Ingredients
| 1 cup whole oats | |
| ½ cup oat milk | |
| 5 large pears, peeled | |
| 125g vegan butter, melted | |
| ½ teaspoon cinnamon | |
| juice of 1 orange & zest of ½ orange | |
| ½ cup flour | |
| ½ cup brown sugar | |
| ¼ cup cocoa | |
| 1 teaspoon baking powder | |
| ¼ teaspoon salt | |
| dairy-free ice cream or yoghurt, to serve |
This is a delicious plant-based dessert, but you can use regular butter if you prefer and serve with any type of yoghurt, cream or ice cream you like. I love chocolate and orange together but if you don’t then substitute lemon juice or even a liqueur for a more decadent pudding.
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Instructions
| 1. | Heat the oven to 180°C. |
| 2. | Put the oats in a mixing bowl and stir in the oat milk. |
| 3. | Leave to soak for at least 10 minutes, stirring once or twice. |
| 4. | Slice the pears, discarding the cores, and put into a 24cm baking dish (or around that size) with 25g of the butter, the cinnamon and orange juice. |
| 5. | Cover with foil and bake for 10 minutes, stirring once. |
| 6. | Combine the flour, brown sugar, cocoa, baking powder, salt and orange zest in a bowl and set aside. |
| 7. | Combine the remaining melted butter with the oat mixture then fold into the flour mix. |
| 8. | Spoon over the pears and bake for 30 minutes. |
| 9. | Serve with ice cream or yoghurt. |
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