Overnight oats gift jar (dry mix)
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A freezer kit of oats, chia, nut butter and fruit, packed in a bag or mason jar. Add milk the night before, refrigerate, and breakfast is ready in the morning.
Ingredients
- Rolled oats regular or gluten-free
- Chia seeds
- Spices: up to 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, apple pie spice, or pumpkin pie spice; nutmeg or cardamom only a very small pinch
- Vanilla extract (or almond extract): no more than 1/4 teaspoon per jar
- Cocoa powder: 1/2 to 1 tablespoon (optional)
- Nut butter such as almond or peanut: 1 tablespoon
- Frozen or fresh fruit: 1/2 cup, large fruit chopped small
- Canned pumpkin or sweet potato: 2 tablespoons (optional)
- Dried fruit: 1 to 2 teaspoons (optional)
- Shredded coconut: 1 to 2 tablespoons (optional)
- Added at prep time not in the kit: about 1/2 cup milk, such as unsweetened coconut or almond milk, plus more so the oats are just covered
Equipment
- mason jars
- zip-top bags
Directions
- Put all the kit ingredients in a quart or snack-sized freezer bag, or in a mason jar (8 or 16 oz) if you have room in the freezer.
- Add a label to the kit and freeze it.
- When you want oats, pour the kit into a mason jar if it is not in one already, then add about 1/2 cup liquid.
- Stir until the liquid just covers the oats.
- Close the lid and chill overnight.
- In the morning, stir again and add more liquid if needed.
Notes
Kits freeze up to 6 months. This is a freezer kit, not a shelf-stable gift jar: for a pantry gift jar, leave out the nut butter, fresh or frozen fruit and canned pumpkin and use only dry items (oats, chia, spices, cocoa, dried fruit, coconut). Prepared jars: 3 to 4 days ahead in the fridge. Leave yogurt out of the kit; add it with the milk the night before. Safety: once milk is added, refrigerate at 40 F or below.