Lemon Poppyseed Baked Oatmeal

With spring right around the corner, I wanted to share with you a light and refreshing breakfast option that you might want to include in your weekly meal plans. We just recently started to make Lemon Poppyseed Baked Oatmeal and have fallen in love. I hope that you do too. Enjoy!!

Ingredients

2 c. rolled oats

1/3 c. sugar

zest of one lemon

1/2 tsp. Pink Himalayan salt

1 tsp. baking powder

1 rounded tablespoon of poppy seeds

2 tablespoons of melted coconut oil

1 3/4 cup of vanilla almond milk

Juice of one lemon (approx 1/4 c.)

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8×8 baking dish with coconut oil spray. Combine sugar and lemon zest in a large bowl. Using fingers to rub zest into sugar to release lemon oil. Add rolled oats, salt, baking powder and poppy seeds to sugar and lemon mixture and stir with a spatula until combined. In a large measuring cup combine coconut oil, almond milk, lemon juice, egg and vanilla extract. Whisk until smooth and combined. Add liquid mixture to dry mixture with a spatula and stir lightly until combined. Pour into prepared baking dish and bake for 40 minutes until oatmeal is set and a knife comes out clean.