This easy, one bowl, vegan pumpkin baked oatmeal will be your new favorite breakfast prep! It’s delicious, simple, and filling for all!
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While I LOVE our vegan banana bread baked oatmeal, we’re even more confident that you’ll love this vegan pumpkin baked oatmeal.
If you have never had baked oatmeal before, then you don’t even know what you are missing. Even if you swear you don’t like the texture of traditional oatmeal, we would encourage you to give this recipe a try because the texture difference by simply baking it will wow you!
It uses simple pantry staples so the ingredients you likely already have on hand, so you never had to worry about running out for anything.
No matter the time of the year, this vegan baked oatmeal recipe will be a hit!
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Why You’ll Love Vegan Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal
- No Mushy Texture – One of the biggest complaints about oatmeal is that the texture is mushy; however, with baked oatmeal, that’s not a concern. Baking allows for it to crisp up on the tops and edges and perfect cook the oatmeal itself. If you love oatmeal cookies, you’ll love baked oatmeal as well.
- Lots of Flavor – Most of the time, we hear that people aren’t fans of oatmeal because they lack flavor and they aren’t sure how to fix that. This vegan banana bread baked oatmeal has all the flavor you could want inside of it! Thanks to the banana, nuts, and optional chocolate chips, you have a really great balance of flavor that you’ll love.
- No banana – so many people asked us to make a banana-free baked oatmeal and here you go!
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Vegan Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 2 cups dairy free milk (480g)
- 15oz can pumpkin puree (425g)
- ½ cup maple syrup (160g)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 ½ cups oat flour* (275g)
- 1 tablespoon ground flax seed
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¾ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¾ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ tsp allspice
- ¼ tsp cloves
- ⅓ cup chopped pecans, optional (35g)
Optional Toppings
- vegan whipped cream
- vegan yogurt
- maple syrup
- fresh fruit
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F/175C. Grease a 9×13 square baking dish. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, add dairy free milk, pumpkin puree, maple syrup, and vanilla. Whisk well to combine until no chunks remain.
- Into the same bowl, add oats, ground flaxseed, baking powder, salt, ground cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves. Whisk to combine. Add pecans, if adding, and stir together.
- Pour the oat mixture into the prepared baking pan. Using a spatula, gently smooth into an even layer.
- Place into the oven and bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until the edges are slightly browned and the corners will be pulling away from the pan. Remove from the oven and let it cool completely before cutting.
- You can serve as-is or with toppings of your choice. Can be served warm or chilled. Store leftovers covered in the refrigerator for up to 5-7 days.
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Omit the nuts, otherwise, as long as your use a safe for you non-dairy milk, this recipe is already Top 9 Free.
Once it has cooled for a few minutes, you can cut the dish into 6-9 squares or other desired size. Serve as is or add options toppings like vegan whipped cream and fresh fruit to it.
Baked oatmeal can be eaten however you wish – some will prefer it warm, especially freshly out of the oven; while others will enjoy this dish served chilled.
Baked oatmeal should be store in an air tight container in the fridge for up to 5-7 days.
Yes! This dish is great for meal prepping. Since make and let cool completely, then cover tightly and store in the fridge. Eat within 5-7 days.
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This became a staple in my home! So easy also to take on the road or plane. You can eat it straight out of yur hand because it is firm enough. Very yummy!
Thank you for sharing your experience with the One Bowl Vegan Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal! We are so happy to hear that it has become a staple in your home and that it works perfectly for on-the-go meals. Being able to eat it straight out of your hand is such a convenient bonus!
We really appreciate you taking the time to let us know and are thrilled you enjoyed it.
I’ve made this several times already for my boys (grown one too) and they really love having this for breakfast or a snack. They heat up a slice every day! I replaced the pecans with chocolate chips as that’s their preference, reduce the liquid and syrup a bit, and actually have been using pureed butternut squash cause that’s what grew in my garden this year. Really enjoy this one, thank you!
This is amazing to hear! Thank you so much for giving our recipe a try. We’re happy to know the boys have really enjoyed it and love to hear that your using butternut squash that you grew yourself!
OK, I am not a vegan yet..,but my primary dr. wants me to start using the DASH Diet I have ordered four cookbooks to see how the menus go, in the meantime, I love your recipes because I love nuts of all types. Do you do DASH related recipes? As PR’s my sis and I need to try for better health. Hugs, Clair
Hi Clair! Unfortunately, I’m not a dietician so I can’t necessarily say which recipes here are DASH approved or not, but I can tell you that all our recipes have a focus on fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, and beans, as well as no dairy. I hope this helps
I reduced the maple syrup by half, added a spoonful of molasses, and subbed half the milk for unsweetened plain vegan greek yogurt for the protein and also to balance out the pumpkin. I find the sweetness of pumpkin can easily become overpowering for me, the tang of the yogurt really balanced it out for me. New breakfast staple, thank you!
Thank you so much! We love hearing that you enjoyed the recipe and made it your own!
Made these for a second time today, along with a batch of the baked brownie oatmeal. I pre-portioned these in a 12-slot muffin tin — great for grab and go — and baked for @20 minutes. I also added a few mini chocolate chips because I am a pumpkin and chocolate person.
Love the idea of the muffin tins for it!
It’s okay, but I don’t like the flavor that the flax seeds give. I tried this recipe for wheat free reasons, but would rather replace flax with egg.
Thanks for your feedback.
Delicious
So Glad you enjoyed it!
I made this for my family on Thanksgiving morning! It was so good. Our favorite way to eat it was warmed to with a drizzle of maple syrup. *Chef’s kiss*
Totally agree!
It looks delicious, but I would have to call it dessert! 18g of sugar from 1/2 cup of maple syrup is a lot for breakfast. I might try playing with it and see what I can come up with.
You can definitely reduce some if you need.