Gingerbread Oats With Brown Butter Pecan Maple Glaze Recipe

Serves: 1

Prep time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

• ⅓ cup steel cut oats
• 1 cup milk of choice
• ½ tsp gingerbread spice (*see below to make your own or sub pumpkin pie spice)
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• pinch of sea salt
• 1 egg (whisked with a splash of milk of choice)

Maple Topping:

• 2 Tbsp grass-fed butter
• 1 Tbsp maple syrup
• 1 handful of semi-crushed pecans
• pinch of sea salt
• beeya 

*Gingerbread spice mix: 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon, 1 Tbsp ground ginger, ½ tsp ground allspice, ½ tsp ground cloves, ½ tsp ground nutmeg, ½ tsp ground cardamom

Steps:

1. Cook the oats with the milk, spices, vanilla, and salt until done.
2. While the oats are cooking you can brown the butter in a skillet over medium-high heat, once browned, reduce the heat and add the maple syrup, pecans, and salt. Stir for 30 seconds to 1 minute over heat then remove from heat. 
3. When the oats are almost done, stir in the whisked egg and simmer for another 30 seconds to 1 minute. Pour the oatmeal into a serving bowl. 
4. Top the oatmeal with the maple pecan glaze and finish your nourishing bowl with a scoop of beeya seeds. Top with extra cinnamon too if desired.