My friend Dai called them 'tasty little monkeys', but thought that name might scare off the vegetarians out there!
So, you know when you make porridge for your breakfast ? (I do, every day. [can one be addicted to porridge?] ) And you know how there's often a big dollop of it left over which you don't want to just throw away, but you're not sure what to do with it? Well, I have here the perfect solution...
Make a batch of tasty-little-porridge-monkeys!
You'll need this sort of stuff...
Leftover oats
Self-raising flour; About the same sort of mass as the oats.
(Red alert ... This is not exactly a PRECISE sort of recipe. There are no real rules)
Olive oil; I go with the measurement of 'a jolly good glug', which translates into about 4-6tablespoons. Ish.
Brown sugar or honey. Like the olive oil.
1teaspoon baking powder
1/2teaspoon salt
1heaped dessert spoon of cinnamon
2eggs. 3 if you're making a bigger batch.
A splish of almond milk (or any other milk you like) by splish? ... Let's say 4-6tablespoons. Also like the oil.
A big, generous handful of any of your fav. dried fruit and a grated fresh apple.
Dump the whole lot into a mixer, or a bow and whisk it by hand for a minute. It doesn't need a lot of beating. It should be a thick batter sort of consistency, but not like cake mixture.
I've tried all sorts of inaccurate combinations of the above collection of ingredients, and they've always come out amazing!
It seems these little monkeys are fool-proof.
(Apart from the time I baked a batch to photograph for this blog and decided to weigh carefully all the ingredients. Trying to be helpful. They FLOPPED!
Tasted fine, but didn't behave as well as usual.
Moral of the story? Always trust your cheffy-instincts. )
Divvy into muffin tins, filling them nice and full to the top.
Here, I added slices of Apple on the top. You could just sprinkle a few dried oats or flaked almonds etc.
Or leave them naked. Up to you.
Bake at 180/gas 5 for 25-30mins.
Now then, there are so many delicious variations to trial besides these classics.
Sub in 2oz cocoa powder for the cinnamon and add cranberries.
SOOOOO GOOD.
Try ginger (dried, stem or crystallised) and add sliced up banana.
ALSO SPLENDID
works with gluten-free/dairy-free products. I like to use rye flour in mine. Sometimes gram flour.
So there we have it.
Porridge cakes.
"Tasty Little Monkeys!" To quote Dai Woolridge. Spoken Truth poet. Specialist cake eater. Welsh.
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