Cinnamon Roll Oatmeal – Easy, Clean-Eating, Gluten-Free, Egg-Free

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Warm and comforting and with the same sweet, cinnamon-y gooeyness of a cinnamon roll, this healthy recipe is SO easy to make that you’ll keep coming back spoonful after spoonful!

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Here’s Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• This recipe is insanely easy to make.
• It makes a great snack or breakfast option.
• It’s clean eating, gluten-free, egg free and you can make it dairy-free and vegan-friendly too!
• It is adjustable so you can make it as sweet or as “cinnamon-y” as you’d like.
• It’s easily scalable so you can make as many servings as you need.
• You can enjoy it hot or cold (making it a great overnight oats option).

Ingredients Needed

• Milk: Opt to use your favorite milk. I’m using whole milk. (See notes below)
• Oats: I’m using plain old fashioned rolled oats which is my favorite choice for this easy recipe. You can also use a quick oat if you like or even steel cut oats, just follow the cooking directions for your oat of choice.
• Vanilla: A small touch of vanilla paste or extract takes this oatmeal to the next level, don’t skip it!
• Raw Cane Sugar: I’m using finely ground raw cane sugar, you can use any clean eating sugar of your choice or even another kind of sweetener such as maple syrup or honey!
• Salt: A tiny pinch of salt goes a long way in really amplifying all the flavors of this dish.
• Cinnamon Powder: The flavor star, ground cinnamon powder plays wonderfully with all other flavors.
• Butter: A tiny touch of butter adds richness and an extra creaminess to the dish.
• Icing Sugar: Needed for our frosting, you can use powdered cane sugar or finely grind your own sugar into an ultra fine powder using a high powered food processor.

How To Make This Recipe Dairy-Free or Vegan-Friendly

To make it Dairy-Free: Substitute the whole milk for any unsweetened non-dairy milk of your choice. Great options are almond milk or oat milk.

To make it Vegan-Friendly: As above, swap the whole milk for any unsweetened non-dairy milk of your choice and omit the use of butter or use your favorite substitute.

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How To Make This Tasty Treat

To a large bowl, add your oats and milk (be sure to reserve 1 tsp of milk to make your frosting). Place your bowl into the microwave and microwave it on high for 2-3 minutes.

Alternatively you can bring your milk to a simmer in a small saucepan on the stove. Then, stir in your oats, cover your saucepan and remove it from the  heat and let it sit for 2-4 minutes to allow the oats to soften and cook.

Uncover your oats and while it’s still warm and steaming, add in your sugar, vanilla, butter, salt and cinnamon powder. Mix it in and cover your bowl once more and set it aside for an additional 5-minutes.

Now we’ll make our frosting. Simply get your reserved milk and icing powder…

And combine it into a very thick but still pipeable icing. If you’d like you can add even more cinnamon powder to your frosting for a stronger cinnamon kick! If your icing is too thin or watery, add a bit more icing sugar to it. Once you have your frosting, scrape it into a piping bag or a sandwich bag with a small corner snipped off, this makes piping it into a spiral easier.

Finally, divide your oatmeal between two smaller bowls and pipe half of your frosting into a spiral in each bowl. Top with more cinnamon powder if you like. Doesn’t that look absolutely delightful? 🤤