Oats custard – a delicious dessert made with oats, egg yolk and milk. It’s an easy and delicious recipe that can be done within 15 minutes of time. This recipe is sent to me by a reader of Gkfooddiary, almost an year ago. It is the one on my try list for long time.The recipe turned out simply delicious, Thank you Ansaba Nazer for sending me this easy recipe!
The combination of egg yolk, milk and oats makes this recipe calcium rich which is necessary for growing kids. This oats custard can be given to babies after 8 months by replacing cow’s milk with formula milk (pointers given at the end of post for the preparation using formula milk). Do check out my fruits custard and banana custard recipes too. Now Let’s get on to check how to make this easy oats custard recipe for babies, toddlers & kids.
- Oats - 2 tbsp
- Milk - 1 cup
- Egg Yolk - 1 from one egg
- Brown sugar- 1 tbsp
- Nuts Powder - 1 tbsp (optional)
- Chopped nuts - 1 tbsp
- Measure and keep all ingredients ready. In a pan, take egg yolk alone from the whole eggs.
- Add 1 cup of milk along with sugar to it and mix well with a whisk. Make sure there are no lumps. Beat everything well until small bubble appears. Then Start heating the mixture in low medium flame for 2-3 minutes. Keep stirring in between.
- Once the mixture becomes slightly thick and cream in color, add oats along with nuts powder to it. Mix well and cook it further for 3-5 minutes until the oats gets cooked completely. Switch it off once done. Cool it down and refrigerate if desired!
- Take 2 tbsp of oats in a pan and add 1/2 cup of water to it and cook it until the oats gets cooked completely.
- Once the oats gets cooked completely, beat the egg yolk and add it to cooked oats. Add nuts powder if desired and mix well. Cook it further for 3 minutes until the mixture turns creamy. Switch off the flame once done.
- Once the custard is warm add breastmilk/ formula milk to adjust the consistency. Feed your baby!
- You can use any type of oats for this recipe. Cooking time vary accordingly.
- For small babies, you can powder oats and add it.
- Oats Custard gets thicken after cooled down and refrigeration, so switch off the flame accordingly.
- You can also refrigerate the custard mixture for 15-20 minutes and serve.
- Skip sugar for babies below one year. Use dates syrup or fruit purees instead.
- Avoid whole nuts for small babies, instead use dry fruits powder or almond powder.
- If the custard gets thicken, adjust with milk.
- Make sure to introduce each ingredients separate to your baby, before you try this oats custard recipe.
- Always check with your pediatrician before introducing any new food.
- You could try this recipe with a tbsp of corn flour if you want to skip egg yolk.
priya says
February 6, 2017 at 3:40 pmHi mam…. I visited your website recently and you know what I loved it to the core…. yesterday I tried this oats custard for my little princess(9 months) she really enjoyed her new dish…. thank you for this amazing recipe. …
I have one doubt actually I am using formula milk so I cooked oats in water and after that I add well beated egg yolk but it started scrambled little even though I stirred well so what should I do to avoid egg scramble….. i need in creamy way like yours in photo…….awaiting for you reply
gkfooddiary says
February 7, 2017 at 5:49 amGlad that your baby liked this custard. Try mixing oats , water and beaten yolk together. Then cook them together in order to avoid scrambling
Saranya says
March 27, 2017 at 7:35 pmIs there a replacement for egg in this recipe?
gkfooddiary says
March 28, 2017 at 1:27 amYou can replace egg yolk with 2 tsp of corn flour or custard powder.
Ashna says
April 22, 2017 at 8:26 pmMy baby is milk protein intolerant. How can I replace milk in this recipe?
gkfooddiary says
April 22, 2017 at 11:59 pmYou can replace milk with other milk types: cocount milk, almond milk etc. Make sure your baby is not allergic to any before you add
payal mistry says
May 5, 2017 at 12:43 pmHi I tried the recipe but while heating the milk yolk sugar….it’s seemed like milk got burst….I mean doodh fat Gaya ho shayad …….let me know what is to b done as I then too added nuts nd oats too….
gkfooddiary says
May 6, 2017 at 3:36 amMilk and yolk mixture should be heated only for few minutes or until it’s slightly thick. If you heat it for a long time, then it might get burnt. Also you should do everything in low flame. Hope it helps.
Sonika says
June 18, 2018 at 8:34 pmHi
I want to try oats custard for my 11 month old baby.I want to know which type of oats should i buy.
Kindly guide me on it.
Thanks:-)
Kalyani says
June 18, 2018 at 10:00 pmbuy rolled oats or steel cut oats if available. if buying quick cooking oats, prefer plain ones.more information on selecting oats for baby here;https://gkfooddiary.com/oats-baby-food-recipes-can-i-give-my-baby-oats/