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(Recipe) Brown-Butter Strawberry Baked Oatmeal

01
May

(Recipe) Brown-Butter Strawberry Baked Oatmeal

Prep: 20 min · Bake: 35 min · Serves: 6

The aroma of nutty brown butter and jammy strawberries makes waking up worth it. This make‑ahead bake feeds a crowd, tastes like dessert, and fuels you with whole‑grain oats.

Recipe from Ambitiouskitchen

Ingredients

Wet

4 tbsp salted butter, sliced
2 large eggs
1½ cups milk of choice
¼ cup pure maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
¼ tsp almond extract

Dry

2 cups rolled oats (GF if needed)
1 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp kosher salt
1½ cups sliced fresh strawberries, divided

Strawberry glaze

¼ cup freeze‑dried strawberries
¼ cup powdered sugar
1 tbsp melted butter
1–2 tbsp milk of choice

Serve with milk or yogurt.

Instructions

Heat oven to 180 °C (350 °F). Grease an 8‑inch square pan.
Brown the butter until golden‑amber and nutty, whisking constantly, 5–8 min. Cool 5 min.
Combine wet ingredients in a bowl. Stir in oats, baking powder, salt, then cooled butter. Fold in half the strawberries.
Bake batter, topped with remaining berries, 35–45 min until just set. Rest 10 min.
Glaze: Blitz freeze‑dried berries to powder; whisk with sugar, melted butter and 1 tbsp milk, adding more milk if needed for drizzle consistency. Sweep over warm oatmeal.
Serve & store: Slice into six, add milk or yogurt. Cool leftovers, cover, refrigerate up to 4 days; reheat 30–60 s.