Description
These Brown Sugar Overnight Oats are a cozy, sweet, and effortless breakfast made with rolled oats, brown sugar, and optional spices. Perfect for busy mornings, they’re creamy, customizable, and require no cooking.
Ingredients
½ cup rolled oats
½ cup milk (any kind: dairy, almond, oat, etc.)
2–3 tsp brown sugar (adjust to taste)
1 tbsp chia seeds (optional)
¼ tsp ground cinnamon (optional)
Pinch of salt
¼ tsp vanilla extract (optional)
Instructions
- In a jar or lidded container, combine rolled oats, milk, brown sugar, chia seeds (if using), cinnamon, salt, and vanilla extract.
- Stir well to ensure everything is evenly mixed and the sugar dissolves.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.
- In the morning, stir again. Enjoy cold or warm in the microwave for 30–60 seconds if desired.
- Top with sliced bananas, apples, maple syrup, nuts, Greek yogurt, or nut butter if desired.
Notes
Use rolled oats for best texture; avoid instant oats.
Can be eaten cold or warmed up.
To make sugar-free, use mashed banana or a sugar-free sweetener.
Chia seeds are optional but help thicken the oats and add nutrition.
Can be prepped in batches and stored in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 jar (entire recipe)
- Calories: 230
- Sugar: 7g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 36g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 5mg
