Chocolate Pecan Baked Oatmeal
With this chocolate pecan baked oatmeal, you can enjoy Thanksgiving dessert, for breakfast, without the stretch pants!
Prep:
10
minutes
Cook:
30
minutes
TOtal:
40
minutes
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp. butter or coconut oil, melted
- 1/2 c. applesauce
- 1/4 c. brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp. maple syrup
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 Tbsp. cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 c. flour (less if you add protein powder)
- 1/4 c. chocolate chips, melted
- 1 c. milk
- 2 c. old-fashioned or rolled oats
- 1/4 c. pecans, chopped
- Optional: protein powder
- 2 tsp. butter, melted (1 small pat)
- 12 - 14 whole pecans
- Optional: additional chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl whisk the butter/oil, applesauce, brown sugar, maple syrup, vanilla, and eggs. Continue to whisk in the cocoa powder, baking powder, and flour.
- In a small bowl, melt the chocolate chips, in 15-20 second increments. Whisk in the melted chocolate and milk. Then, stir in the oats and chopped pecans.
- Spoon oatmeal mixture into a greased 9x13 baking dish or 12-14 lined muffin cups. In a small bowl, melt the butter. Then, stir in the pecans. Top oatmeal with the pecans. Next, bake for 30-35 minutes.
- If desired, drizzle with additional melted chocolate chips.