Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal with Cinnamon yoghurt
Servings: 6
This Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal with Cinnamon yoghurt is a delicious, super nourishing and easy to make breakfast that the whole family will love. Best of all it includes a serve of fruit and vegetables and it will set you up for an energised and productive day.
Ingredients
- 180 g rolled oats (2 cups)
- 1 apple/s -grated
- 2 carrot/s -grated
- 35 g currants (¼ cup)
- 500 ml milk (of choice) (2 cups)
- 2 egg/s (these need to be large approx. 80g eggs otherwise use 3 eggs or it won't set quickly)
- 85 g rice malt syrup, honey or maple syrup (¼ cup) optional
- 40 g butter, ghee or coconut oil (3 tablespoons) melted
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla -powder, extract or essence
- 5 g coconut sugar or rapadura (1 tsp)
- 35 g pumpkin seeds, walnuts or pecan nuts (¼ cup) optional
Cinnamon Yoghurt
- 250 g natural, Greek or coconut yoghurt (1 cup)
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla -essence
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180ºC /350ºF (fan-forced). Grease or line a 20 x 20 (approx.) casserole or baking dish.
- Place the oats, grated apple, grated carrot and currants/raisins into your baking dish and mix to roughly combine.
- In a blender, food processor or jug/bowl, mix/whisk the milk, eggs, sweetener, melted butter, cinnamon and vanilla until well combined.
- Pour over the oats/ carrot mix and top with the sugar (and optional pumpkin seeds, walnuts or pecan nuts).
- Place in the oven for around 25-30 minutes or until it is set (just firm in the middle).
- Whilst it’s cooking, make the spiced yoghurt by combining all of the ingredients together in a small mixing bowl.
- When the oatmeal is cooked, enjoy immediately (with the spiced yoghurt) or cool and slice into portions to store.
Thermomix instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180ºC /350ºF. Grease or line a 20 x 20 (approx.) casserole or baking dish.
- Grate the carrots, 5 seconds, speed 4. Add to the dish. Now grate the apple, 3 seconds, speed 4.
- Add the oats, currants/raisins into your baking dish and mix to roughly combine.
- Without rinsing the Thermomix bowl, melt the butter, 1 min, 90, speed 4. Add the milk, eggs, sweetener, cinnamon and vanilla. Mix 30 seconds, speed 5 until well combined.
- Pour over the oats/ carrot mix and top with the sugar (and optional pumpkin seeds, walnuts or pecan nuts).
- Place in the oven for around 25-30 minutes or until it is set (just firm in the middle).
- Rinse the Thermo bowl. Add the spiced yoghurt ingredients and blend, 20 seconds, speed 3.
- When the oatmeal is cooked, enjoy immediately (with the spiced yoghurt) or cool and slice into portions to store.
Store
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer.