A healthy, high protein breakfast choice which tastes exactly like the dough of a caramel cookie- Gluten free, high in protein and a vegan option too!
So much for honouring the oatmeal requests.
I’ve been meaning to post the Black Forest Oatmeal Pudding recipe I’d been teasing you with but….blame the lack of cherries.
The weekend before I had intentions to recreate, photo and post- Cherries are in abundance.
Three days before I had intentions to recreate, photo and post- Cherries are in abundance.
The day before I had intentions to recreate, photo and post- Cherries are in abundance.
The day I go to do grocery shopping- Cherries are MIA.
Australian supermarkets have a vendetta against me. For now. Just you wait- the sun has been teasing us and it will be coming.
Today, I have my current obsession regarding oatmeal- caramel cookie dough. YES. Texture wise, taste wise and all that jazz.
I was talking to a mate of mine about how different countries have a ‘flavour’ or ‘food’ which is infamous in that country and they pimp it out like Kris Kardashian’s latest venture.
America- Peanut butter.
Italy- Nutella
France- Cheese
Canada- Maple Syrup
India- Curry
China- Chilli
Japan- Hello Kitty
For Australia- It’s caramel. For every cookie, ice cream, chocolate bar, drinks and even yogurts- if there is a ‘limited edition’ of that food product, it would without a doubt be caramel flavoured. For the record- caramel flavoured yogurt tasted like punishment. It was nasty.
While I’m not a huge fan of caramels outside of the original source (the sauce- ha, get it?), I was however a fan of a caramel cookie I had at the cafe near my work. It happened a few weeks ago when I’d forgotten my breakfast and only had a protein shake in my bag. I needed something carb heavy to accompany it to not pass out from hunger so I went with what looked most appealing- enter the caramel cookie.
The caramel cookie was without a doubt, one of the top 2 cookies I’d ever eaten (the first being my beloved Subway cookie)- and it’s probably attributed to the first three ingredients on the packaging (sugar, butter and glucose syrup). After consuming this goodness, I knew I had to recreate it but adjust the ingredients to make it a cookie I could eat everyday. Multiple times.
Friends, I had success! I recreated the cookie successfully, but what was the best bit was the dough. The damn cookie dough. Fitting after yesterday’s breakfast recipe round up. The wheels started turning and after the cherry-less debacle, I experimented with achieving the same taste and texture of the dough in the oatmeal test- Caramel Cookie Dough Oatmeal.
While the actual cookie recipe will be coming soon, let’s start with the biggest success out of it- Caramel Cookie Dough Oatmeal. High in protein, gluten free and with just the right amount of caramel for optimum sweetness but not heavy on the sugar. The texture is exactly like the cookie dough I double dipped sampled.
So maybe this recipe is fitting the stereotype for Australians. I’m okay with that- especially when you achieve this winner.
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Caramel Cookie Dough Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup rolled oats use gluten free if gluten intolerant
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups dairy free milk of choice divided
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 large egg*
- 1 scoop neutral flavoured protein powder optional
- 1 tablespoon coconut flour sifted
- 1 tablespoon caramel sauce my 'go to' recipe below
- Optional- 2-3 T caramel chips
Homemade caramel sauce
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar or dark brown sugar
- 2 tablespoon water
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil or butter
- sea salt
Instructions
- Combine oat bran, salt and 1 cup of milk in a saucepan or microwave safe bowl until most of the liquid is absorbed. Whisk in the whole egg very well and continue cooking for another 1-2 minutes, or until the egg is fully cooked and oats are fluffy.
- Stir in the vanilla protein powder, vanilla essence and coconut flour until fully combined- Oat mixture should be extremely thick. Add in the extra 1/4 cup of milk and ensure it is well mixed.
- Transfer oatmeal to a bowl and stir through the caramel sauce and a few caramel chips before giving it a stir and topping with extra caramel sauce and chips.
For the caramel sauce
- Make the caramel sauce by heating a saucepan with the water and sugar until it begins to boil. Ensure you stir the mixture constantly. Add the sea salt and coconut oil (or butter) and continue stirring on medium heat until it thickens and remove from the heat.
Notes
For a vegan version, sub the egg for a flax egg- 1 T flaxmeal + 3 T water
Does your home country have a specialty flavour or food product?
Are cherries available where you are right now?
Would you eat Hello Kitty oatmeal?
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This looks amazing. You are seriously the porridge king. Photos are awesome boy!
Thanks, Lauren!
Bahahaha I like how Japan’s Flavor is Hello Kitty. Does that make them cannibals? Because she isn’t a “cat” after all!
I know, right? I feel like I’ve been jibbed all childhood!
