Vanilla Fig Oatmeal with Baklava Topping has always been one of the top oatmeals on Healthy Slow Cooking, so when I wrote Vegan Slow Cooking for Two or Just You I had to add it in. Breakfast works great in a 1 1/2 or 2 quart slow cooker.
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There’s more than just oatmeals in Vegan Slow Cooking for Two or Just You: Tofu Scrambled Breakfast Burritos, Overnight Tofu Root Veggie Hash, Butternut Squash French Toast Casserole, two different DIY creamers and more.
This recipe, like all the ones in my new book, use a 1 1/2 to 2 quart slow cooker.
Vanilla Fig Oatmeal with Baklava Topping from Vegan Slow Cooking for Two or Just You
This is one of my most popular oatmeal recipes on my blog and around the web. It’s a vanilla oatmeal with flecks of fig and bursts of cardamom and orange flower water. On top, it’s a gooey nutty topping like most oatmeal has never seen. It's from my Book Vegan Slow Cooking for 2.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup 40 g steel-cut oats
- 2 cups 475 ml unsweetened nondairy milk
- 1/2 cup 75 g chopped dried figs
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon orange flower water, food grade, optional
- 1/2 vanilla bean, scraped, or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
FOR THE TOPPING
- 1 tablespoon each, 8 g chopped pistachios, (8 g) walnuts, and (8 g) almonds
- 1 tablespoon 20 g agave nectar
- Pinch cinnamon
Instructions
- The night before:
- Spray your crock with oil to help with cleanup later or skip it* and just plan on soaking your crock immediately afterward so any stuck-on oatmeal will come right off.
- Add everything except the topping ingredients to the slow cooker.
- In a small bowl, mix together the topping ingredients and store in the fridge until the morning. Cook the oatmeal on low for 7 to 9 hours.
- In the morning:
- Stir your oatmeal well. It may seem watery on top, but if stirred, it should become a more uniform consistency. Top each serving with a few teaspoons of the baklava topping, making it as sweet as you like it.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Yield 3 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 222Total Fat 4gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 13mgSodium 92mgCarbohydrates 39gFiber 4gSugar 17gProtein 8g
Nutrition information is provided from nutritionix.com as a close estimate. If you have specific health issues please put the recipe information, including the exact ingredients you use, into the nutritional calculator your Dr. recommends.
Anthony says
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Katie says
Sounds amazing! I just bought some organic dried figs at Costco yesterday. I’m going to have to make this soon. Have you ever tried soaking your oats before to remove the enzyme inhibitors (phytic acid)? It make your oatmeal more digestible and allows your body to more readily absorb all the nutrients in the grain.
Kathy Hester (geekypoet) says
I haven’t soaked my oats before, maybe I’ll try it over the weekend.
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