Mixed Berry Baked Oatmeal Souffle

A soft and incredibly fluffy baked oatmeal souffle full of mixed berries!  The texture is unlike any other baked oatmeal you’ve had before!

Even if you’ve had baked oatmeal before, you’ve never had an oatmeal with the soft and fluffy texture of this baked oatmeal souffle.  It’s so velvety, easy to make, and full of great mixed berry flavors!

Baked oatmeal is a great way to enjoy a classic breakfast food, but this version is guaranteed to knock your socks off!  Even though it’s called a soufflé, don’t be intimidated… it’s SUPER easy!

The most complicated part of this recipe is whipping the egg whites to semi-stiff peaks, then folding them into the oatmeal.  Other than that, you’ll just be stirring oatmeal, milk, sugar and salt.  You can totally handle that right?

I originally found this recipe in a March issue of Food & Wine magazine and fell in love.  Even though it has mixed berries in it, you could totally customize this to any flavor combo you love.  Pretty much whatever you’d put in regular oatmeal, you can put in this oatmeal soufflé!

This soufflé isn’t super sweet, so a light dusting of powdered sugar or a drizzle of maple syrup doesn’t overpower your sweet tastebuds, but I’ll leave that part up to you 🙂

I usually serve this oatmeal soufflé with some fresh fruit and a few strips of thick cut bacon, but again, that’s totally your call.

I really hope you all give this oatmeal soufflé a try.  It’s such a perfect recipe for a weekend breakfast (weekday if you make it ahead of time – see the recipe notes for those instructions)… or really, just about any meal (breakfast for dinner anyone?!).

Helpful Tools To Make This Recipe:

• Bob’s Red Mill Extra Thick Rolled Oats – In case you can’t find it in your stores, this brand is the one I use all the time!
• 9″ Cast Iron Skillet – My favorite skillet… perfect for pies, cornbread, and this baked oatmeal souffle!

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Mixed Berry Baked Oatmeal Souffle

5 from 3 votes

Author: The Chunky Chef

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Servings: 4 servings

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A soft and incredibly fluffy baked oatmeal souffle full of mixed berries! The texture is unlike any other baked oatmeal you've had before!

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 cup extra-thick rolled oats
• ▢ 3 cups whole milk
• ▢ 4 Tbsp granulated sugar or turbinado
• ▢ pinch salt
• ▢ 3 eggs, separated
• ▢ 1 1/2 cups mixed berries blueberries, raspberries and blackberries
• ▢ 1/2 tsp lemon zest
• ▢ powdered sugar for dusting optional
• ▢ maple syrup optional
• ▢ extra berries for garnish

Instructions

• In a saucepan, add oats, milk, sugar and salt, and bring to a simmer over MED-HIGH heat. Once it’s simmering, reduce heat to MED/MED-LOW and cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture is thickened to an oatmeal or porridge consistency. This should take about 15-20 minutes.
• While cooking the oats, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 2-quart baking dish or 9-10” cast iron skillet and set aside.
  
• Remove oatmeal mixture from heat and let cool slightly.
  
• Quickly stir the egg yolks and lemon zest into the oatmeal. Stir in the berries.
  
• In a mixing bowl, add the egg whites and beat on MED speed with a hand mixer for about 3-5 minutes, or until semi-stiff peaks form.
  
• Carefully and gently fold the egg whites into the oatmeal until just combined.
  
• Transfer mixture to prepared baking dish/skillet and bake 30 minutes, until golden brown and puffed up.  Souffle will sink after pan is removed from the oven, it’s okay, it’s supposed to do that.
• If desired, sprinkle with powdered sugar, drizzle with maple syrup and garnish with additional berries.
  

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Chef Tips

Recipe from Food & Wine magazine (March 2016 issue)

MAKE AHEAD INSTRUCTIONS:

Go ahead and cook your oats, milk, sugar and salt to the oatmeal/porridge consistency, let cool, then refrigerate for up to 2-3 days.

When ready to bake, rewarm the oatmeal with a splash of milk to loosen the oatmeal a bit, then continue with the rest of the recipe.

Nutrition Disclaimer

The Chunky Chef is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.

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