Featuring the flavors of smooth peanut butter, rich chocolate, and a hint of butter, this quick and easy-to-make breakfast oatmeal features all the flavors of a yummy no bake cookie!
I LOVE the no bake cookie. You know the kind I’m talking about, right? The kind you make with peanut butter and chocolate and oats and butter and vanilla…you mix it all together in a pan then scoop it out onto parchment to cool. The resulting cookie is soft and yummy. And can easily be made Trim Healthy Mama friendly by simply using sugar free peanut butter and an on plan sweetener, but…because of the oats…it would be a mega Crossover. Which is good for those in maintenance mode, those who don’t mind losing weight slower, and Trim Healthy Kids. But me, I’m still trying to get my slender on.
So I decided to make a breakfast oatmeal that tastes pretty similar to the no bake cookie. Which is how this recipe was born.
Something to note about this recipe is that you really need to use fresh defatted peanut flour. Fresh is important because if it is less than fresh it’ll have a kinda bland, cardboardy taste.
Another thing to note is to be generous with the sweetener. Both the peanut flour and the cocoa powder need balanced with sweetness. So if you totally make the no bake cookie breakfast oatmeal and take a bite and it’s bla, add as much more sweetener as you like until it’s tasty.
Featuring the flavors of smooth peanut butter, rich chocolate, and a hint of butter, this quick and easy-to-make breakfast oatmeal features all the flavors of a yummy no bake cookie!
- 1 cup unsweetened almond or cashew milk
- 3 tablespoons THM Gentle Sweet or equivalent sweetener (more or less to taste)
- 2 tablespoons defatted peanut flour
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- ⅛ teaspoon mineral salt
- ½ cup slow cook (old fashioned) oats
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon butter flavor, optional
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In a small saucepan*, stir together (mostly, it might not all dissolve together yet) the milk, sweetener, peanut flour, cocoa powder, and salt.
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Bring to a slow boil, whisking often. Mix in the oats.
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Turn heat down to low. Stirring often, allow to cook till soft.
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Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and butter flavorings.
*You can make this oatmeal in a microwave instead, but keep in mind that this causes some nutritional value to be lost. To make it in the microwave, mix together the milk, sweetener, peanut flour, cocoa powder, salt, and oats. Heat on high for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir. Mix in the vanilla and butter flavorings.
Nutrition facts are approximate and may vary based on specific ingredients used.
This sounds delicious! I can’t wait to make it for breakfast tomorrow!