These easy baked oatmeal cups are a quick grab and go breakfast or snack. Add it to your meal prep for a healthy whole grain breakfast!
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These baked oatmeal cups are a perfect addition to meal prep and work great as a make-ahead, travel-friendly recipe too!
This is one of those staple recipes. Nothing trendy. Nothing really unique – just a simple answer to breakfast or addition to your snack options.
Baked Oatmeal Cups Ingredients
Most of the ingredients are pantry or refrigerator staples.
- old fashioned oats
- almond butter (or peanut butter)
- milk and eggs
- baking soda and salt
- ripe bananas
Notice that you don’t need any flour. The oats work just fine without it.
These oat cups are made without flour but my Blackberry Oatmeal Muffins and Strawberry Buttermilk Muffins use a combination for a more traditional muffin texture.
How to choose the best bananas
The bananas are the one exception. And not pretty yellow bananas. They need to be ripe – like about to turn to mush, heavily spotted ripe bananas.
The overripe bananas will lend lots of sweetness and moisture to the oatmeal cups, which means you can also cut back on added sugars.
I’ve made this recipe several times. Instead of banana bread, it’s become my go-to recipe to use up extra bananas.
Here, I’ve used sliced almonds and almond butter, but you can swap those out for different nuts or seeds.
Recipe variations
You can add dried cranberries or blueberries to the mixture too. Once the oatmeal cups are done, enjoy them warm (my fave) or at room temperature.
Add a smear of nut butter or toast them up to enjoy with some yogurt for a filling breakfast.
Does this recipe freeze well?
Yes. Let the oatmeal cups cool completely. Store in a freezer safe bag or sealed container. They also keep 3-5 days in the refrigerator.
For ultimate freshness and flavor, freeze any extras within 1-2 days.
To reheat oatmeal cups
From the refrigerator, you can add the oatmeal cups to a toaster oven for about 5-7 minutes to reheat.
If the oatmeal cups are frozen, pop them into a conventional or toaster oven for about 15 minutes or until the center is completely warm.
I do not recommend reheating from frozen in the microwave.
Healthy Oatmeal Recipes
For more outside-the-bowl oatmeal inspiration, check out these recipes:
Peanut Butter Breakfast Cookies
Blackberry Walnut Overnight Oats
Honey Nut Toasted Oat Breakfast Bites
Triple Berry Hemp & Oats Breakfast Smoothie
Double Almond Baked Oatmeal Cups
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1½ cup milk
- ½ cup overripe mashed banana
- ¼ cup almond butter (any nut butter)
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup toasted sliced almonds
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Spray or oil a standard 12-well muffin tin and set aside.
- Mix the wet and dry ingredients in separate bowls. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet just until combined.
- Spoon the mixture into the muffin pan and top with sliced almonds. Bake 25-30 minutes at 350ºF until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.
- Refrigerate or freeze to eat during the week. Reheat in the oven (or toaster oven) about 5 minutes on 350ºF. If frozen, go 15-20 minutes.
Diane Clevenger
I wanted something to take for breakfast on a recent trip to Disneyland. These were absolutely delicious and a hit with the kids too. It was a great, healthy breakfast before an early flight and the rest were enjoyed every morning we spent on our trip, thus saving us expensive, unhealthy grab and go breakfasts 🙂 I am now making them regularly and always have some in the freezer. Next time I make them I will try some dried berries in them too.
Megan
Oatmeal cups are one of my favorite snacks.
Marisa
Mine too! I regularly make them as part of meal prep to use for a quick breakfast or snack!
Wajeeha
I’m always on the lookout for new recipes that use overripe bananas…these oatmeal cups look delicious and so easy for a quick breakfast on the go!
Marisa
This time of year, quick and easy is the name of the game!
Natalie
YUM! These look so delicious and perfect for a healthy sweet breakfast!
Marisa
Yes. With the banana and just a quarter cup maple syrup, they just sweet enough to pair up with coffee or tea.
Tara
Oh yum! I could really use something that is a quick grab and go for breakfast. These oatmeal cups look incredible!
Marisa
Just 30 minutes and you’ll have a weeklong supply!
Sues
These look just perfect! Great for grabbing on the way out the door or enjoying for an afternoon snack 🙂
Marisa
Exactly! They’ve saved my belly from growling many mornings!
Jill
These look delicious for a quick weekday morning breakfast! Will have to try!
Marisa
They are perfect for quick breakfasts!