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Chai Spiced Overnight Oats

Chai Spiced Overnight Oats Recipe - Cupful of Sprinkles

Creamy overnight oats made with protein packed chia seeds and full of warming winter chai spiced flavours… my ultimate winter breakfast! This takes about 5 minutes to make and the next morning you have a delicious, filling and healthy breakfast all ready and waiting for you.

I’ve made sure that I’ve stuck to all the traditional flavours of a chai mixture. And have blended them together to create my own chai-style powder, this is so easy to do and only takes a minute to make. The oats are only lightly spiced, so you do end up with quite a lot of chai mixture left over. But this can be kept in the cupboard for your next round of overnight oats, or even a completely different experiment! Another thing I must mention is this spice mix is completely customisable; feel free to add more or less of a certain spice or a whole new flavour altogether if you prefer.

The overnight oat recipe is so simple and the same as my original overnight oat recipe. The only difference is the addition of the warming and cosy spices. If you don’t have chia seeds, then it’s fine to leave them out. It doesn’t impact the taste or texture of the oats I just love them and add them to pretty much anything and everything!

This is best eaten the next morning but will last for about 1-2 days in the fridge. Remember to give it a little stir before you eat it.

Rosie x

 

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 Chai Spiced Overnight Oats
Perfectly spiced with the delicious winter flavours of chai. These simple overnight oats are creamy, filling and make the perfect breakfast on a busy morning! Top with your favourite berries or puree to add a little bit of sweetness.
Chai Spiced Overnight Oats
Course Breakfast, Puddings
Keyword Breakfast, Gluten Free, Vegan
Prep Time 5-10 Minutes
Servings
Serving
Ingredients
Chai Spice Mix
Chai Spiced Overnight Oats
Course Breakfast, Puddings
Keyword Breakfast, Gluten Free, Vegan
Prep Time 5-10 Minutes
Servings
Serving
Ingredients
Chai Spice Mix
Chai Spiced Overnight Oats
Chai Spiced Overnight Oats
Instructions
Chai Spice
  1. Place all the ingredients into a bowl/container, and mix together until fully incorporated
Chai Spiced Overnight Oats
  1. Place the oats, chia seeds and chai mix into a bowl/jar (I normally use an old jam jar), and mix together. Add the milk and stir until everything is combined.
  2. Cover the jar / bowl and place in the fridge overnight. Remove from the fridge roughly 5 minutes before eating to allow it to warm up slightly, adding any toppings of your choice.
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Winter Spiced Scrub

Winter Spiced Body Scrub Tutorial - Cupful of SprinklesThis is definitely my favourite time of the year. The dark nights and cosy weekends fuelled with good food and good people. The Christmas lights lighting up the street and the feel of excitement in the air all around as the countdown begins for everyone’s favourite day.

As much as I love this season one thing that I hate, and it gets me every year is the dry skin that comes from the extreme change in weather. The harsh winds and heating that dries the air leaves my skin a flaky mess. Overnight it seems I go from soft and smooth to visible dry patches which I need to cream 3 times a day! 

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Gingerbread Spiced Granola

Gingerbread Spiced Granola

I love making my own granola, it’s a lot simpler than it may seem and always tastes so good fresh out of the oven. When the syrups still slightly sticky and the oats are all toasty and warm; it’s like enjoying a freshly baked oat cookie! And that is kind of what inspired this recipe – I wanted to create a festive granola which tasted like a gingerbread cookie.

To get the ‘gingerbread’ flavours I’ve used a combination of ground cinnamon, ginger and cloves. These spices add the most delicious warming flavour which help to make it feel like you’re having a piece of gingerbread cookie with every bite. I’ve used these in moderation as I didn’t want anything too overpowering for breakfast but feel free to alter the measurements if you prefer a stronger taste. The same goes if you’d prefer to tone it down – cooking is all about personal preferences!

Whenever I cook granola, I always use a mixture of coconut oil, maple syrup and date syrup as my liquid. They aren’t greasy and help to add a good flavour to the base, but are still subtle enough to allow you to flavour the mixture without issues. The stickiness of the date syrup helps to bind the oats together making it super crunchy.  If, like me you love crunchy clusters of granola, I’ll let you into a little secret… to get super crunchy granola clusters just leave it to sit for a while once you remove it from the oven. Try not to touch it too much, instead let it cool all the way down. This will stop it breaking apart. And, once cooled, you should be left with big scrumptious slabs of crunchy oaty goodness!

