I got some Turkish figs at Trader Joe’s, so I made this fig and walnut baked oatmeal. There’s quite a large amount of vanilla flavor in this baked oatmeal, because I thought the vanilla went especially well with the figs.
Baked oatmeal is my favorite breakfast because it’s convenient, filling, and easy to meal prep. I wouldn’t bother eating a relatively-wholesome breakfast if hadn’t already prepared it, ready to go first thing in the morning.
I don’t ever reheat this — I just grab it from the fridge and eat it cold. You, however, can reheat this if you want. I suspect that baked oatmeal reheats particularly well.
Fig & Walnut Baked Oatmeal
Servings: 6
Calories: 394kcal
Ingredients
- 1½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup liquid egg whites
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups milk of your choice
- 3 cups uncooked old fashioned rolled oats
- 1 cup chopped dried figs (about 9 of them)
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 °F. Lightly spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with nonstick spray.
- Whisk the applesauce and brown sugar together.
- Use the whisk to beat in the egg and egg whites
- Whisk in the vanilla extract, baking powder and salt.
- Stir in the milk
- Stir in the oats
- Stir in the chopped nuts and chopped figs
- Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Bake at for about 45 minutes at 375 °F. Oatmeal is done when the edges are golden-brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the oatmeal comes out clean.
