This cookie dough oatmeal is like eating a warm chocolate chip cookie, with gooey, melted chocolate in every delicious bite!
A variation of the popular Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal.
And now you’ll be wanting a recipe, yes?
Cookie Dough Baked Oatmeal
(Serves One!)
- 1/2 cup rolled oats (50g)
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- sweetener, such as 1 1/2 tbsp maple syrup or 1 to 1 1/2 packs stevia (I omitted, but I’ve cautioned you before about my lack of sweet tooth.)
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce (60g) (Or sub banana… it’s awesome this way!)
- 1/4 cup milk of choice, creamer, juice, or water
- 1/8 tsp salt
- Handful of chocolate chips (and a few for the top, too!)
- Optional: unless you like the taste of fat-free baking, add 1 tbsp oil, buttery spread, or nut butter (If oil, scale the milk back a little)
- Optional: 1/4 to 1/2 tsp cinnamon (If you like cinnamon in chocolate chip cookies)
Preheat oven to 380 degrees. Combine dry ingredients, then mix in wet. Pour into a small baking pan, loaf pan, or 1-cup ramekin (or, for mini boats, two 1/2-cup ramekins). Cook for 20 minutes, or more until it’s firm. Finally, set your oven to “high broil” for 3-5 more minutes (or simply just bake longer, but broiling gives it a nice crust). Don’t forget to spray your ramekins first if you want your cakes to pop out.
See the following link for Nutritional Information.
If you’re like me and are not trying to lose weight, I definitely recommend including the optional nut butter or oil in the recipe for more calories, because this oatmeal cake really fills you up!
Are there any breakfast foods that don’t fill you up?
I tend to steer clear of cold cereal, because whenever I eat it for breakfast, I’m hungry an hour later! Same thing with waffles or pancakes. In the case of pancakes, I’ll often eat them for snack instead of as breakfast.
Or with something filling, like a Whipped Cream Bowl.
Could you increase ingredients to make larger batch?
Try these!
https://lett-trim.today/2013/01/08/breakfast-oatmeal-cupcakes-to-go/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
thank you i’ll try them they look good
Hi love these recipes! Wondering if I can use quick cooking oats that cook in 3-5 min on the stove. It’s all I have right now and I’m preggo lol!
This was so delicious and exciting to try I had to write about it on my healthy living blog http://grownuplivingblog.wordpress.com/. Healthy dessert is the way forward, clearly!
Just discovered this website and love everything. But I like printing recipes out and I don’t see that opportunity here ??? Not possible?
To print, highlight just the recipe itself and right-click “Copy.” Then open a new Word document and right-click “Paste.” You can name and save this file, and print readily from that point.
Can these be made ahead of time? if so, how do you recommend reheat them? They look great.
You can easily fridge or freeze leftovers. Thaw in the microwave or in the oven.
This was super delicious. I multiplied by 4 and baked in an 8 inch dish – it took about 40 minutes to get done. Instead of the applesauce, I used banana like you mentioned – a very large one for the 4 servings. I used two tablespoons of coconut oil total – my kids LOVED IT! Thanks! 🙂
First of all, I have made this recipe so many times. My kids and I LOVE it! Today, however, I was really craving a chocolate-covered strawberry boatmeal. So, I used this as a base recipe, adding 2 heaping tbs of dark cocoa powder to the dry ingredients and a couple of tbs of ground flax (because it’s just so good for you). (I use liquid stevia from Trader Joes, so I probably added about 10 drops of that….normally I don’t add sweetener at all to this because I think it’s sweet enough as is). I placed the strawberries on the bottom of the pan and topped with the chocolate oatmeal. It was delicious! I think if I reduced the amount of milk, it would probably get very fudge-y and brownie-like. I love how decadent it seems without being full of sugar and fat (I always use the lesser amount of coconut oil). Thanks for the inspiration!!
I should also mention that I quadruple this recipe to fit in a 9×9 pan, so my measurements reflect that. 😉
Hi Katie– Do your recipes have printables? I don’t see it on alot of recipes.
thanks- Steph
I seriously have made this like every day for Bfast for the last month and its so amazing! Love it with the banana and peanut butter! 🙂
I’ve made this recipe a number of times over the years (ate it this morning) and absolutely love it every time. The aroma, particularly when made with banana, is reminiscent of banana bread and the dairy free chocolate chips take it over the top. I’ve taken to adding PB2 for an added boost of protein. Thank you for creating this recipe!