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This easy Instant Pot Baked Oatmeal is a healthy and tasty way to start the day! Baked oatmeal is a hearty cake-like oatmeal. It contains eggs and has a firmer texture than traditional oatmeal. People who don’t normally care for the texture of regular oatmeal tend to love this baked oatmeal recipe.
If you’re interested in this recipe, you may also love my Healthy Banana Pancake Recipe, healthy Rice Pudding, and these Healthy Strawberry Muffins.
Oatmeal is a heart healthy way to start your day. I prefer this recipe over any overnight oats I’ve tried before. This recipe contains no refined sugar like brown sugar, but instead uses maple syrup to sweeten it.
Ingredients in Instant Pot Baked Oatmeal
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
- Oats: I prefer rolled oats for this recipe. However, old-fashioned oats can work if you only have these on hand. Instant oats tend to yield a more sticky and gooey baked oatmeal.
- Almond Milk: We prefer unsweetened almond milk.
- Maple syrup: I use pure maple syrup. The fewer ingredients on the label, the better.
- Eggs: These help the oatmeal with the thick muffin-like texture. If you’re egg free, I recommend using chia eggs (1 tbsp chia seeds mixed with 2.5 tablespoons of water for every egg)
How to make Instant Pot Baked Oatmeal in the Instant Pot
- Prepare your pot: Add 2 cups of water to the pot and set trivet at the bottom. Spray the inside of your mason jars, coffee mugs, or large ramekins with oil.
- Add your ingredients – both dry ingredients and wet ingredients: Combine all of the ingredients together and mix well with a spoon. You can also add all of the ingredients into a bowl and transfer the oat mixture to the jars one by one.
- Add oatmeal cups to pot: Be careful to set them down flat so they don’t tip over.
- Cook for 10 minutes: Close and lock the lid, set the cooking time on high pressure for 10 minutes. When cook time is done, quick release the pressure. Then remove the lid and carefully lift out the oatmeal cups.
- Enjoy: Add extra syrup, sliced bananas or other fruit like fresh berries, peanut butter, chocolate chips, or any other favorite toppings.
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Recipe tips
- The great thing about this recipe is that it yields to individual servings easily. You can, however, easily double this delicious breakfast recipe. To cook a big batch and make oatmeal bars, use an Instant Pot safe baking dish and cook up to 8 servings at a time. Baking time for 8 servings is 20 minutes. To gather the correct ingredient amounts, scroll down to the recipe card below and tap the serving number, then use the slider to increase the serving amounts.
- Allowing this recipe to naturally release is not a problem. It will be ready when the cook time is over but can easily stay in the pot for a bit if you’re running around and can’t remove it right away.
- If you will be cooking this recipe directly in the pot, I recommend doubling the cook time and cooking on low pressure to avoid the burn message.
- If you have any leftover oatmeal, store in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to a week.
- There are so many different ways that you can make this instant pot oatmeal recipe. The toppings can be modified so the whole family enjoys it. Next time, try using different toppings – peanut butter, maple syrup, sliced bananas, blueberries, strawberries, chia seeds, chopped nuts.
Healthy Eating Plans
Weight Watchers: Per serving: Removing maple syrup from the recipe, 1 2025 Point | 3 Points on the 2023 Plan | 4 Blue Plan Points, 6 Green Plan Points, 0 Purple Points. If using maple syrup 1 2025 Point | 4 Points on the 2023 Plan | 5 Blue Plan Points, 7 Green Plan Points, 1 Purple Plan Point.
21 Day Fix/Ultimate Portion Fix: 2 yellow containers, 1 teaspoon, 1/2 red container, and 1/4 purple container per serving.
More healthy Instant Pot recipes
- Fajita Breakfast Casserole
- Healthy Starbucks Egg Bites
- Brown Rice Pudding
- Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats
- Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal
- Instant Pot Amish Baked Oatmeal
Instant Pot Baked Oatmeal
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Equipment
- Instant Pot 6 qt
- Sealing Rings
- Kitchen Knife
Ingredients
- coconut oil spray optional
- ½ cup oats I prefer rolled oats for this recipe.
