Cookie Dough Overnight Oatmeal

Edit: I have new pictures!! I remade this recipe this weekend, and I snapped some better shots for the blog. Enjoy!

Another lazy blog week. And I promised myself I'd be better in December! The sad thing is, I actually had recipes I could have posted. In my defense, they were terrible pictures that I wasn't desperate enough to publish. Seriously. You try taking good photographs at 5:30 am.

This is one of those refrigerator recipes that will actually be perfectly satisfying cold. I rarely eat my oatmeal cold, but this one is an exception. (To be honest, though, I still heated this one up a little bit!)

This will obviously not be as sweet as your standard cookie dough recipe. You could always sweeten it with honey or maple syrup. I only used two dates, and I found that to be sufficient.

Cookie Dough Overnight Oatmeal

by The Oatmeal Artist

Prep Time: 5 min

Cook Time: Overnight

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Ingredients (serves 1)

• 1/2 cup rolled oats (I use Country Choice Organic)
• 1/2 cup milk of choice
• 2 pitted dates, chopped finely
• 1 tsp chia seeds
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/8 tsp molasses
• 1/8 tsp cinnamon (optional)
• handful of chocolate chips
• pinch of salt

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients in a mason jar.
2. Cover with lid and shake, shake, shake until combined.
3. Store in the refrigerator overnight (or for several hours). Eat cold or warm up in the microwave!

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Variation

Oatmeal Raisin Cookie: Swap the chocolate chips for raisins, and increase the amount of cinnamon to 1/4 tsp.

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