Oatmeal Brulee
Banana Oatmeal Brulee with a Brown Sugar Crust
And Peanut Butter “Icing”
Another attempt at baked oatmeal – and this one turned out to be the best yet!! I thought my other baked oatmeal was too dry and I wanted it to be creamy on the inside with a hard crust on the outside. I decided a brulee method – less cooking time but a broiled finish – would be my best strategy. I was inspired by Emma’s Oatmeal Custard, but I decided to follow this recipe for Oatmeal Creme Brulee due to a shorter cooking time and different proportions of milk/water.
It turned out perfect!! The crust was very brulee-like too!
I combined in a baking dish lined with parchment paper for easy removal:
- 1 cup oats
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup vanilla hemp milk (you could just use all skim)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 pinches salt
- Generous sprinkle cinnamon
- 1 small banana, sliced
- 1/4 cup egg whites
- About 2 tbsp chopped walnuts (the STAR ingredient!)
I left out the sugar in the original recipe because I used the vanilla hemp milk. I baked this guy for 30 minutes at 375*, removed it and set the broiler, topped with 2 heaping tablespoons of brown sugar, smoothed out evenly, and broiled for about 2 minutes. Watch the parchment paper that it doesn’t burn! (I usually trim the edges for this reason).
I lift the whole thing out of the pan in the parchment and cut on a cutting board, but you could leave out the parchment and just scoop messier portions out. This made 2 portions at 400 kcal, 6 grams fiber and 17 grams protein each. I thought at first it wouldn’t be very filling, but it was!
I topped mine with an ‘icing‘ made with 2 oz of greek yogurt and half a tbsp of macadamia-cashew nut butter mixed together. I actually think it would have been better with just the nut butter! Or maple syrup to make it sweeter but I thought I had enough sugar already in this breakfast.
{ 13 comments… read them below or add one }
Kath, could you use regular sugar (not brown) for this, or maple syrup? I want to experiment with a baked oatmeal but I don’t have brown sugar in my house!
Hallie ,
Yes, granulated sugar will work just like creme brulee!
Kath
Ooh, this oatmeal brulee of yours looks delightful! I’ll be adding this one to my file of recipes to try. Thanks!
PS What size baking pan did you use?
Rose-Anne,
I think it was either 8 or 9″ x 4″. You could use an 8″ square too.
Kath
Do you happen to know where one can buy vanilla hemp milk? I live in Manhattan. LOL!
Perhaps Whole Foods?
I love this recipe!! I threw in some raisins too for my kids. Thank you!
Hello again! I finally got around to trying this recipe or, rather, a tweaked version of it, and it was delicious! I stayed true to the spirit of the recipe but I added a little bit of cardamom for more of a chai flavor. My version can be found here: http://lifeloveandfood24.blogspot.com/2008/10/magic-of-oatmeal.html
Thanks again!
Rose-Anne
I am so glad there’s someone out there that’s as obsessed with oatmeal as I am!
As a fellow runner, I was wondering what you like to eat before a morning run. I love running early because the thought of a huge steamy bowl of oatmeal when you finish makes you run harder, but I can’t go out the door without something in my stomach. What do you guys suggest?
Betsey ,
I run on an empty stomach (in the mornings) because I realized my morning “hunger” was mostly thirst. I just drink a glass of water and go. But I used to (and sometimes do) eat a banana with PB or toast with PB. It’s light enough to run on for me.
Kath
Just made this and it was amazing! Used pecans instead of Walnuts and vanilla soy instead of vanilla help. We were going to put peanut butter on top but it was so perfect on its own we skipped it. Thanks for inventing it!
Hi! I’m French and I’ve discovered your recipes by chance a few days ago. I love your web site and I hope you’ll continue to cook like that. Tomorrow morning I’ll try “oatmeal brulee” for breakfast,it seems delicious! Thank you and good continuation Kath (sorry for my english…)
Creative and delicious-looking! Mmmmm! *Thumbs up*
xoxo