- ⅓ cup almond milk or coconut
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp maple syrup (optional)
- 1 eggs
- ¼ cup apple diced, optional
Instructions
- Prepare your pot: Add 2 cups of water to the pot and set trivet at the bottom. Spray the inside of your mason jars, coffee mugs, or large ramekins with oil. coconut oil spray
- Add your ingredients – both dry ingredients and wet ingredients: Combine all of the ingredients together and mix well with a spoon. You can also add all of the ingredients into a bowl and transfer the oat mixture to the jars one by one. ½ cup oats, ⅓ cup almond milk, ¼ tsp baking powder, ¼ tsp cinnamon, ½ tsp vanilla, 1 tsp maple syrup, 1 eggs, ¼ cup apple
- Add oatmeal cups to pot: Be careful to set them down flat so they don’t tip over.
- Cook for 10 minutes: Close and lock the lid, set the cooking time on high pressure for 10 minutes. When cook time is done, quick release the pressure. Then remove the lid and carefully lift out the oatmeal cups.
- Enjoy: Serve while warm or take with you on your way out of the house. Add extra syrup, sliced bananas or other fruit like fresh berries, peanut butter, chocolate chips, or any other favorite toppings.
To make multiple servings:
- 1-4 servings can be cooked for 10 minutes in individual mugs. If you're making a dish of oatmeal with more servings, cook up to 8 servings for 20 minutes.
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What if you leave out the egg for a vegan option? How important is it?
Could you use aquafaba instead? It’s fairly important because it helps the oatmeal stick together a bit!
It tastes good!
Add some milk before reheating it!
Can I use cow’s milk? Is almond or coconut a better alternative?
Dairy shouldn’t go in the Instant Pot, that’s why I use the non-dairy milks!
Along with my question of container material and size for cooking the Apple Oatmeal breakfast, on your site you recommend a 4 oz ramekin. A serving of oatmeal is 1 c. add the apple and egg, it would be a little larger than a cup cooked. This seems like a cooking container that is too small for a serving. Am I missing something?
Hi there! I don’t recommend a 4oz ramekin, just a ramekin. The general rule with the IP is that if it’s oven safe, it’s safe for the IP :)
I am looking forward to trying this but cooking in a coffee cup makes me nervous that it would crack or break under this extreme heat. Has anyone had problems with that happening?
I considered my glass Anchor Hocking small bowls but it does not say anything about up to what heat. It only says no stove top, microwave safe.
I considered ramekins that are oven safe, but only hold 9 oz.
Advise on type of coffee cup or other containers others are using please.
You could use canning jars :)
Would their be a time change if you used steel cut oats. I am not a fan of old fashioned and just giving steel cut a try, as so many say they prefer.
I don’t care for oatmeal, but this baked oatmeal has a different texture completely. You might be more interested in this recipe, and changing out the blueberries? https://mycrazygoodlife.com/blueberry-lemon-zest-steel-cut-oatmeal/
How are these only 50 calories especially when there’s an egg in it? An egg alone is about 70 calories.
Hi Gina! Yes, these aren’t always 100% accurate, which is why I have a note about calculating them yourself if it’s important to you. I’ve recalculated this manually and the nutrition information is correct now :) Thanks for letting me know!
What if I dont have an instant pot ?
You can bake these at 350. I’d check after 20 minutes and every 5 minutes after.
Love this! I have been eating it for breakfast since I found the recipe. I will admit I’m not a 21 day fix gal, so I add some sweetness. I add 1 T of brown sugar and a small amount of Stevia sweetener. It’s perfect for my sweet tooth this way. It’s very filling with the egg as protein. Thanks for the recipe. 😁
This is seriously one of my favorite recipes! I’m not a huge oatmeal fan, but baked oatmeal is different! 21 Day Fix or not, it’s still a healthy recipe that you can enjoy–thank you for letting me know you like it! <3
Hi, just found your site. If you don’t want to make these in cups, can you make it in a bowl or something? I’m looking for quick, easy recipes that I can make for my kids for the week for school and work.
Thanks, looks yummy.
Hi there! You absolutely can! If you’re cooking the same amount of food, the cook time wouldn’t need to be changed. :)
If I would like to make this recipe in a 7 inch pan should I double it? How long would I cook it for?
Hi Nicole! I’ve never done this, but it would be the same cook time. I’d try to do a single batch first!