oat bake samich
March 21, 2011 Looks familiar, right?
Buckwheat bake?
Nope! Many of you have asked if you can use different flours for the buckwheat bakes. Oat flour definitely works! I ground this fresh, in my blender, from steel cut oats. To make oat flour, you have to grind the whole oat groat. Steel cut oats are just oat groats cut in a few pieces, so that works too. I’m not sure if grinding rolled oats would work. It might absorb liquid differently, but would most likely be okay.
The bake was not as voluminous as the buckwheat bakes, but I loved the flavor!
Oats have a subtle sweetness to them, in comparison to heartier buckwheat. The moisture level of this was perfect! It was thick enough it could be cut, but definitely not too dry. I always feel like buckwheat needs a bit of sweetness added, but oats do not.
Why would I cut it in half? To make a samich of course!
This was 100% messy + 100% amazing.
Stuffed with bananas, jelly + peanut butter. I ended up eating it with a fork!
Oat Flour Bake [serves 1]
- 1/3c oat flour [ground from oat groats]
- 1T chia seeds
- 1t cinnamon
- 1.5t vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1/4t baking powder
- 2T unsweetened almond milk
- 1/2 mashed banana
- Preheat oven to 350*
- Grease a small baking dish [4-5” diameter].
- In a bowl mash the banana until wet.
- Whisk in egg, then milk + vanilla.
- Mix in flour, chia seeds, cinnamon and baking powder.
- Pour into baking dish + bake for 30min. The top will be cracked and the edges will pull away from the dish.
- Slide a knife around the edge of the dish, and flip over onto a plate.
- Flip over + top away! Or, cut in half and eat sandwich style.
I really enjoyed the oat flour for the bake. I would say that I prefer the oat flour flavor, slightly more than buckwheat flour flavor. However, buckwheat bakes hold me over much longer and are slightly more nutrient dense.
Chris + I spent another full day at the house, focusing on taping + painting.
It’s really hard to tell what the color actually looks like from where we were cutting it in, but it’s a light creamy/gray. The main living room has 1 full coat on now and we love the color. It’s going to look much better when paper is pulled off the floor, because right now everything has a pink glow to it!
We used the Mythic paint [non-toxic, no-VOC] for the main living space walls. I thought we would only need 1 coat, but the wall texture just wasn’t cooperating. After letting 1 full coat dry, we could see white coming through in numerous spots. I applied a fairly thick coat, applied quite a bit of pressure, and used a 3/4” roller head, but not of that was enough.
I need to keep my painting game face on and get the walls wrapped up this week!
Maybe this is why I fall off ladders…
Wacky wide-angle view!
Back to work on the walls tomorrow. I also need to pick up paint for the bedrooms. I think it will be something similar and pretty neutral. It’s hard to do anything too creative, color-wise right now, since the house is completely empty. Once we’re in the house for awhile and get all of the important things done, then I’ll consider applying some fun accent colors.
Monday to-do:
- order back splash
- order tile
- order 2 ceiling fans
- donate old fans
- list stove on craigslist [that was left in the house]
- buy bedroom wall paint
- put on 2nd coat in living room + 2 coats in dining room
- order new 2 new smoke detectors
- grocery store
- pack
Oh my my my…we’ll see how much of that I actually get done!
Ashley
Reader Comments (87)
This is just too much. I nearly licked the screen when I saw that sandwich!!!
YUM! that looks pretty simple, too. I'm sure I could whip that up if I could track down the ingredients!
ahhhh be careful Ashley! haha that made me nervous. :P The samich looks soooooooo good right now! the messier it is, the yummier it looks. Have an awesome morning!
Swoon!! This looks delish!!
Your Monday sounds busy!!!
You make a great looking painter :)
Random question, you use lightroom 3, right? or do you have version 2? If you have any hot tips for getting LR3 pics into a WP blog, I am all ears. It seems sooo cumbersome to import the pics with tons of clicks and when i do the pics are the old, unchanged edits, anyway. Sorry to ask such a question in your comments. Girl, I know you're busy. Ignore me and im sure ill figure it out anyway :)
I remember that picking paint colors was so hard when we didn't have anything in the house!
I love baking with oat flour. You are so right with the sweetness coming through. That oozing peanut butter and jelly...that is just mean...now I have to go make this! Good luck today. Sounds like you have a busy one planned.
i can't believe how much you're painting. i painted our bathroom last year and swore it off for at least another year!
woah! this is awesome. i love experimenting with flours. will you experiment with other kinds?
How creative-i love it!
We are considering a house that will require a lot of work, but I'm just not sure if I'm up to it. It's fun to watch someone else go through the process. :-) And that breakfast looks amazing!!
you are so cute in your painting clothes! Your bakes all look so delicious I just don't think I could wait the 30 minutes while its backing in the oven :) haha. I am a hungry girl when I wake up!
