Name: Gluten Free High Protein Carrot Cake Baked Oats
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: FOR OATS; 1/2 cup certified gluten free oats; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1 tbsp maple syrup; 1 scoop vanilla protein powder, I used PEScience Snickerdoodle flavour - a little over 1/3 cup protein; 1/4 tsp cinnamon; 1/8 tsp ginger powder; 1/8 tsp nutmeg; 1/3 cup almond milk, any plant milk will work; 1/2 tsp vanilla; 1 egg; 2 tbsp shredded carrots; 1 tbsp pecans, chopped; 1 tbsp raisins, can sub for white chocolate; FOR CREAM CHEESE PROTEIN FROSTING; 1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt; 1 tbsp powdered sugar, I used sugar free; 1.5 tbsp cream cheese, room temperature or heated slightly in microwave

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These Carrot Cake Blended Baked Oats are like cake for breakfast, but loaded with healthy ingredients. Gluten free oats are blended up with protein powder, warming spices, and carrots to create a delicious protein packed breakfast. Topped with a cream cheese greek yogurt frosting, your day will be off to the perfect start.

If you’ve been following along over on my Instagram for some time now, you may have noticed that I like baked and overnight oats, A LOT. Like if I could only have one breakfast for the rest of my life, I’m choosing baked oats.

It truly tastes like you’re eating cake, but it’s healthy and completely acceptable to consume for a filling, satisfying breakfast. Sometimes I even make a few batches ahead of time, or quadruple this single serving recipe for meal prep for the week ahead.

After making baked oats once, I’ve come to learn that oat flour (aka blended oats) is an amazing gluten-free flour to utilize. I have used gluten free oat flour in my Superfood Protein Breakfast Cookies and recently in my Vegan & Gluten Free Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal.

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Ingredients for Carrot Cake Baked Oats

A lot of the viral TikTok baked oats recipes call for a banana. I have used banana in some of my baked oat recipes, but sometimes it does take over the flavour too much. Additionally, I have gotten a ton of requests for a banana replacement due to allergies or simply because people don’t like bananas. Here is a list of all the ingredients.

Certified Gluten Free Quick Oats (can also use traditional rolled oats)
Baking Powder
Cinnamon
Ginger Powder
Nutmeg
Salt
Vanilla protein powder of choice (my favourite is PEScience Gourmet Vanilla – using this link will automatically apply 15% off at checkout on all products).
Almond Milk (any plant milk or regular milk will work)
Maple Syrup
Egg
Carrot
Optional add ins – raisins, pecans, and/or white chocolate chips
Greek yogurt
Cream cheese
Powdered sweetener

How to make healthy carrot cake baked oatmeal

This gluten free carrot cake baked oat recipe is so simple to whip up for breakfast, or for dessert. You only need a few staple ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry and fridge. I love to blend my oats because it gives it a fluffy, light texture, similar to cake. After you blend the oats to create fine oat flour, you simply add the majority of the remaining ingredients and blend again. Once everything is combined, you can hand mix the carrots, raisins, pecans and chocolate chips in and toss it in the oven to bake.

Start by preheating your oven to 350F and spray a mini ramekin or oven safe dish with cooking spray.

In a blender, blend your gluten free oats on high to create a fine flour. Proceed by adding all remaining ingredients (except for carrot and optional add ins like raisins, pecans, white chocolate chips, etc).

Pour into the greased oven safe dish, add in the shredded carrot, raisins, pecans, chocolate chips and mix around.

Bake for 20-25 minutes. While the oats are baking, prepare the protein frosting by combining the greek yogurt, melted cream cheese, and powdered sugar.

Remove oats rom oven, let cool, then ice with protein frosting. Top with more shredded carrot, raisins and pecans. Serve immediately!

Can you substitute out the egg?

Yes! I’ve tested many of my baked oat recipes with a flax egg, made from 2 tablespoons water and 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed. It works but will not yield quite as fluffy as a texture.

Can I make this recipe vegan?

Yes, you can! You will have to substitute the egg for a flax egg, the greek yogurt for thick coconut yogurt, and the cream cheese for vegan cream cheese. It will be slightly less fluffy, and have less protein, but will still be delicious!

Do I need to blend my oats in this baked oatmeal recipe?

No, it is not 100% necessary. I recommend blending the oats as is becomes more of a cake like texture. If you decide not to blend your oats, they will still be delicious, just different consistency.

How to store gluten free carrot cake baked oats

These baked oats last the longest when kept in the fridge. If you are making one serving, you shouldn’t have an issue finishing these within a few days. If you decide to double, triple or quadruple the recipe, I would leave the protein frosting off until serving, and try to eat everything within 4-5 days.

If you are unable to eat it within 4-5 days, freeze it and microwave or pop back into the oven to heat it up for a quick breakfast!

Yield: 1