Lightly spiced and super crunchy, this is the perfect festive breakfast. Enjoy it with milk or sprinkled on top of some yogurt.

Rosie x

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 Gingerbread Spiced Granola
Sticky, sweet and perfectly crunchy. This gingerbread spiced granola is the perfect way to welcome in the festive season. It's warming flavour is my favourite thing to have on winter mornings; served with yogurt, fresh fruit, or just a splash of milk. I love this for breakfast, pudding, or even as a little snack!
Gingerbread Spiced Granola - Christmas Advent Calendar
Course Breakfast
Cook Time 17 minutes
Servings
Ingredients
Course Breakfast
Cook Time 17 minutes
Servings
Ingredients
Gingerbread Spiced Granola - Christmas Advent Calendar
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to Fan 170* / 325*F / Gas Mark 3. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and set aside
  2. Place the oats into a bowl, add the chia seeds and spices and mix them all together
  3. Add the coconut oil, maple syrup and date syrup, and stir until fully combined
  4. Place the ingredients onto your pre-lined baking tray, and spread flat on your tray
  5. Place in the oven for roughly 20 minutes, turning halfway and giving it a little stir. If you want it to be super chunky, then try to stir as little as possible
  6. Remove from the oven and leave to cool. Wait for it to completely cool before transferring it into a jar. I like to leave it as long as possible for it to go chunky and crunchy
Recipe Notes

Leave to sit out for an extra 5 minutes, and try to stir it as little as possible for super chunky granola.

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Ginger Festive Nice Cream

Ginger Festive Nice CreamOne of my oldest festive memories is dipping warm ginger spiced biscuits into a big, frothy cup of hot milk. It’s by far my favourite tradition, and something that I still do in the run up to Christmas. I just love the combination of creamy milk and spicy ginger! This was the inspiration behind this recipe. I wanted to create a dessert based around the flavours of my fondest memory of the Holidays. But still keep it quick and easy enough to make in a rush.

Nice Cream seemed like the perfect dessert for this experiment. It may seem like a strange choice as it’s basically a banana ice cream, but you have to trust me! This dish only takes about 5 minutes to make and, as an added bonus, this particular recipe only uses 3 ingredients: frozen bananas, a splash of milk and ginger powder. The end result is a deliciously smooth and creamy bowl of ‘healthy’ ice cream with a little ginger kick. It can even be made 100% dairy free by using a milk alternative instead of regular milk; coconut milk is my favourite alternative because it has quite a neutral taste.

Personally, I really like a strong ginger flavour so I’ve added quite a bit of the powder to the recipe but feel free to add a little less (or more!) if you prefer a subtler taste.

There is another reason that I think this recipe is so great: it helps to combat food wastage. Which is definitely my number one pet hate! You can freeze the brownest, spottiest bananas, that you would have otherwise chucked away and save them to whip up batches of nice cream whenever you get the craving. It’s a win-win situation!

I love how deliciously smooth and creamy this pudding is and the ginger provides the perfect kick to compliment the banana. It’s one of my favourite puddings in the run up to Christmas and contains all the festive tastes that I associate with the season.

Rosie x

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 Ginger Nice Cream
It may be cold outside, but that's not gonna stop me from indulging in one of my favourite puddings. This nice cream is quick and easy to make, and requires hardly any work. It has the perfect ginger kick and the gentle spice is the perfect festive flavour. All you need is some frozen bananas, a dash of milk, a few teaspoons of cinnamon and a blender. My latest pudding obsession.
Course Puddings
Prep Time 5 Minutes
Servings
Person
Ingredients
Course Puddings
Prep Time 5 Minutes
Servings
Person
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Place the bananas in your blender, and pour the milk on top. Allow to sit for about 2 minutes, so that the banana melts a bit and is easier to blend
  2. Whizz up your banana until a smooth, creamy consistency is reached. This will only take a few minutes, depending on your blender
  3. Add your ginger to the mixture, a little at a time and blend it in to the nice cream
  4. Once you're happy with the flavour, sprinkle a little ginger on top and enjoy!
Recipe Notes

Best eaten straight away

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