Love Hello Kitty!
Nice!
omg these sound soo good! You’re so right when you mentioned how difficult it actually is to find something that tastes like a good caramel and not like a fake tasting, chemically version. The best caramels are the simple but always amazing, lil caramel squares. Perfection every time.
Thanks, Chelsea! I hate those fake caramels- try the caramel sauce- you only need a little bit to be completely satisfied 🙂
HAHAHA like everyone else definitely just lawwled all over the place about Hello Kitty. I’ve actually seen lattes with Hello Kitty drawn into the foam soooo. that’s a real thing and someone has too much time.
And I’M SO EXCITED about this recipe. Another reason i must go to Australia because I friggen love caramel (although I’m bringing my nut butters =l) Also I think it’s a sign that I just got a sample sized Vanilla Caramel Whey sooooo ITS PERFECT that i must include that in this recipe! I’m thinking a chia egg of some sorts will give me the egg “fluff” but we are about to find out because this is happening!!
P.s. I cried when one week i was bathing in cherry juice and the next week couldn’t even top a sundae with a SINGULAR find. Frozen can do the trick sometimes but it’s not the saaaame 🙁
YES!!! You are the oatmeal queen so I demand you try this out!
Frozen definitely doesn’t work in it- I tried it out and it just wasn’t the same!
I wish I was more into caramel! I just can’t…PS, totally random but I just saw your Vegemite recipes, and I was GLEEFUL. I’m a Brit living in America and FREAKING LOVE Marmite and of course, I’m the only one. Sososo good.
Oh wow, glad to have another fan of this amazing spread!
Great photos!! But what the heck is the red dot in the oatmeal??
I’m not sure what the typical German flavour is. Yes we eat bread and potatoes like it’s our job. But sweet flavours? No idea. Keeps is VERY popular here as well and I didn’t even know until recently that it comes from Italy 😀 I thought it was our genius invention. Maybe the Kinder chocolate things are “typically” German.
Cherry season is over now so unfortunately you haven’t posted the recipe yet. I would have loved to make it. OH YES now I know : “black forest” is the German flavour hahaha!
Btw, did you know that Hello kitty isn’t even a cat?? The creator said it’s supposed to be a human 😀
Yep! I was shocked!
It’s not a red dot haha, it’s the caramel mixed through it and on top.
That’s okay, more oatmeal recipes to come!
“Japan – Hello Kitty” <- I literally flipped my shit reading that and laughed for 5 minutes straight…thank God I wasn't in class lol
I'm not a caramel fan except in snickers bars but I'll have to try this because:
1. Cookie dough
2. Oatmeal
3. You're a genius with combining 1 & 2 so this can't be anything but good
LOL. I’m glad too. I’ve been kicked out of wayyyy too many classes thanks to that.
You should make this. You and your 10% discount. 😉
Excuse me but this looks so good it should be a sin. You know I go gaga for oatmeal… especially with chocolate/caramel chips! PS totally been there with the cherry incident… except my dilemma was figs! So sad
We have so many bloody figs here- let’s trade.
PS- 5 weeks!!!!!
I projectile vomited cherries all over my house this summer. 🙁 Since then, I haven’t been able to look at cherries the same way.
Hi! How are you?
Hi! Stop leaving gross comments. 🙂
Hello Kitty.
I. Am. Dead.
I had noooooo idea caramel was so big in Australia!!! I want this oatmeal. Looks sooo delicious are your pictures are fab.
Thanks buddy! Australia goes bloody overboard with it.
You da man! This looks awesome!! Weather is starting to cool down here – perfect time for oatmeal.
Thanks buddy! (Confession- this oatmeal tastes epic cold..oops).
Okay so oatmeal is notorious for being ugly to photograph but clearly you are the exception- these photos look so delicious, Arman…nice work! I guess I have Australia to thank for the salted caramel trend? As for not liking caramel yogurt, I think Pinkberry’s salted caramel flavour will change your mind :)!
I loved Pinkberry’s flavour when I tried it, this caramel yogurt is full of artificial sweeteners- not cool!
Jeez, the texture of this is hypnotic. I’m after that caramel sauce though; it’s got to happen soon – I can imagine pouring it on anything and everything.
YES! Do it, Ms.J- you’ll love it!
Oh no I totally can’t think of a speciality food for England! Um… tea!? But China kind of womps us on that. Oh dear, England needs to pick up it’s culinary rep…
So that caramel sauce is getting made, but put on a more Cat-like breakfast. Bacon and caramel would work, I know it would!
Tea and scones! 😉
Bacon and caramel- confession- I had a bacon and caramel cupcake. I was hungover so didn’t appreciate it. Fail. Whale.