Baked Oatmeal Cups

We all have those days when we are rushing out the door in the morning before realizing we haven't eaten breakfast yet.  Well, you should definitely NOT skip breakfast, instead have something already prepared, that you can just grab and go.  And I don't mean a donut!  So, this week for my meal prepping, I baked oatmeal cups.  This is a nice clean, healthy breakfast to have on the run or even as a snack.  If you are going to be having this as breakfast, I recommend pairing it with a protein as well.  A good easy, on the go protein, would be a hard boiled egg.  I like to always have hard boiled eggs already prepared for the week so that I can grab them whenever I need some protein.

I have stored mine in the refrigerator, so that I can take one out and throw it the microwave for about 30 seconds and its ready to go.

Baked Oatmeal Cups

Ingredients
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla etract
1 cup applesauce, unsweetened
1/2 cup pumpkin (could also use 1 banana instead)
1/4 cup honey
2 cups Oats
2 TBSP Chia seeds
1 TBSP Ground Cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup almond milk

Optional Toppings:  blueberries, dark chocolate chips, coconut, pecans, cranberries, raisins

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Mix egg, vanilla, applesauce, pumpkin and honey together in a bowl.  Add oats, chia seeds, cinnamon, baking powder, salt and mix well with wet ingredients.  Pour in milk and combine.  Line a 12 cup muffin tin with paper liners.  Divide mixture evenly into muffin tins cups.  Add toppings.

Bake about 25 minutes or until a toothpick poked in the center comes out clean.

I didn't think about this until after I made these.  But you could totally add some chocolate Shakeology in the mix to add some protein and make it extra yummy!  I'm definitely going to do that next time!
Enjoy!!