Personal Sized Baked Oatmeal with Individual Toppings: Gluten Free & Diabetic Friendly
Do you have picky family members? Do you make a meal and almost always one child is not as thrilled as the others because of one little ingredient you might have put into the recipe?
Well that's my family. If I make a large baked oatmeal in a 9 by 13 baking dish and add one type of fruit, like blueberries for instance, I have one child who will not eat it. If I make it with raisins which I love, none of my kids will eat it! And then there's the hubby who wants nuts and the boys are allergic.
So you see this recipe came out of a DEEP desire to please everyone in my family! So everyone will eat what I am putting in front of them for breakfast and I won't have to make 3 different breakfasts (which I really hate to admit I have certainly done, shame on me I know!
My original recipe began in a large baking dish as I mentioned, delicious for overnight guests, can be made ahead, wonderfully yummy! But freezing it was hard because I didn't like the size of it in my freezer. I then used that same recipe to accommodate it in portion perfect muffin cups because I was often eating to much of this yummy breakfast. I guest posted that freezer friendly baked oatmeal and you can find it at Money Saving Mom.
This is the third and final version I am super happy with because the toppings are what wins everyone over! I made 4 plain, 4 topped with walnuts and added some frozen blueberries in the batter for the hubby, 4 topped with chocolate chips for kiddies and 4 topped with raisins for me!!
This recipe is completely free of added sugar and lower in calories as well!
I think this finally fits our family to a tee so I think it will be perfect for you and yours as well! Enjoy!
Additional Notes:
- Use a half cup to one cup of honey in place of stevia if you don't have any.
- Nutrition info is without any toppings.
- The batter will look RUNNY, don't worry!
- Freeze them in an airtight container or Ziploc bag after they have cooled. Thaw overnight in refrigerator for morning you want them.
- Reheat 45-60 seconds.
- Spray the cupcake liners with nonstick cooking spray.
- Adding cream or milk over the top after warmed is very yummy!
- If you are gluten free, make sure you are using certified gluten free oats and baking powder.
- If you don't have the stevia packets or powder only liquid, here's the conversion chart.
- I used a ¼ cup to fill each muffin and the extra batter I had was about a half cup and I "topped" off some that looked smaller.
- PLEASE SEE UDATE: 2/20/2014
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UPDATE 2-10-13: There has been much discussion as to why some people get more servings than 18 and why I have not. I've discovered that it depends on whether you use paper liners or silicone liners. Using paper liners more batter can be filled into the cups, more like ⅓ cup each. Where as using the silicone, only ¼ cup of the batter will be filled. Using the silicone liners you will get 24 servings. Using the paper you will only get 18. I've included the nutrition info for both below.
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*Before you comment please see the Q&A Post for this recipe to see if your question has already been addressed.
UDATE: 2/20/2014: I've remade this recipe and changed the amount of milk used from the original 2 ¾ cup reduced to 2 ¼ cup. Also please note I changed the 1 banana to ½ cup measured as the difference in size of bananas could have been the difference in why some of you were getting different amounts in this recipe. I also reduced the flaxseed from ¼ cup to 2tbsp. With this change and without using paper liners or silicone liners, I sprayed muffin cups and poured ⅓ cup measure into each and filled 18.
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups applesauce, unsweetened
- ½ cup or 1 banana, mashed
- 6 packets of Sweetleaf Stevia or 1 ½ teaspoons[url href="https://www.iherb.com/p/5270?rcode=yaj035" target="_blank"] stevia powder[/url] or use ½ cup honey
- 5 cups, Old Fashioned rolled oats { I used Bob's Red Mill}
- 2 tablespoons flaxseed meal*
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 3 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 ¼ cups milk (I used 1%)
- Optional toppings: raisins, walnuts, chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix eggs, vanilla, applesauce, banana and Stevia together in a bowl.
- Add in oats, flax, cinnamon, baking powder, salt and mix well with wet ingredients.
- Finally pour in milk and combine.
- Spray a 12 and 6 capacity muffin tin with cooking spray or use cupcake liners. Pour mixture evenly into muffin tin cups.
- If using toppings add them onto the tops of muffins now. If using fresh or frozen fruit, drop it right into the batter.
- Bake 30 minutes until a toothpick in center comes out clean.
- Cool and enjoy or freeze them in gallon freezer bags.
