Cacao-Cherry Baked Oatmeal [gluten-free]
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Recipe type: Breakfast, Dessert
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Serves: 9 squares
 
Ingredients
  • 2½ cups gluten free oats [Bob's Red Mill® brand are certified gluten free]
  • ½ cup shredded unsweetened coconut
  • ¼ cup cacao nibs
  • 1 Tbsp cinnamon
  • ½ cup coconut sugar
  • ½ tsp ground ginger or 1 tsp freshly grated ginger
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup unsweetened coconut or almond milk
  • 1 - 1½ cups fresh or frozen pitted tart cherries [no sugar added] - I get my frozen cherries from Costco
  • 2 organic eggs
  • ½ cup unrefined coconut oil, melted
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • pinch sea salt
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a medium sized mixing bowl combine all dry ingredients [oats, shredded coconut, cacao nibs, cinnamon, coconut sugar, ginger, baking powder and sea salt.
  3. Next, in a small bowl combine coconut milk, eggs, coconut oil and vanilla, and mix well to combine well.
  4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well.
  5. Add cherries and fold into oatmeal batter.
  6. Place raw oatmeal batter into a parchment paper lines 9" x 9" baking dish and flatten out the top as evenly as possible.
  7. Bake for about 40 minutes or until the top begins to look golden brown.
  8. Let cool slightly before slicing and serving. Enjoy warm or chilled.
  9. This baked oatmeal makes a great weekly breakfast or hearty dessert. Also, you can slice up and freeze individual squares for later.
  10. To jazz this up as a healthy dessert, try topping it with a little homemade coconut whipped cream. You won't even be able to tell it's healthy!
Recipe by Angela Freed at https://www.angelafreed.com/cacao-cherry-baked-oatmeal-gluten-free/