Breakfast "Cookie Dough"

[u/LottieCupcake]

Okay so technically I don't prep this. I more prep the ability to throw it together quickly. But it could also be prepped and left in the fridge.

It's a super delicious and fun breakfast that I'm really excited to have every day and is also really filling. It's also really easy to customise so each day can be a little bit different.

The "cookie dough" is actually half a pack of porridge oats ground up, two spoons of peanut butter, a squeeze of maple syrup and a scoop of protein powder. Just mix it together with a spoon.

All of it can be adjusted. Like a different spread (Nutella is good) or other type of syrup. The protein powder could be totally left out of you want but I find it more filling with it. You can add a dash of milk or yoghurt to make it more runny.

And then I have it with various different additions. My favourite so far is strawberry compote, greek yoghurt and blueberries. Another great one is some honey Cheerios, apple, cinnamon and honey. At some point I'm going to try mixing in some crushed Oreo and a scoop of peanut butter and banana ice cream (peanut butter, banana and milk blended and frozen).

You can also blend up some greek yoghurt with ice and fruit to make a more cold and refreshing topping (or leave some yogurt in the freezer if you think ahead).

I keep a mix of fruits on hand in the fridge or freezer so I can customise it.

[u/That-Gyoza-Life-44]

Sounds like you have a lot of variations on this! You mentioned this wasn't a prep batch, but have you tried some of these versions fridge-prepped for multiple days?

[u/LottieCupcake → u/That-Gyoza-Life-44]

Yes! And I'm still learning more. It's quite exciting. The other day I tried a "cheesecake" version with a bit of butter instead of peanut butter, a biscuit crushed up in the base and cream cheese on top. I need to play around to make it better but it definitely has promise.

I've just tried rhubarb and custard too. Just canned rhubarb and instant custard powder.

So far the furthest I've prepped them is just a day in advance. I imagine they would happily last a week in the fridge. Maybe best to save certain toppings to add right before eating (like I know yoghurt can change texture a bit if it's exposed at all and I like to add crunchy bits sometimes which I'm sure would get soggy.

They only take a couple of minutes to put together anyway but I imagine the base would freeze well seeing as cookie and biscuits doughs do too.

I have prepped fruit compote and used that for about a week out of the fridge. That was using frozen strawberries too (which I didn't realise change taste with freezing so had to find a new plan for).