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Baked oatmeal

This is one of those recipes I don't make the same way twice.  I've included below three possible options to mix up your mornings.

The basic ingredients:

4 cups rolled oats (the normal kind, not quick-cooking oats)
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
3 cups milk (dairy or any non-dairy work equally well)
1 cup pumpkin/applesauce/veggie oil (see "possible mix-ins" below!)
spices to suit your mix-ins: cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves are winners here
2 T maple syrup
2 eggs
*optional: 2 tsp vanilla extract

Possible mix-ins:

Combination 1:
1 cup pumpkin
1/2 cup pecans or walnuts
1/2 cup dried cranberries

Combination 2:
1 cup applesauce
1 cup diced apples
optional 1/2 cup nuts

Combination 3:
1 cup applesauce
1 cup blueberries
1/2 cup walnuts or pecans


The process:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine all ingredients in a bowl. 

Lightly grease a 9 x 13 pan and pour oatmeal into the pan.  Then pour the oatmeal mix into the pan.  (You want to make sure it's a fairly even, thick layer, or your servings won't be even in size.)

Bake for about 25 minutes, or until it's firm and the top is golden brown.

Eat! 


Pro tips:

We cut ours into ten portions, but this could make twelve easily if you don't eat a lot of breakfast. (It's about 310 calories per serving when you divide it into ten portions - if that matters to you.)

If you would like a boring oatmeal, the original recipe calls for 1 cup of vegetable oil.  I always substitute it out with applesauce or pumpkin, as the combinations above suggest.  


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