Posts tagged oatmeal

I’m interrupting the 12 consecutive Days of Soup to bring you some delicious oatmeal brownies. Why am I calling them brownies and not oatmeal “squares” or “blondies”? Because “brownies” sounds better, that’s why.

Made with steel-cut oats and packed with raisins and chocolate chips, they hit the spot without inflicting too much guilt. I whipped these up the other night in response to a wicked after-dinner sweet tooth.

And why yes, that is my homemade tea-cup-and-plate cake stand. It’ll be all the rage in a few years, just watch…

I first starting making these as cooking a few years ago largely as a test. I couldn’t find any existing recipe that used entirely steel-cut oats without added flour or regular oats. Experimentation revealed that it’s totally possible; the trick is to cook the steel-cut oats before-hand.

CAUTION: These are gluten-free in the sense that I didn’t add any gluten-containing products, however, oats can sometimes contain trace amount of gluten contamination so be careful if baking these for someone with an allergy.

Gluten-Free Oatmeal Brownies* (recipe by Mua*)

Makes about 9 or so brownies depending on slice size

• 1/2-3/4 cup uncooked steel-cut oats
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/2 cup apple juice (optional)
• 2 tbs coconut oil
• 1 tbs butter (could omit, but WHY???)
• 1/2 tsp stevia
• 2 tbs maple syrup and or molasses
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips

1. Bring the oats to a boil in the apple juice (or in water if not using juice) in medium pot then reduce and simmer on a medium low heat until mostly tender (about 15 min). You want to use just enough liquid to cook the oats—it should be almost a paste.
2. Once the oats are cooked, turn off the heat and mix in all of the ingredients except for the chocolate chips—wait for the mixture to cool before adding those or they’ll melt.
3. Bake for 15-20 min at 350.
4. Cool and cut. CONSUME!!!

*Please don’t kill me if the measurements are off, these are guesstimates since I didn’t think to measure while cooking. Fortunately, this recipe is pretty forgiving and will come out fine as long as the batter/dough is reasonably thick. You can add/omit whatever little extras you want, such as pecans or other kinds of chips or coconut flakes.  

*Also works as cookies, but easier to make as brownies.

Enjoy!