Instant Pot Baked Oatmeal

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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Add oatmeal cups to pot: Be careful to set them down flat so they don’t tip over.
4. 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.
5. Enjoy: Add extra syrup, sliced bananas or other fruit like fresh berries, peanut butter, chocolate chips, or any other favorite toppings.

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.

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• Brown Rice Pudding
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