Start your day with a delicious and zesty lemon baked oats recipe that’s loaded with healthy and simple ingredients and topped with a lemon drizzle.

Baked oatmeal is such an easy and yummy breakfast option and it’s so simple to make as a single serve recipe.

Topped with a zesty yogurt and lemon glaze, you will be hooked after the first bite!

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Why You’ll Love The Lemon Baked Oatmeal:

1. Quick and Easy to Make – It takes just 10 minutes to make this baked oatmeal recipe in an air fryer.
2. Delicious –The addition of lemon zest and freshly squeezed lemon juice provides a fresh and zesty flavor that is sure to please your taste buds.
3. Healthy – Oats are a nutritious whole grain that’s high in fiber and can help regulate blood sugar levels (source) while lemons are a great source of Vitamin C which is great for overall immunity boost.
4. Versatile – This recipe is super easy to customize by adding certain ingredients – For example: Add fresh blueberries to create lemon blueberry baked oats. Or add various nuts and seeds such as poppy seeds, almonds, peanuts, and more.
5. Budget-friendly: Oatmeal is an inexpensive ingredient that can be used in a variety of recipes, making this a cost-effective option for meal prep.

Lemon Baked Oats Ingredients:

Here are all the ingredients you need to make this delicious healthy breakfast recipe:

• Oats –  since we are blending the batter, you can use any oats you prefer (quick oats, instant oats, rolled oats, gluten-free oats, or even oat flour) Note: If using oat flour, then you don’t need to blend the recipe and can simply mix it.
• Egg – 1 medium size egg
• Milk – use any milk you like such as regular milk, soy milk, cashew milk, or coconut milk. I like using unsweetened almond milk.
• Sweetener of choice – I use a sugar-free (and calorie-free) sweetener Swerve. You can also use white or brown sugar, honey, or maple syrup to sweeten it.
• Lemon juice – Freshly squeezed lemon juice.
• Lemon zest – Zest grated from the same lemon.
• Baking powder

For the yogurt lemon glaze:

2 tbsp greek yogurt

1 tbsp sweetener or sugar

1 tbsp fresh lemon juice

How to make the lemon drizzle baked oats:

Step 1:Add all of the ingredients into your blender and blend for 30 seconds until combined.

Step 2: Pour the oats mixture into a ramekin or a small baking dish that’s been greased with some cooking spray and place it into your air fryer basket and bake for 8-10 minutes at 175 C (350 F) until fully cooked.

Step 3: To make the lemon glaze: mix together the yogurt, lemon juice, and sweetener of your choice in a small bowl.

Step 4: Take the lemon baked oats out of your air fryer and top them with a lemon yogurt glaze and serve.

SUBSTITUTES:

How to make lemon blueberry baked oats.

Simply add 1/4 cup frozen or fresh blueberries to the mix before baking it to create the blueberry lemon oats.

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Lemon Baked Oats

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Start your day with a refreshing and delicious lemon baked oats loaded with healthy but simple ingredients and topped with a lemon drizzle.

Prep Time 2 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 12 minutes

Ingredients

Oats mixture

• 1/2 cup oats
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 tbsp sweetener (or sugar)
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• 1/2 tsp baking powder

Lemon glaze

• 2 tbsp greek yogurt
• 1 tbsp sweetener or sugar
• 1 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

1. Add all of the ingredients into your blender and blend for 30 seconds until combined.
2. Pour the oats mixture into a greased ramekin or a small baking dish and place into your air fryer basket and bake for 8-10 minutes at 175 C (350 F) until fully cooked.
3. To make the lemon glaze: mix together the yogurt, lemon juice, and sweetener of your choice in a small bowl.
4. Take the lemon baked oats out of your air fryer and top them with a lemon yogurt glaze and serve.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

1

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 270Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 192mgSodium: 359mgCarbohydrates: 34gFiber: 4gSugar: 5gProtein: 14g

I hope you enjoy this lemon baked oats single serving recipe!