**Newest Adaption!!!! This recipe can be made in the CROCK POT!!! Check it out here: Crock Pot Personalized Baked Oatmeal Bars!
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About Brenda
Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & Refined carb free for 17 years and has written 2 cookbooks, Sugar-Free Mom, and Naturally Keto and her 3rd book The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, is a four part program to help you detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar and lose weight all while eating a delicious, nutrient dense whole foods. Meal plan offers two tracks to follow, low carb or keto. She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and Sugar Free Tribe weight loss membership. Learn more.
Joanna
I am so trying these! This would be great as I'm rushing out the door to work!
Nicole
Does anyone know what the differences would be if I used Quinoa, instead?
Lauren Hobson
S glad I found this recipe! I looked through all the comments and decided this waas worth a shot. With my husband always in school and never time for him to eat breakfast and me busy with a 2 yr old these sound perfect! I have them in the oven right now and it made 20 muffins! Could have done 18 but wanted some smaller for daughter! Can't wait to try them as my house smells amazing! Thanks for posting
Brenda
Yeah! Good to know you got around the same as me! Glad they liked it!
Del Olds
Could also use sweet potatoes instead of bananas or pumpkin.
Kim
Hi there! I LOVE this idea! My kids take a snack everyday to school and I'm tired of giving them store bought granola bars. This may be a silly question, but what do you think is the best way to store them if they are going to go into a backpack in the morning and be eaten mid-morning? Just in an airtight container or in the fridge overnight? Thanks again for the awesome recipe!
Brenda
I would definitely keep them in the fridge overnight in an airtight container. They should be fine in the backpack like that.
Shelly
I am making these now! I accidentally bought regular applesauce (oops!) Do you by any chance know how much that would change the nutritional information or know how I can figure that out? I read about the weight watchers builder but have never used it before! Thanks for the recipe... I am looking forward to taste testing them!!!
Brenda
regular applesauce, meaning with sugar added? I don't know off hand. I'm not sure how much it would change the nutrition info. I use nutritiondata.com and/or myfitnesspal.com
Shelly
okay great! thanks! These are already a hit at my house and at work.. thanks again 🙂
Corina
I made these with strawberries, blueberries and a little brown sugar...amazing!
Lauren
I work an early shift at my job, and several people enjoy Oatmeal daily. I am baking these right now to take and share tomorrow. I followed your receipe exactly, with standard measuring cups, and got exactly 18 🙂 I topped mine with raisons, choc chips and some with brown sugar. I also subbed honey for Stevia, and omitted the banana altogether. I can hardly wait to try them ! I can see this easily being a reg staple to have in my freezer.
Lisa
Can you use Coach's oats? Are those those more like old fashioned oats since they are steel cut? Also i have liquid stevia. Can I use that and how much? thanks
Brenda
I've not heard about coach's oats and have not tried steel cut yet in this recipe. You can use liquid stevia. One packet is equal to about 8 drops.
Tracy
Great recipe! I just tried it out and used some different toppings:) As a busy grad student I love that I can just grab this and go!
Cheryl
Just a note, for people who are Gluten sensitive there are Oats available that are not grown in the same fields as wheat and not processed on the same equipment as wheat. Not everyone can tolerate oats that have been handled in a companion growing situation. Some Gluten/Wheat sensitive people can tolerate some exposure. (My daughter tolerates a small amount of exposure, but my mother does not.)
So, chances are my comment will get lost and not be noticed, but this is an issue for some.
Brenda
That was very informative, thank you for sharing 🙂
Ashley
Thank you do much for posting this!!! My oldest will be starting kindergarten this coming school year and as a very busy Army family these will be fantastic for breakfast!! I just have one question... My youngest has dairy and cinnamon allergies. I read on an earlyer comment that I can sub cows milk for other but do I have to use cinnamon??
Brenda
Welcome! The cinnamon is simply for flavor as I love it, but you can eliminate without problems.
Katie G.
I too was wondering about the cinnamon because I have made banana-chocolate chip muffins with no cinnamon before and love them. These are great and taste similar, but I think they would taste more like a banana muffin (but healthier!) without the cinnamon. Do you think I could sub another banana for some of the applesauce?
Thank you so much for the recipe and for answering everyone's questions!
Brenda
Yes I think one banana could replace one cup applesauce. 🙂
Trulie
I just wanted to thank you for this recipe! I made a double batch of these and froze over half. I am a diabetic and I am financially conscious. This recipe meets both of my needs. Not to mention that my husband and son love these as well. It has replaced my pre-made granola bar habit of which we both know are not as healthy an option.
