Name: Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 9 servings
Ingredients: 2 cups uncooked rolled oats; ¼ cup wheat bran; 1/2 tsp. baking powder; 1 cup chopped pineapple; 1 cup grated carrots; ¼ cup chopped walnuts; 1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon; ½ tsp. salt; 1 ½ cups Almond coconut milk or soy milk; 1 over ripe bananas mashed; 1 tsp. vanilla extract; 2 tbsp. light butter melted; ¼ cup egg substitute or equivalent to 1 egg; ¼ cup real maple syrup or agave; 2 tbsp. 1/3 less cream cheese softened; 1 tbsp. confectioners’ sugar; 1 tbsp. milk; ½ tsp. vanilla extract

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Servings

181

Prep time

Cook time

Total time

10 mins

40 mins

50 mins

If you love carrot cake and oatmeal for breakfast you are going to love this next recipe and that is a combination of both. Carrot cake baked oatmeal bars are perfect for brunch on a busy day, or just for breakfast. With a cup of coffee or cup of tea you are going to make them over and over again. They are crunchy and fruity in flavor because they have the right amount of crunch from the oats and walnuts but also mashed bananas and chopped pineapple. They will make a perfect breakfast for a busy day. Also this meal travels well and can be your morning nack on your way to work.

Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal

2 cups uncooked rolled oats
¼ cup wheat bran
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup chopped pineapple
1 cup grated carrots
¼ cup chopped walnuts
1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
½ tsp. salt
1 ½ cups Almond coconut milk or soy milk
1 over ripe bananas mashed
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 tbsp. light butter melted
¼ cup egg substitute or equivalent to 1 egg
¼ cup real maple syrup or agave

Cream Cheese Drizzle

2 tbsp. 1/3 less cream cheese softened
1 tbsp. confectioners’ sugar
1 tbsp. milk
½ tsp. vanilla extract

Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal

Preheat oven to 375. Spray 8 inch square pan with cooking spray.
In a large bowl combine oats, wheat bran, baking powder, pineapple, carrots, walnuts, cinnamon, and salt.
In another bowl, mix together milk, mashed banana, vanilla extract, light butter, egg substitute and maple syrup.
Stir in the liquid into oats mixture.
Pour into pan.
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
Cool for 10 minutes.
In a small bowl, mix together ingredients for cream cheese drizzle. Using a fork, drizzle over baked oatmeal.