Vanilla Protein Baked Oats – Easy and Healthy!

An easy and healthy Vanilla Protein Baked Oats recipe made in one bowl with protein powder, Greek yogurt and no banana! Make easy high protein baked oatmeal for a great a Vegan, gluten free and low calorie breakfast!

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Oh my gosh, I just realized after naming this recipe that Vanilla has a double meaning here. A vanilla-flavored protein baked oats recipe, and a simple and basic aka Vanilla recipe!

I am so amused by this right now, I cannot!

Yes these silly and basic things are what fascinate me.

Well back to the recipe now, it’s another one to fuel my love for baked oatmeal and protein powder.

And of course it has to be healthy and easy coz no one want to eat unhealthy or make the effort if they can avoid it right?!

Ingredients for Vanilla Protein Baked Oats

This easy protein baked oatmeal is made with protein powder and a few simple ingredients; No banana and no eggs either!

• Rolled Oats – I wouldn’t recommend Instant or Quick since they’d get too soggy
• Vanilla Protein Powder for high protein baked oatmeal, and also replace the sweetener.
  I recommend ProteinWorld Vanilla for this recipe to keep it sugar free.; Use the code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount.
  Another option would be Quest.
• Non Fat Greek Yogurt for an extra high protein baked oats recipe, but any other yogurt will also work
• Egg Whites – Even more protein! This also serves as binder in place of whole eggs for a low fat protein baked oats.
• Unsweetened Almond Milk or another non dairy or regular milk
• Baking powder
• A pinch of Cinnamon; This is optional, but the flavor goes really well.

How to make this Easy Baked Oatmeal with Protein Powder:

These easy baked oats bars are a one bowl recipe and definitely veru easy to make – mix and bake!

Start with preheating your oven to 350°F.

1. Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl: rolled oats, vanilla protein powder, Greek Yogurt, egg whites, almond milk, baking powder, and cinnamon.
   Give them a good mix.

2. Grease a muffin pan with cooking spray or line it with cupcake liners (don’t forget to spray the insides of the liners)

3. Pour the mixture into a parchment lined laof pan or 5×7” baking pan.

4. Bake for about 25 minutes.
   The top will be a bit soft and look slightly wet, but don’t over-bake or the center will be too dry.
   
5. Don’t forget to let the baked oatmeal cool before you slice, or it’ll be mush.

To Customize this Easy Baked Protein Oats recipe:

I topped my basic protein baked oatmeal recipe with chopped almonds, but you can add in any mix ins of your choice! Here’s some options that go well:

• Chocolate Chips or chopped Chocolate (I recommend using a sugar free one; Lakanto is my go-to brand; The code HAYLSKITCHEN gets you a discount)
• Nuts and Seeds
• Berries – Maybe blueberries
• Dried Fruit – Cranberries maybe?

Baked Oats for a Meal Prep Protein Breakfast:

Can you meal prep cooked oatmeal?

Yes, you can definitely store the cooked oatmeal here for a high protein baked oats breakfast recipe.

Store these vanilla protein baked oats in the fridge for about 5 days, for a make-ahead high protein baked oatmeal for breakfast or an easy high protein snack.

To freeze baked oatmeal, cut the protein powder baked oats into bars, wrap in plastic wrap and keep in the freezer in zipper bags. They should last 2-3 months. 

Healthy High Protein Baked Oats for all diets!

Low Calorie and Low Fat

With no butter, milk or sugar, this is a great low calorie protein baked oats recipe.

Make Easy Protein Baked Oats Vegan and Dairy Free

To turn this into a high protein Vegan baked oatmeal recipe, use coconut yogurt and a plant based protein powder; ProteinWorld has a Vegan protein blend as well.

You also want to replace egg whites with 2 flax eggs instead (2 tablespoon flaxseed meal + 6 tablespoon water let rest for at least 10 minutes).

Sugar free

This protein baked oats has no banana and will be perfectly sugar free if you use a stevia sweetened vanilla protein powder. 

Gluten Free

Turn this vanilla protein powder baked oats gluten free by using the appropriate oatmeal.

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