Description
My Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal is a healthy breakfast with whole grains, raisins, nuts and warm spices. Topped with a high protein frosting!
Prep Time: 15 min | Cook Time: 30 min | Total Time: 45 min | Course: Breakfast | Cuisine: American | Keyword: Breakfast, meal prep, Oats | Servings: 6
Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal
My Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal is a wholesome, batch prep breakfast made with whole grains, raisins, walnuts and warm spices. Topped with a high protein frosting, it’s just like cake.
Ingredients
1cupunsweetened applesauce
2eggs
2.5tablespoonhoney
1cupmilk
1.5teaspoonvanilla extract
2cupsoatsquick, minute or rolled will all work
½cupunflavoured collagen powdersee notes below for swaps
2teaspoonbaking powder
2.5teaspooncinnamon
¼teaspoonsalt
1.5teaspoonground ginger
1teaspoonnutmeg(optional)
⅛teaspoonall spice(optional)
¾cupshredded carrotsabout 1 large carrot
½cupraisins
½cupwalnutschopped
½cupunsweetened shredded coconut
½cupplain Greek yogurt
3tablespooncream cheesesoftened
2tablespoonhoney
½teaspoonvanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease a 8.5×8.5″ square baking dish.
- To your dish, whisk together applesauce and eggs. Add honey, milk and vanilla extract and whisk until smooth.
- Add Oats, collagen, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and ground ginger. Mix well.
- Fold in shredded carrots and raisins, walnuts and shredded coconut (if using). Bake for about 25-30 minutes, or until the top begins to turn golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the oats comes out clean.
- To make the yogurt topping, in a small bowl whisk together yogurt, cream cheese, honey and vanilla extract.
- Once baked oats are cool, top with yogurt frosting and slice into 6 equal sized pieces.
Notes
If you would like to substitute the collagen powder you may utilize ½ cup of vanilla protein powder or ½ cup of oat flour!
*I have included the nutrition information for this recipe below. However, always remember a recipe is so much more than just nutritional content and these numbers do not need to dictate your food choices. Please don’t forget both your body and soul need nourishment!
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 476kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 68mg | Sodium: 383mg | Potassium: 491mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 2931IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 203mg | Iron: 3mg
