 minutes.
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📖 Recipe
Easy Healthy Baked Oats Recipe {Unofficial Slimming World}
Ingredients
- 40 Oats blended in a food processor (to be counted or used as part of your allowance)
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 3 teaspoon Natural sweetener *to be counted
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 medium Egg
- 100 g Fat free natural yoghurt
- 50 g Mixed berries
Instructions
- First, preheat your oven to gas mark 4/160c fan/180c/350F.Then if preferred, you can mill the oats into flour with a food processor or stick blender.
- Now mix all the wet ingredients together in a small oven proof dish or oven safe mug/cup. (I use a Denby cup).
- Now stir in the all of dry ingredients until smooth.
- Gently stir in your fresh fruit - I use mixed blueberries and raspberries.Then bake in the oven for 30 minutes, and serve with yogurt or cream, more berries, and a drizzle of maple syrup or honey.
Disclaimer
*This is an unofficial page and has no affiliation or endorsement from Slimming World. Slimming World's website can be found at https://www.slimmingworld.co.uk/. Any syn values are personal estimates and not verified by Slimming World.
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Notes
- Avoid pre-soaking them the night before in the mix before baking as it can make them mushy, resulting in soggy baked oats
- If you want a baked oats cake texture, I recommend blending all of the ingredients in a food processor, but it's still delicious if you don't
- For Gluten Free ensure the oat manufacturer guarantees GF on the packaging
- For a more moist texture, add another egg, or add double the fruit
- You can swap oat flour for the same amount of Ready Brek. It comes out slightly denser, but does work
Mica Griffiths
Thankyou for this recipe ???? , fab idea to take to university as a snack. Feels very naughty but so good for you. Thanks again
Tastefully Vikkie
Thanks for your lovely comment 🙂 glad you liked it xxx
Jane Stewart
Tried baking the oats this evening, well the oven was on! Couldn't wait until the morning to try it..... result very scrummy!!!!! It's going to be a weekend favourite. Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Tastefully Vikkie
Thanks for trying it and letting me know! 🙂 Glad you found it useful xx
Sandra stepton
Would love to follow vickie the recipes really look great
Tastefully Vikkie
Thanks so much, I hope you enjoy them too x