Your favorite salty-sweet, un-baked indulgence in healthy breakfast form, this Cookie Dough Oatmeal is the ultimate easy dessert for breakfast!
One does not simply create cookie dough bits without a greater cookie dough end goal in mind. Actually one might. Okay one probably would. But in this case, one had a bigger breakfast plan involving more than just cookie dough bits + milk + a spoon.
And I promise I won’t use the word “one” again for the rest of this post, that was getting weird.
That bigger breakfast plan: Cookie Dough Oatmeal.
I’ve seen cookie dough oatmeal recipes before where the oatmeal is made to taste like cookie and then you stir in chocolate chips effectively making the oatmeal itself the dough.
But where’s the dough-y texture in that technique? Nowhere to be found.
If I asked for cookie dough ice cream and was handed ice cream with nothing but chocolate chips mixed in I would be disappointed no matter how much salty-sweet, buttery, vanilla flavor the ice cream had to it. I need the dough part of the cookie dough title to be represented somehow! The same logic applies to cookie dough oatmeal.
So I made the cookie dough bits. And stirred them into the cooking oatmeal. And it was delicious. And it satisfied all my cookie dough in a breakfast bowl standards.
Despite my ranting about how salty-sweet, buttery, vanilla flavor isn’t enough to call it cookie dough oatmeal, those things certainly don’t hurt. So I added them here too in the form of vanilla extract, a pinch of salt, and cashew butter. The first two are very familiar, but let’s talk about that last one ingredient (oops almost slipped!).
Cashew butter is quite possibly my favorite nut butter, especially the raw stuff. It’s sweet and rich and almost reminds me of…cocoa butter? That makes no sense, I know, but it does somehow. Melted into simmering oats it not only adds a buttery-delicious flavor but it also makes the end oatmeal product extra thick and creamy.
I actually opted not to sweeten this oatmeal at all because with the natural nutty sweetness of the raw cashew butter and the sprinkled-in sweetness of the date-based cookie dough bits, I don’t think you need it. You can taste and decide for yourself though–a tablespoon of maple syrup or date paste won’t hurt.
Right as those extra thick and creamy oats are almost done cooking, sprinkle in the star of the show–the cookie dough bits. Don’t add them too early or all the chocolate chips will melt and turn the whole pot into chocolate chocolate chip cookie dough oatmeal (hmmmm…?) Right as you take the pan off the heat, that’s the optimal time to add them. Then all the cookie dough flavor can meld in and the chips turn just the perfect degree of melty.
Happy breakfast cooki(e)ng!
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Your favorite salty-sweet, un-baked indulgence in healthy breakfast form, this Cookie Dough Oatmeal is the ultimate easy dessert for breakfast!
Ingredients
- 1 cup non-dairy milk (I used almond)
- ½ cup rolled oats
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp raw cashew butter
- 1/2 cup cookie dough bits
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, combine the non-dairy milk, oats, vanilla, salt, and cashew butter.
- Bring to a boil. Reduce to medium-low heat and simmer for 8-10 minutes stirring frequently until thick.
- Remove from the heat and immediately stir in the cookie dough bits.
- Transfer to a bowl, top with more cookie dough bits, and enjoy!
While we’re talking chocolate chip…
-Classic cookie form with a soft-baked texture and fruit-sweetened secret
-More cookie dough goodness plus the addition of peanut butter
–Chocolate chip snacking that tastes a lot like a certain popular packaged bar
-Chocolate times 3 all packed into one crinkle cookie
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Cashew butter and cookie dough magic <3 craving this for breakfast and dessert!
Always trying to make the line between those two less and less distinguishable 🙂
You could’ve posted this recipe before I ate the whole bowl of my chocolate chip cookie dough bits! Now I hafta make another bowl full! Can’t wait to make this oatmeal tomorrow morning!
Yeah I do feel a bit bad about that…and after I made you wait with the technical difficulties too? Thank goodness cookie dough is so irresistible to make up for all that!
I’ll force myself to make more hehe ? It was worth the wait!
So just imagining the incredible texture of this oatmeal is making me hungry! I can’t even imagine the thick, creamy oatmeal with those wonderful little cookie dough chunks throughout – and just when I thought those cookie dough bits couldn’t get better! Also I could not agree more about cashew butter, every time I have it I’m seriously like HOW is it even possible that it’s this rich/creamy/ridiuclously amazing?! So good. Love everything about these oats!
Look at us in sync on the oatmeal inspired by other desserts theme yesterday! Its a good theme, we should revisit it again soon 🙂 Cashew butter is oatmeal mix-in magic I think! The texture, the taste, the richness–it melts and melds in so perfectly. Love that stuff too. Thanks Sara!
