Recipe: Oat Loaf

Some times all you want in life is a snack (no matter the guilty pleasure) that can hug you from the inside out.  It’s easier said than done though when you’ve young prying eyes watching your every move. Our Apple & Ginger Oat Loaf is the ideal snack for all the family. Great for warming those wintery nights or even just as an afternoon snack to see you through to tea.

PREP TIME:

20-30 MINUTES

COOK TIME:

40-50 mins

Ingredients

  • 3 Apples
  • 1 Banana
  • 6 x Table spoon of Ginger
  • 1 x Table spoon of Nutmeg
  • 1/6 Tea spoon of baking soda
  • 1.5 Eggs
  • 3 cups of Oats
  • 1 cup of all purpose flour
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 3 x Table spoons of olive oil
  • 5 x Table spoons of brown sugar
  • To make a sugar free alternative for children over 1 replace sugar with honey, for children 1 and younger remove sugar and instead of honey add an extra (over ripened) banana

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 180°c  or 380°f
  • Finely dice your apples and mash your banana and add to your mixing bowl
  • To the apple and banana add all your wet mix (egg & oil) and mix
  • In a separate bowl sieve in all your dry ingredients
  • Slowly mix your dry ingredients into your wet mix until you have an even looking wet batter
  • Oil a loaf tin
  • Poor in your batter
  • Put into the oven for 40-50 mins, or until golden brown
  • To test that it has cooked through use a metal kebab skewer and pierce the middle of the loaf, when the skewer pulls out clean they loaf is cooked.

Serving Suggestions

  • Great with a cup of spiced latte
  • Or toasted with butter

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