Easy Overnight Oats

Overnight oats with berry sauce in jars.

Easy overnight oats made with just 4 ingredients. Prep in 5 minutes the night before, grab from the fridge in the morning. Endlessly customizable and delicious.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword easy overnight oats, how to make overnight oats, make ahead breakfast, overnight oats, overnight oats recipe

Prep Time 5

Chill time 6

Total Time 6 5

Servings

Calories 299kcal

Author Alida Ryder

Ingredients

2 cups rolled oats
2 tbsp chia seeds
2½ cups milk
4 tbsp honey

For the berry sauce

1 lb (500g) frozen berries
¼ cup water
½ cup sugar feel free to use any sweetener you prefer
2 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

In a large bowl, combine the oats, chia seeds milk and honey. Mix well until the honey is dissolved.
Cover and place in the fridge for 1 hour.
Stir well then portion into individual jars or containers with lids. Layer with fruit (or the berry sauce, if using).
Place in the fridge for at least 6 hours but ideally overnight.

For the berry sauce

Combine the frozen berries, water, sugar and lemon juice in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat.
Bring to a simmer then reduce the heat and cook for 10 minutes until slightly reduced.
Transfer to a heat-safe storage jar or container and allow to cool completely.
Store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

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