Carol
OMG! If you try to print this recipe, make sure you copy and paste it into Word or Notepad! My printer is in another room and I didn't notice until after it had printed 15 pages of COMMENTS! And no recipe.
Brenda
It should be printer friendly. You should be able to eliminate pics and comments.
Sue Hulme
I also got the pics and all. I pressed the printer friendly button, and then the printer icon you get. Just thought I'd let you know!
Brenda
Thanks! But I believe you have manually delete what you don't want printed before you click the icon. Let me know tho if that is what you did, thanks!
Jacquelyn
Hi~ I tried the muffins this morning and all 5 of my children loved them! Thank you for sharing this recipe. I was wondering if the batter can be put in the refrigerator until tomorrow? I did not have any dried fruit and I would love to try that but I have to go to the grocery store first. Thanks again! :o)
Brenda
yes someone has tried that and said it worked just fine.
Jewels
Just want to double check and make sure I'm thinking right... Is the weight watcher points+ for one "muffin"? THANKS!!! I'm really excited to try these!!
Jewels
Sorry, I finally got down to comments that answered my question. Thanks!!
Jennifer
These are absolutely delicious! I topped some with blueberries and others with ultra dark chocolate chips...next time I'm skipping the fruit and going all chocolate...and I'll mix it in instead of using as a topping so I can get that chocolate taste with every bite. Thanks for these...they're amazing!
Rachel Dillin
I just made these. Because I did not have a banana or the flax, I substituted Fage Greek yogurt for moistness and protein. They turned out great! I used Stevia in the Raw, which measures cup for cup like sugar, so I put 2/3 cup in it.
Rachel Dillin
By the way, I found this on Pinterest, and thanks so much for the recipe and all the responses!
Heidi
Love these! My husband and son like them too. My husband eats them as dessert. I popped them in the freezer and just put one in the microwave first thing in the AM.
Caroline
These look so good! I wanted to make them when I found the recipe last night but I am out of applesauce, so looks like this afternoon I'll be headed to the grocery! I am also on WW, and calculated this with the recipe builder. I put 1/2 c. brown sugar in place of the stevia (because it's pretty expensive around here to use for baking), and omitted the flaxseed because it's hard to find around here. It still comes out to 4 PP per serving. Just an FYI! Thanks for the recipe, I can not wait to make these tonight and eat them for breakfast and pre-workout snacks!!
Juliana Pace
Wow...I see why there's so many comments. Can hardly wait to make these. I'm diabetic & oatmeal raisin cookies are my favorite. I can hardly wait!
Sharon Kenny
Wow they are amazing...you were right...even the fussy ones like it. Thank you so much for these recipes. I made the rice tortilla chicken for dinner then had one of these with coffee for dessert and I think my husband will be having a few for brekkyas well. Job well done.
Jenny
I made these tonight. The muffins are pretty mushy from the middle down. The bottoms are wet. The toothpicks came out fine when I checked them. I am not sure what I did wrong. Any suggestions? I followed the recipe except I omitted the flaxseed because I didn't have any. Love this idea! Can't wait to try them again!
Brenda
I don't think eliminating the flaxseed would make them that mushy. Sounds like you just may need to cook them longer. Also how many did you get in your batch and did you make any other substitutions?
Jenny
I got like 30 of them. We ate them this morning and they were great! The kids loved them. I think it helped that they sat in the fridge overnight. They were not as mushy this morning. I put some brown sugar over some and whipped cream on the top of a couple others (to make it more fun since it is my son's birthday). I might try and cook them a bit longer next time. Thanks for the great idea!
allison
Hi. Where do I find Flax Meal? And is it 3 weight watchers point per oatmeal cup?
Brenda
I have found it in the healthy food sections of my local market, Whole foods,and also at Target. You can also use flax seeds and grind them yourself in a coffee grinder. Yes, 3 points without toppings.
Michelle G
I found Flax Meal in the bulk section at the local Winco (just in case you haven't found it yet...)
Christina
Found these today on Pinterest and made them tonight, they turned out great, the recipe made exactly 18 and I can see how this is a great base to become very creative with many options. This will be a big help on busy mornings, thanks!
Brenda
glad to know you got 18 as well 🙂