American · Free recipe
Grab-and-Go Overnight Oat Jars
Rolled oats, chia, milk, and yogurt soften in the fridge overnight into a thick, spoonable base that you can shake up in a mason jar in five minutes. Swirl in cinnamon apple, peanut butter, or berries so the week never tastes the same twice.
- Prep
- 8 hr
- Cook
- 0 min
- Total
- 8 hr
- Serves
- 4
- Level
- Easy
Method
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Stir the oats, chia seeds, milk, yogurt, maple syrup, vanilla, and salt together in a large bowl until the yogurt is fully loosened and there are no clumps of chia.
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Divide the mixture among 4 pint-size jars, leaving at least an inch of headroom at the top.
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Flavor the jars as you like: swirl peanut butter into two and drop berries into the others, pressing the fruit gently into the oats.
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Seal the lids, give each jar a hard shake, and refrigerate for at least 8 hours or up to 4 days, until the oats are tender and the mixture is thick.
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In the morning, stir well, loosen with a splash of milk if it has set too firmly, and sprinkle with almonds just before eating.
Zest note from the test kitchen
Keep crunchy toppings like nuts or granola in a separate small bag and add them at the last minute; stirred in overnight they go soft and lose the contrast that makes the jar worth eating.
