Date, Orange & Almond Baked Oatmeal

 I have already made many baked oatmeal's with dates and nuts, with and without frosting; Date & Cashew (With) and Date & Walnut (Without) as well as dates and oranges; Date & Orange Pound Cake (Without) so I thought I would combine them.

 

 Date, Orange & Almond Baked Oatmeal

Ingredients:

1/2 Cup/45g Rolled Oats

Pinch of Salt

1/4 Tsp Baking Powder

3 Gooey Medjool Dates, Pitted

1 TBSP Ground Almonds (Or 1 1/2 TBSP Flaked or whole almonds)

Zest of 1 Orange

Dash of Cinnamon

1 Tsp Maple Syrup or Sweetener of Choice

 

Almond Date Caramel:

3 Gooey Medjool Dates, Pitted

1 Tsp Almond Butter

2-3 TBSP Milk of Choice

 

Flaked Almonds, Toasted

Method:

1. Preheat your oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4. Grease a dish or ramekin.

2. Blend 1 TBSP Oats to a flour (With the almonds if blending almonds to ground almonds). Mix with the rest of the oats, salt, and baking powder (And ground almonds if not grinding them with the oats). Zest in the orange.

3. Blend the dates with the applesauce and 2-3 TBSP of the milk till smooth. Stir into your oats, add the rest of the applesauce, cinnamon and then the milk bit by bit till the oats are wet but not sloppy. Add the sweetener to taste. Pour into your dish and bake for 17-20 minutes or till firm. Let sit for a minute then invert onto a plate.

4. Blend the caramel ingredients till smooth. Spread on top of your oatmeal. Top with the almonds. Enjoy!