maple brown sugar baked oats

My new oats era obsession: maple brown sugar baked oats. The cinnamon and brown sugar topping is SO good, and reminds me of the brown sugar shaken espresso at Starbucks. You can also turn this recipe into overnight oats. Simply omit the banana (or save it for on top!) and baking powder, and combine all your ingredients, saving the chocolate chips and additional brown sugar to top the oats with!

Recipe makes 1.

Ingredients:

• ½ Banana

• ½ cup of rolled oats

• 5g chia seeds

• 1 tbsp chocolate chips

• ½ cup almond milk

• ½ scoop vanilla protein powder (I used iHeartMacros)

• ½ tsp baking powder

• 1 tbsp Maple Syrup, Sugar Free

• ½ tbsp + 1 tsp brown sugar substitute

• 1 tsp Cinnamon

Directions:

1. In a blender combine banana, oats, chia seeds, almond milk, protein powder, maple syrup, and ½ tsbp brown sugar substitute.

2. Grease a ramekin or oven safe dish and pour in ½ of the oat batter. Layer in chocolate chips, and pour in the rest of the batter.

3. Cook in an air fryer or oven, at 350*. If airfrying, cook for 10-12 minutes (the longer you cook the more “cake like” the texture will be). If using an oven, cook for 20-22 minutes.

4. When there is about 2-3 minutes left, combine the 1 tsp of brown sugar and 1 tsp of cinnamon and crumble it on top of the oats. Be careful not to overcook while the topping is on or it will burn!

5. Once the oats are finished, top with more maple syrup if you’d like and enjoy! The chocolate surprise in the middle is my favorite. 🙂