Chocolate Chip Baked Oats
With just 8 simple ingredients, these chocolate chip baked oats are light, fluffy, and the perfect way to have a delicious, dessert-like, healthy breakfast. It's filling, satisfying and can be made vegan and gluten-free. The best part? It feels like you're having cake for breakfast, but it's totally guilt-free!
Servings: 8
Calories: 158kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ⅛ tsp salt
- 1 ripe banana
- ¼ cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup vegan chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F / 180 C. Grease an 9 inch baking dish.
- Pulse the oats in a high speed food processor until they become fine oat flour.
- Add all remaining ingredients, except the chocolate chips, and blend until well incorporated and smooth.
- Transfer the batter to a mixing bowl and allow it to rest for 30 minutes.
- Set aside 2 tbsp of vegan chocolate chips, stir the remaining chocolate chips through the batter.
- Pour the batter into the prepared dish and sprinkle the reserved chocolate chips over top of the batter.
- Bake in the oven for 20-30 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
- Allow the baked oats to cool for 5 minutes before enjoying.
Notes
- Pulsing the oats helps to create a cake like texture.
- Store leftover baked oats covered in the fridge for up to 4 days
- These baked oats are sweetened by the banana, apple sauce and chocolate chips however if you prefer a slightly sweeter baked oats add 2 tbsp maple syrup to the batter before cooking.
- Any plant based milk will work well in this recipe.
- Make sure you choose gluten free rolled oats to keep this recipe gluten free.
Nutrition
Serving: 1piece | Calories: 158kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 79mg | Potassium: 234mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 8g