Cranberry Baked Oatmeal is a delightful breakfast for the holiday season: tart cranberries top a sweet baked oatmeal, flavored with your favorite holiday spices of cinnamon, vanilla and clove. This cranberry baked oatmeal recipe is easy to prepare, festive, and a healthy breakfast or snack option to keep on hand for busy days. Look forward to your breakfast with a sweet and filling dish like this cranberry baked oatmeal.
Course breakfast
Cuisine American
Keyword banana, Oatmeal
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 35 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Calories 309kcal
Author Steph
Equipment
baking dish, casserole dish, pie plate
mixing bowl
small sauce pan
Ingredients
Cranberry Topping
12ozcranberriesfresh
1tspcorn starch
1.5tbspsugar
1/4cupwater
1tspvanilla extract
1/2tspcinnamon
1/2ozpecans
Baked Oats
2bananasoverripe
1/4cupunsweetened applesauce
2tbspmaple syrup
1tspcinnamon
1/4tspcloves
1tspvanilla extract
1/2tspbaking powder
1/4tspkosher salt
1cupalmond milkunsweetened, or cashew milk or skim
1.5cupsold fashioned oats
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375F.
Pour the cranberries into the small sauce pan with the sugar, the cinnamon, the water, and the vanilla extract, and turn the heat on to medium.
Combine the corn starch with another tablespoon of water to form a slurry, then add it to the berries.
Cook the cranberries for 10 minutes, or until they are broken down into a compote-jam texture. Set aside.
Spray a small baking dish or casserole with cooking spray. I used an 8.5" x 11" 2.5qt casserole dish for this.
Add the bananas to the bottom of a mixing bowl, and mash them with a fork.
Add the applesauce, maple syrup, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and extract and stir to combine.
Add the milk. Whisk together.
Add the oats. Fold in.
Pour the mixture evenly into the baking dish.
Add the cranberry topping to the top of the oatmeal, in an even layer.
Top with the pecans.
Bake at 375 for 35-40 minutes or until set up.
Allow this bake to sit and cool for about 10 minutes until cutting, this will allow it to firm up.
Notes
WW Points:
6 points
If you use sugar replacements, the points and calories would change. I have not tested this recipe with anything besides real sugar. I recommend giving the recipe a try as is, before using any substitutions. It's delicious, and can be worked into your day using the real deal!Click here to track this recipe in the WW app.