Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal

5 from 78 votes

This Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal is an easy, super nutritious make-ahead breakfast filled with incredible flavor and sweetness. It's packed with wholesome ingredients - hearty oats, sweet carrots, and beautiful seasonal spices. It's also super simple and made without processed sugars.

Prep Time10

Cook Time40

Total Time50

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American, British, International

Keyword: Baked Carrot Cake Oatmeal, baked oatmeal, Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal, Carrot Cake Oatmeal Bake, healthy carrot cake baked oatmeal

Servings: slices

Calories: 174kcal

Author: Natalie

Equipment

Measuring cups
Mixing bowls
Grater
6x9-inch casserole dish
Whisk

Ingredients

2 ½ cups rolled oats
2 tablespoons hemp seeds
1 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon Himalayan salt
2 teaspoons Ceylon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
1 egg *
1 cup milk
⅓ cup pure maple syrup
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
¼ tablespoon extra virgin coconut oil melted and cooled
1 ½ cups grated carrots
¼ cup Goji berries

Instructions

Position an oven rack in the middle and preheat the oven to 356F (180C).
Melt the coconut oil and let it cool on the room temperature.
Spray the casserole dish with cooking spray or grease it with coconut oil. Set the casserole aside.
Wash the carrots well, and use a vegetable peeler to peel off their skins. Grate the carrots.
Place milk, egg, syrup, vanilla extract and melted coconut oil into a a large mixing bowl. Mix using the whisk until ingredients combine.
Add in all the dry ingredients: oats, hemp seeds, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder and salt.
Using the whisk or a spoon stir well to combine the ingredients.
Mix in grated cerrots and goji berries.
Transfer the mixture into a prepared baking casserole dish.
Bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until top is golden brown. Watch the oatmeal and don't over-bake or burn it.
Remove the oatmeal out of the oven.
Leave it to cool for a few minutes in the baking dish.
Portion the oatmeal and serve warm.

Notes

As a measure, I used the US cup (240ml).

Substitutions

You can any milk here, like oat milk, organic soy milk, cashew milk, or almond milk.
Cow’s milk works well too. Note: Coconut milk won't work well here.
You can substitute rolled oats with quick oats. Note: quick oats will give a more mushy, soft texture.
You can substitute hemp seeds with chia seeds or ground flax seeds.
You can substitute Ceylon cinnamon with pumpkin spice.
You can substitute Goji berries with raisins, dried cranberries, sultanas, chopped dates, or dried apricots.

Keep baked oatmeal in an air-tight food container refrigerated for up to 5 days.

How to freeze: Place the sliced baked oatmeal in a zip-lock bag or food container and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw the oatmeal at room temperature before serving. Don't use the microwave to thaw them.

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