Protein Baked Oats
Made with old-fashioned oatmeal, maple syrup, peanut butter, and peanut butter powder, Protein Baked Oats are a good-for-you feel-good breakfast! They boast 14 grams of protein per serving, are ready in just a few simple steps, and are perfect for meal prep. Serve them warm with drizzled peanut butter and chocolate for an indulgent yet still nutritious meal!
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cupmilk (dairy or plant-based)
- 3 largeeggs (brought to room temperature)
- 1 ½ teaspoonpure vanilla extract
- 1 cupmashed overripe bananas
- ½ cupnatural peanut butter
- ½ cupmaple syrup
- 3 cupsold fashioned oats (also known as rolled oats)
- ½ teaspoonsalt
- ½ cuppeanut butter powder
- ½ cupvanilla or unsweetened protein powder, or collagen powder (reduce maple syrup to ⅓ cup if used sweetened)
- ½ cupsemi-sweet chocolate chips or carob chips (dark chocolate chips -or- blueberries)
- 2 tablespoonsnatural peanut butter
- 1 ¼ teaspoonsmelted coconut oil (divided)
- 2 tablespoonssemi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Prepared a 9 x 13-inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- 2
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, vanilla extract, mashed bananas, peanut butter, and maple syrup until combined.
- 3
Add the oats, salt, peanut butter powder, and protein powder. Whisk until the clumps of peanut butter powder are dissolved.
- 4
Pour the oatmeal batter into the prepared baking pan. Sprinkle the chocolate chips on top. Bake for 35 - 40 minutes until the baked oatmeal doesn’t jiggle in the center and bubbles rapidly around the edges. Move to a wire rack.
- 5
Make the Optional Drizzle Toppings: In a small mixing bowl, whisk the remaining 2 tablespoons of natural peanut butter with 1 teaspoon of the melted coconut oil until smooth. Melt the 2 tablespoons of chocolate chips with 1/4 teaspoon coconut oil in the microwave on 20 second bursts, stirring between intervals until smooth. Drizzle the peanut butter and the chocolate over the baked oatmeal while still hot. Serve!