This is genius! It looks like a better version of an ezekiel english muffin! I must make this soon!
Mmm that samich looks deeelicious! I love how the pb and jelly are oozing out the sides!
You are such a trooper! I hate hate hate painting...although I know it stems from us painting our entire house when we moved in. 4 years later and I still have not gotten over it. Ugh!
I really am too...but the bakes are worth the wait! I usually snack on a little granola while I'm waiting and chug some h2o. :)
LOL...good thing the house is small!
It exports the original file? Definitely shouldn't be doing that. I have LR2 - If you edit the photo, then right click on it in the row going across the screen at the bottom w/the small previews, then click export, then export again, make sure the format is jpeg when the screen pops up, and choose whichever folder you want the photo to go in, and you should be good. Also, if you want to export multiple photos at a time, just select whichever you want to export, right click on one of the, and follow these same steps. Should work!
Much different tasting then an English Muffin...more cake/bread/muffiny! ;) [just so you know what to expect, hehe]
I've always liked painting, but I am getting a bit frustrated! :)
So glad the oat flour worked. I've been looking all over for untoasted buckwheat groats and cannot find them!
I just finally found the raw buckwheat but now want to try it with oat flour too! you are making me so hungry for breakfast now!
Good luck tackling that to-do list. It sure looks like the house is coming along. You're going to be so relieved once it's done and you finally get to move in!
PS... I'm so glad to see you tried the bake with oat flour. I'm definitely going to make it now! Your pics make it look amazing!
I like the color you picked out -- we have more yellowish/sand colored walls, but I've always liked gray walls.
I love the sandwich idea for breakfast yum. House looks great enjoy painting :)
the bake looks so good! I am going to have to try this!
That sandwich is amazing...oh man! I can't wait to see the "finished" look with the beautiful floors! Nice work lady :)
good luck with your to-do list!!
Just discovered your gorgeous blog, and while I wish I had found it sooner, I was happy to jump right in with this delicious-looking recipe. I am excited to try it! (That is, if I ever find out how to work my oven in Nepal. It's manual. Requires a match and some faith, I guess. I sure wouldn't mind your hand-me-down from your kitchen -- no doubt it would be an improvement!).
I've visited your blog, Ashley, throughout the past few months and have yet to comment - but the painting just spoke to me! My boyfriend and I are moving into an apartment and have spent the past month or so painting, cleaning, taping, etc. Oy! Good luck! Just wanted to give a supportive shoutout :)
omg. i think your samich just did me in.
*drool*
that samich looks amazing, all gooey and drippy. Om nom nom. I would have to wear a bib I think to eat it.
I love how messy that looks! Such a good combo, an oatbake sammy filled with good for you foods.
Hope you can cross everything off your to do list today!
How delicious! I'm jealous you have time in the morning to make those buckwheat bakes...I have to save mine for the weekend!
Wow that looks delicious and amazing! How do you think oat bran would work??
Shoot me, that picture with the bananas and pb&j is OUT OF THIS WORLD Ashley!
oat bake samich? Yes, please.
Hmmm, it would definitely work but might take some experimenting. It soaks up the liquid much more quickly so you might need more of it. Oat brand would probably be better suited for the microwave version.
I just get ready + things like that while it's baking! :)
Thanks for saying hi + for the shout-out!! Means a lot!
Thanks for saying hi!! Oh my gosh, Nepal?? So cool!! That is crazy about your stove...if you have a microwave, I have microwave versions as well. :)
Yes! And it was delicious, although quite a bit smaller. Weird you can't find groats....Bob's Red Mill packages it, if you haven't scoped out those bags yet!
The Oat Bake looks amazing - and for once, I have the perfect pan to bake it in! I can't wait to try it!
seriously... I love everything you create. Each and every one of your posts has been marked as unreal so I can go back to it and make it later. This oat bake looks AWESOME and I love the idea of cutting it in half and making a sandwich out of it!
Do you think it would turn out okay without the chia seeds?
I love the idea of using oats! Question though (well, a couple): Do you think you could use oat bran instead of oat flour? And could you use flax seeds instead of chia?
Thanks! :)
Nevermind, I just read the comment above!
I am going to make a sammich with this! That is genius for doing single-serving "buns":)
I was on vacation all last week so I'm having fun today catching up on your posts. The house is coming along so nicely!! Exciting!! :)
This may be a silly question but do you measure 1/3C oats and then grind - or is it 1/3C of ground oats? If so - how much raw oats do you use to make the oat flour?
Once again this look delicious! as all of your creations do :)