Gingerbread Protein Oat Bake
Decadent Gingerbread Protein Oat Bake: Fuel your day with a guilt-free treat. Packed with protein, fiber, and holiday flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- ⅓ cup cottage cheese
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups quick oats*
- ¾ cup vanilla protein powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- ½ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup melted coconut oil
Orange Glaze:
- ¾ cups confectioners sugar
- 2 tbsp orange juice
- 1 tsp orange zest
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a small blender combine egg, cottage cheese, milk and vanilla extract and blend until smooth.
- In a large bowl combine quick oats, vanilla protein powder, salt, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
- Pour the cottage cheese mixture into the dry ingredients as well as maple syrup and coconut oil and stir until combined.
- Spray a square baking pan with oil and pour mixture into pan.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Once the oat bake is cooled, make the icing.
- In a small bowl combine confectioners sugar, orange juice & orange zest and stir to combine. Drizzle over the oat bake.
Notes
- *If you only have old fashioned oats, place them in a blender or food processor and pulse them to chop them slightly to make quick oats.
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