Red Velvet Baked Oatmeal with a cream cheese swirl is a creamy, delicious, and festive twist on the famous classic.
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With a Valentine’s Day around the corner, I am suggesting you to try this delicious recipe. You can enjoy it for your breakfast or even dessert!
Red Velvet Baked Oatmeal
Because it’s Valentine’s and other stuff. You know. Besides, although I have already shared with a breakfast idea – these Red Velvet Cake Donuts – I wanted something healthier.
It might be hard to define this dish as 100% healthy recipe thanks to using the food coloring and sugar, but the oats are on the good side here.
Talking about sugar, I normally don’t add much/at all granulated sugar in baked oatmeal using maple syrup or bananas instead. However, I think this recipe needs some sugar – it would be rather bland if not sweetened.
Dessert For Your Breakfast!
And don’t forget that delicious cream cheese filling. Indeed, once baked, the cream cheese basically turns into a cheesecake. Cheesecake for breakfast? Awesome, isn’t it?
In fact, the texture of this baked oatmeal is just luscious, so moist, airy, fluffy…like a good pudding!
So if you that person who craves for a dessert for breakfast, your destiny is to make this Red Velvet Baked Oatmeal.
Because this would be 100% legitimate.
And be sure to try this Dulce de Leche Oatmeal Bake, too.
I hope you like this delicious recipe, so you will try it this soon. If you make it, let me know in this post or send me an Instagram message or share you photos adding the hashtag #havocinthekitchen.
Cheers!
Red Velvet Baked Oatmeal
Course: Breakfast, Dessert6-8
servings15
minutes45
minutesRed Velvet Baked Oatmeal with a cream cheese swirl is a creamy, delicious, and festive twist on the famous classic.
Ingredients
- Oatmeal:
2 1/2 cups (225 gr.) rolled oats (5-6 minutes of cooking time)
1 1/2 cups (360 ml.) milk
2 medium eggs
1/4 cup (25 gr.) dark unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup (50 gr.) granulated or golden/yellow sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
a good pinch of salt
1 tsp. (7.5 ml.) vanilla extract
2 tbsp. of Red Velvet baking emulsion (or few drops of red food coloring, as recommended on package)
- Cream Cheese Swirl:
1 cup (225 gr.) cream cheese, soften (room temp.)
1/2 cup (60 gr.) icing / powdered sugar
1 tbsp. (15 ml.) milk
1 tsp. (7.5 ml.) vanilla extract, optional
Directions
- Preheat oven to 175 degrees C.
- In a large bowl combine the oats, milk, and eggs, and mix well with a whisker. Add the remaining ingredients. Mix until just combined. Try and add a little more sugar, to your taste. Also, add more coloring, if necessary.
- In a small bowl combine the soften cream cheese (you can place it in a microwave for 15-25 seconds) with the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract (if using), just until well combined.
- Transfer the oat mixture into a baking dish (a dish which could fit about 6-7 cups). Spoon out a generous amount of the cream cheese mixture on top of the oat mixture. Using a small spoon/butter knife, immerse a part of the cream cheese into the oat batter and allowing the cheese remaining on the top to make a marble effect.
- Cover the dish with foil and bake for about 25-30 minutes. Then remove the foil and bake for another 5 minutes or longer. It should be not sticky to touch, firm but soft, springy.
- Remove from the oven and let it stand for at least 15 minutes before serving. It’s delicious when served either warm and cold. The leftovers will stay fresh when refrigerated in a container for up to 4 days. Enjoy!
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Well Valentine’s Day is over so your wish can come true now – no more valentine’s day or red velvet craziness… although I could eat anything colored pink or red year round ;) This baked oatmeal is gorgeous, Ben!!! Seriously that color is everything! And I bet it tastes even better than it looks – SO YUM! Cheers buddy!
Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary recently posted…Chicken Apple Sausage Quick Cassoulet
You’re right – it tastes even better! You should buy lottery tickets with your intuition:)
Ben, you made this just for me – right?! You see, I am that “person who craves for a dessert for breakfast ” and am drooling over here at the thought of this luscious, moist, airy, fluffy “Cheesecake/pudding” for breakfast!
Shashi at RunninSrilankan recently posted…Turmeric Salmon • Warm Veggie Quinoa Salad • Blueberry Oatmeal Cookies
How did you guess I made this just for you, Shashi? But unfortunately, I’ve eaten all the oatmeal while waiting for you:)
What a great idea here Ben. One can truly never get too many good Red Velvet recipes right? Love the cream cheese swirl action in this and I see no reason why dessert can’t be a breakfast. ;)
Kevin | Keviniscooking recently posted…Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas
Thanks Kevin!
I love your red velvet recipes so much!
A good baked oatmeal makes a perfect breakfast anytime, and this here is what I should have made today in the morning – so pretty!!!
Evi @ greenevi recently posted…Lentil and Quinoa Bowl with Roasted Parsnip
Yes, it’s quite pretty. Thanks, Evi!
I do love a good baked oatmeal for breakfast! And this one looks absolutely divine!
Thanks, Sonali!
Cheesecake for breakfast?? Sign me up for that one! I love red velvet anything (especially at this time of the year), and it’s hard to beat a good baked oatmeal. That cream cheese topping sounds absolutely delicious, Ben! I do trust that you saved me some of this one, right? :-) Happy (early) Valentine’s Day, my friend!
David @ Spiced recently posted…Classic Chicken Pot Pie
Absolutely, David. I knew you would like the cheesecake part so I ate only the oatmeal having reserved for you the cream cheese topping:)