This Healthy Baked Oats is a mild twist to the classic baked oats recipe! Made with a handful of healthy ingredients, cake-like texture, these breakfast oats are an elegant dessert that is a great way to begin your day! And all that without eggs!! Oats are nutritious grains that are part of Popular World Breakfast like overnight oats, porridge, granola, Muesli, and cookies. This breakfast quick oats involves adding hot/cold milk and baking for a few minutes. There are different ways to make these oats and feel free to customize them. Top the chocolate oatmeal with your favorite toppings- roasted almonds, pecans, pistachios, and fresh berries, and enjoy them with a scoop of ice cream! Find More Healthy Breakfasts: Ragi Banana Pancake, Mung Bean Pancake, Beet Smoothie Bowl, Green Apple smoothie, Vegan Avocado Chocolate Mousse.
Why Would You Love This Recipe?
Easy Breakfast that has melt-in-mouth flavor! Simple Ingredients. Kids-friendly dessert. Perfect Meal Prep Recipe. Egg Free, Gluten Free, and Butter Free. Made without refined sugar. The Best Baked Oats Recipe Ever!
Ingredients
See the Recipe card for exact ratio of ingredients.
Oats- I have used Bagrry’s Oats in this recipe. You may use any good-quality rolled oats. This brand is a gluten-free brand. Though the same facilities process wheat as well, there is a possibility of mixing. It is advised to read the label of the brand carefully. You may use steel cut oats too. Cocoa Powder- Any good brand works well. I have used Cadbury’s cocoa powder. One may also use melted chocolate or dark chocolate. Organic Jaggery Powder-Though the calories of sugar and powdered jaggery (Shakkar) is the same, jaggery is not just empty calories. They have nutritional value and fiber-rich. You may also use maple or date syrup or unsweetened applesauce. Source [1]. Almonds- Chopped almonds work great. you may use pecans, pistachios, or walnuts. Apple- Fresh fruit like Red and juicy apples, ripe banana, peach work best. You may use the local produce. Cinnamon Powder- Enhances the aroma of this baked oatmeal. You may use cardamom powder too. Ghee-I avoided the use of butter in this recipe and used desi ghee. This is not the first time I have used desi ghee in baking. My popular desi ghee baked recipe is of Whole Wheat Apple Coffee Cobbler. Milk- This recipe uses fat-free dairy milk and for making vegan oats, you may use dairy-free milk- almond milk or oat milk. The texture of vegan milk tends to be thick. You may have to adjust the consistency accordingly.
Detailed Recipe With Steps
Step 1 Mix Jaggery with Ghee and Milk
In a large mixing bowl, mix powdered jaggery with Desi Ghee and a little milk. Use a food processor, blender, or spatula. Mix well. Add cocoa powder and mix well. Add oats, chopped almonds, and cinnamon powder. Adjust milk to have a flowing consistency batter. Let the oat mixture rest for 5 minutes. For best results, mix wet ingredients and gradually add dry ingredients. Add more milk as needed.
Step 2 Mix well and Bake It
Mix and transfer the oatmeal mixture to the baking dish. Garnish with apples. Bake for 5-10 min in OTG at 180 degrees (Preheat OTG for 10 minutes at 50 degrees)
Step 3 Serve It!
The delicious Baked Oats with chocolate and apples is ready! Serve it and enjoy!
Variations
Vegan Baked Oatmeal- The vegan version needs asimple swap of dairy milk to coconut milk or soy milk would make this recipe vegan. Make it like a Cake- Use the powdered oats or dry grind the oats and the same recipe would bake a delicious chocolate oats cake. Add another Ingredient- For chocolate lovers, feel free to add more chocolate or dark chocolate chips to have an amazing taste!
Storage Suggestions
The leftovers can be stored in an airtight container with a lid in the refrigerator for about 2-3 days. You may freeze it for a week. For serving the stored oats, reheat in an oven for about 5-10 min or in a heavy pan on stove top till warm. The frozen oats may be thawed before heating.
Expert Tips
The oats tend to absorb milk. Add milk gradually for the right consistency and bake it immediately or the oats may turn out to be dry. I have used dry oats and not-soaked ones. Soaked oats may turn out to be soggy. They easily mix up with the milk/ liquid, so I don’t think soaking is necessary. Don’t overbake or the oats will be chewy and the underbake would not let milk be absorbed so they will be soggy. The jaggery used in this recipe is for creating a healthy recipe. Since jaggery is used, the sweetness would vary a lot. The baked oats won’t be very sweet. I suggest increasing the amount of jaggery if you like more sweetness, or you may mix jaggery and white sugar.
Stories From Kitchen
This recipe was inspired from my own recipe of Cobbler. Seeing the success of Apple cobbler at home, I was wondering how to create new recipe with apple and healthy grain. Then I saw the pack of oats , which I was serving with plain milk to my father-in-law and it clicked why not to use oats with apples this time. A quick recipe that was a hit in the family! You may also like: More Dessert Recipes:
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