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Strawberry Rhubarb Seeded Baked Oatmeal

Oatmeal is first toasted in the oven, which gives it a fabulous nuttiness. Then after a quick stove top simmer in water, seeds and fresh rhubarb and strawberries are added, and everything is put into a baking dish and baked till perfectly cooked through. Sugar is added to create a crème brûlée top. Just add maple syrup infused skyr or yogurt, and you have a fabulous Spring brunch!
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Keyword oatmeal, rhubarb, strawberries
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 8

Ingredients

  • 2 cups rolled oats
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
  • 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
  • 1/4 cup flaxseeds
  • 1/4 cup hemp seeds
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar only if you are not going to include the Brûlée step
  • 1 cup chopped strawberries
  • 3/4 cup chopped rhubarb

Brûlée Topping

  • 1/4-1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • maple syrup for serving
  • plain skyr or greek yogurt for serving
  • chopped fruit for serving

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 425F
  2. Place the oats on a baking sheet and bake, stirring occasionally till they smell toasty and are golden brown. This shoudl take about 10 minutes. Keep the oven on.
  3. Meanwhile bring the water to a boil. Add the toasted oatmeal and the salt. Stir and drop the heat to a simmer until the oats are softened and thickened, about 10 minutes. Stir in all the seeds, cinnamona and vanilla. Also fold in the 1/4 cup sugar if you are not going to be brûléeing the top of the baked oatmeal. Reserving some of the chopped fruit for the top, fold the rhubarb and strawberries into the oatmeal mixture.
  4. Transfer the mixture to a wide baking dish and smooth out the top. Gently dot the top of the top of the oatmeal with the reserved chopped fruit.
  5. Place the dish on a baking sheet and bake in the oven until all the excess water has evaporated and the top is lightly browned and just firm to the touch. This should take about 10-15 minutes. Don't let it totally dry out though.
  6. Remove the baking sheet and oatmeal from the oven. Turn the oven to broil.

Brûlée Top, optional

  1. Evenly sprinkle the sugar over the top of the oatmeal, using at least 1/4 cup of sugar. You can use up to 1/2 if you want it especially sweet and crunchy.
  2. Place the dish on a rack set 4-6 inches under the broiler. Watch, until the sugar has melted and caramelized. It should be nearly but not entirely burned. Carefully removed and serve.
  3. To serve: combine 3/4-1 cup skyr or Greek yogurt and 3 tbsp of maple syrup and dollop some on each serving. Add extra chopped fresh fruit, or whipped cream, or anything else you would like

Recipe Notes

You can bake off the oatmeal ahead of time. Then simply warm it in a 400F oven for about 15 minutes before brûlée-ing the top with the sugar.
Or you can bake the oatmeal and just serve it with the yogurt. If you do so, then you may want to fold in some sugar as state above.
Or you can take individual servings and place them in smaller baking dishes and warm as described above and then brûlée it.
Feel free to halve this recipe.