Cranberry & Oat Loaf

finally - cranberries and oat! Not cookies though. it was a bread loaf. this shall be Dear's snack and my breakfast for the coming week. further, this is really a guilt-free food after all the "intoxication" from Chinese New Year goodies. :)

it is "no sugar added" - honeylicious!

a very simple recipe and here goes:

Cranberry & Oat Loaf

Ingredients:

312.5g all purpose flour

1tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

a dash of nutmeg (which i omitted)

90 g rolled oats, plus some to sprinkle

80-90 g craisins (dried cranberries)

75 g canola oil

2 eggs

255 g honey

125 g skimmed milk

method:

1. preheat oven to 176degC

2. stir the flour, baking powder and soda, cinnamon, salt and oat together. set aside

3. mix well the milk, oil, honey and eggs.

4. add in the dry ingredients from 2 and mix well

5. stir in the craisins

6. bake in preheat oven for about 1 hr or until a (long) toothpick when inserted comes out clean.

toast and serve with butter for breakfast, brunch or as a snack!

Healthy Strawberry Oat Muffin

i wanted to bake oat & raisin muffins for breakfast (using recipe from Kitchenarian) but the recipe called for plain yoghurt which i did not have, and so with the strawberry yoghurt that i have in my fridge, i modified the recipe into a Healthy Strawberry Oat Muffin. also, it was a very small batch that i baked (only 6 mini muffins) as i was not sure of the outcome. well, the outcome was a super healthy muffin because of reduced oil and sugar and a wholesome goodness from the extra oats which i added. when drizzled with maple sauce, it tasted totally like PUFFINs - a cross between pancakes and muffins. =P 

personally i found it very good. perfect with any syrup, jam preserves and sauces. pretty sure it will be great with cream cheese too!

Healthy Strawberry Oat Muffins (makes 12 mini muffins)

Ingredients:

50 g ---------------- plain flour

1/2 tsp ------------- ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp ------------- baking powder

1/4 tsp ------------- salt

1/4 tsp ------------- baking soda

1 -------------------- egg, lightly beaten

1/2 tsp ------------- vanilla (i omitted, ran out of it)

1/6 cup ------------ brown sugar

1/2 cup ------------ strawberry yoghurt

1/2 cup ------------ instant oats (i used more)

1/6 cup ------------ canola oil

2-3 strawberries for topping (optional)

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 200 deg C.

2. mix yoghurt and oats together and leave them aside for 15 min (if you use rolled oats, leave them aside for longer, say 30 min)

3. sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking powder and salt

4. add egg into yoghurt-oat mixture and mix well. 

5. stir in sugar, oil and vanilla into the mixture from 3 and whisk well

6. pour wet mixture into dry mixture and whisk until just well mixed (do not over mix)

7. spoon mixture into muffin paper cups or greased muffin trays and bake for about 15 min or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted. remove from oven

8. drizzle with your preferred sauce and let cool on a rack