One simply does not!!! Lol. OMG, I was just gonna say, please say “one” one more time… 😉 Just for kicks! So true on the whole dough part of the cookie dough equation. It’s important to get that chewy… er, dough-like texture. Okay, how else can one describe dough’s texture?? How? While I try not to ponder that question, I shall simply drool/daydream/fantasize about this amazing cookie dough oatmeal. Also, put int a future request for your chocolate PB cookie dough bars–you KNOW I love that combo! Chat soon! xoxo
I legit had to command-F search the whole page after I finished writing this post to make sure I hadn’t accidentally said “one” again? You, as the Queen of No-Bake Treats, know alllllll about the importance of chewy dough-y texture, so I’m glad you are here to back me up on this logic. Very important matters at hand, ya know! Next order of business: find/create more synonyms for “doughy”?? Oh yes, I do need to bring peanut butter into this equation…and soon. Thanks dear! xoxo
You are so hilarious! Love the comment about not saying “one” one more time, hahaha! Ok, I totally get what you are saying about the cookie dough oatmeal thing…I have never actually tried a cookie dough oatmeal persay, but I have of course eaten oatmeal with chocolate chips, which is delicious, but having actual cookie dough in my oatmeal would be even more sensational. And you know how I feel about cashew butter! It’s one of my favorite ingredients in my cookie recipes, so heck yes, it would be delicious in this oatmeal! It is so vanilla-ish naturally, that it just FITS with cookie dough oatmeal. It’s midnight here and I really wish I had a bowl of this to stuff my face with right now!! Looks so perfect!
I’m not sure anyone has ever (or should ever) think about cookie dough oatmeal that much, but I’m glad you see my logic haha! Not to say chocolate chip oatmeal isn’t a very delicious and crave-worthy flavor all it’s own, but just that we need some proper oatmeal flavor distinctions here 😀 Also I think I’m just going to put cashew butter in every bowl of oatmeal I make from now on because it is heavenly! The raw stuff is so expensive I think I subconsciously save it for special uses, but I need to start baking with it more. No more expensive than coconut butter I suppose. Gah why must all these heavenly ingredients cost so much per jar?? Anyways, thanks for checking it out Brandi 🙂
The recipe includes everything I love and fits perfect to my oat cravings :). Thank you so much for sharing it.
Yay I am so happy to hear that Annelina! Oats are seriously a perfect food, I sometimes find myself craving them for multiple meals a day…and now for dessert too 😀
See, my brain went straight to cookie dough ice cream, but cookie dough bits in creamy oatmeal??? Oh, goodness. This sounds so amazing! You could have it for breakfast or dessert! I love that you used cashew butter in the oats! What a great idea…I bet that makes it extra creamy and delicious. I just watched the video and now I’m totally craving a bowl of this!
Breakfast…dessert…the line really does just keep getting more and more fuzzy ever since chocolate chips became breakfast approved 🙂 Or it could even maybe be a breakfast for dinner situation, if chocolate chip pancakes can pull that off than I think this can too. Yes the cashew butter–another little nutty thing I’ve been adding back into my life. The gut is pretty good with it, it’s the budget that is not a fan haha! Thanks Mandy <3
swooning oh so hard over this! You just took oatmeal to a whole new level by adding creamy cashew butter and your cookie dough bits <3
A whole new questioning-whether-this-is-stil-breakfast level haha! But I vote yes 😀 Thanks Rachel!
Natalie, such a lovely recipe!
I love the way your oats look and then you tell me there is cookie dough too! If this isn’t dessert for breakfast, I don’t know what is. And I do know what you mean about cashew butter, so so so good!!
And your video skills are dangerous, could convince anyone to yearn for anything…hmm, ever think of politics? haha!
Thank you for sharing! Dee xx.
Hahahaha!! Nah I think I’ll stick to breakfast/desserts, much more lighthearted and less controversial 😀
Yet another oatmeal recipe to add to my morning breakfast plan for the kids! I do have to say that i need to try your fudge brownie ones first, but this is shortly happening after! I love cookie dough…always have. And couldn’t agree more with you on cashew butter! I always make a large batch to keep around and end up licking my food processor clean! It tastes SOO good…my fav out of all the nut butters for sure. Loving your videos…
Definitely go for the fudge brownie first, both are very dessert-y but that one is much easier! And more chocolatey which usually wins in my book. Plus that means more cookie dough crumbles to save for ice cream and other such things 🙂 Mmmm homemade cashew butter…I bet that is even more tasty! Ah thank you <33
I can’t ever separate the phrase “one does not…” from the Sean Bean meme ?
I love the sound of everything in this so much. Especially because I have a jar of the most delicious cashew butter in my pantry right now and I think it needs some attention here 😮 <3
Me either, thought of that the whole time I was writing 😀
Can you make this the night before and reheat it somehow?looks so good but I don’t have time in the mornings!
Hmm I haven’t tried it but I don’t see why not! It might change the texture a bit, more like baked oatmeal, but it will taste just fine 🙂
Oh my goodness, this looks heavenly! I might just eat this for dinner!! 🙂 Thank you for the recipe!
★★★★★
It makes a lovely breakfast for dinner, and almost fulfills the dessert cravings too all at once 🙂