Peach Baked Oatmeal

You have got to try our easy peach baked oatmeal recipe with canned peaches. Made with Old Fashioned oats, maple syrup, milk with a pecan topping it is a great breakfast that is creamy when sone.

Instead of making just a quick batch of plain Instant Pot oatmeal this weekend, add canned fruit for extra sweetness! Baked oatmeal in the oven can feed a crowd so it is perfect for larger events like Christmas brunch and baby showers.

Yes you can make a batch of “regular” cinnamon oatmeal for breakfast and that is wonderful with fruit on top. BUT baked into the dish takes this breakfast item to a whole new level. You could use other varieties too if you wanted. Pear oatmeal, or even fruit cocktail would be a fun surprise inside every bite.

With all the great recipes using a dish like this on my site I like using either a glass or porcelain dish. It is easier to clean later on, and less mess. I’ll spray the inside with some non stick spray like olive oil just so it slides out when served. Don’t expect for it to slice nicely, it’s more of a scoop and serve texture.

Ingredient Notes

You are going to need to start with good Old fashioned oats, quick oats will get too mushy so don’t use those. This is How to Cook Steel Cut Oats if you only have those, it won’t work for this dish though

As far as the dairy used I have tried a few. Almond milk works well for a dairy free choice or whole / 2% milk is fine too.

Then in this case we added Canned peaches 15 oz drained. I love adding fruit, it is an easy way to sweeten it up. We even swapped it once to make banana bread baked oatmeal and yet another win!

I do like to add a bit more sweetness with some Maple syrup or honey could be used but will be sweeter. Splenda has a liquid sugar-free alternative that is also an option if you want no sugar added but still sweet.

Butter softened, Country Crock has a dairy free vegetable spread will bring a creaminess to the dish.

I do like to add some candied Pecans chopped but they are optional of course for the top.

Used was a 8×11 casserole dish but slightly here or there would be fine. I wouldn’t go much smaller but if you only had a 9×13″ then it would just be thinner so I would check a few minutes sooner so it doesn’t dry out. Spray some olive or coconut oil inside so it doesn’t stick to the sides so much.

Can you use fresh fruit instead of canned?

I suppose you could use diced fresh fruit too like we did in our Cake Peach Cobbler. Peeling is a pain so I generally use canned or defrosted from frozen. 2 would be about right except that it is almost impossible to skin those and I think the texture of the skin would get weird. Fresh apples would be easier, cored and peeled like a potato. This is what we used to make this;

Tips for Baking Oatmeal in the Oven

Always spray the inside of your baking dish with non stick spray. Chop canned sliced peach into smaller bite size pieces, mix those in gently so they don’t break apart with milk.

In order to make it like our cinnamon roll breakfast casserole you just grease the inside, fold your ingredients together in a bowl (or the dish itself) and bake until the center is set. When it is done it will come out easier and set up a bit more if you allow it to sit and cool for about 10-15 minutes first.

How to Make it Creamy

To make more of a peaches and cream variety you’d just want to bake as shown below and then when it is served pour some heavy cream or oat milk over the top, add a scoop of vanilla ice cream to melt or add a bit of our pumpkin coffee creamer in the Fall which is wonderful.

Can you double this?

You could definitely double or triple it but you would need a much larger dish and wouldn’t want to make it any thicker than this or it would be difficult to get it done in the middle. Alternatively, make 1 batch of this with 1 bundt peach cobbler pound cake too.