Minimalist baking is essential not only for its low cost and less hassle but also for saving time. Delicious cooking should not constitute the whole of your day. Such cooking and baking shortcuts should enhance your time management and also avoid frequent trips to gourmet restaurants.as per study what you pay for a single meal in a good restaurant should be enough to pay for whole week’s meal. But cooking or baking on a busy schedule is not an easy task. Let’s make it simple for you:
Recipe for TOASTED COCONUT BAKED OATMEAL
Ingredients:
You will require the following ingredients for one serving. You will require working with quite a few dry ingredients in this recipe and it should work this way if you want to get that crispy edge. It’s mouthwatering and the crunch is so satisfying. The recipe comes together in about 1 hour, requires just 10 simple ingredients, and is vegan, gluten-free, naturally sweetened, and vegan butter-free!
The recipe is concentrated in coconut three ways, coconut milk, coconut oil and coconut flakes. This makes it rich in potassium and iron.
Other ingredients include
OATMEAL
2 flax eggs (combination of flax meal and water)
2/3 cup shredded coconut
2 cups rolled oats
2/3 cup slivered toasted almonds
3 Tbsp. dried fruit (like blueberries, raisins or cranberries)
1 Tbsp. coconut sugar
1/4 tsp.
Himalayan pink salt
1/4 cup Honey or Maple syrup
3/4 cup coconut milk
1/4 cup extra virgin coconut oil melted
For dressing (optional)
Coconut cream
Milk cream
Fruit
Method for Baking:
1. Preheat the oven and grease a deep dish with coconut oil or vegan butter.
2. To make it egg vegan, prepare flax eggs in a mixing bowl by adding water in small steps until the right consistency is achieved.
3. While the oven is just preheating and has not reached the required temperature just as yet, add shredded coconut in a bare dish and roast till its golden brown but watch carefully as it tends to burn quickly. Set aside
4. In a large mixing bowl add all the dry ingredients for mixing like oats, slivered almonds, golden brown toasted coconut (reserve half for serving), dry fruit, coconut sugar, and
pink salt. Stir well to combine.
5. Add honey or maple syrup with coconut milk to flax eggs and whisk together to form a consistency. While whisking, pour in the coconut oil and whisk thoroughly to combine during winter the coconut oil tends to form clumps while mixing. Heat up in the microwave oven to remove any lumps from the mixture.
6. Pour the oatmeal mixture to the above combination and mix well. After whisking together pour into the prepared dish and bake for 30 minutes until the middle is firm. After that heat up the oven and bake for another 5 minutes to crisp the edges.
Serve with cream topping, fresh fruits or more maple syrup, Excellent for breakfast and as a substitute dessert.
