baked oatmeal : a breakfast classic.

Baked Oatmeal

This baked oatmeal is so, so good. My uncle brought back the recipe from a stay in Guatemala and my step-mom tweaked it until it was dessert like in quality. It is a really great recipe to tweak. Throw in a cup full of fresh blueberries, chopped strawberries, smashed banana, walnuts, whatever you have on hand that will make it feel like yours. We used to eat it on Sunday mornings before church and usually at least one more morning a week. It makes a great one-dish casserole to take to a breakfast event as well.

Here is the recipe as it was published in the Concord Cooks church cookbook.

Baked Oatmeal
Gluten free. Serves 6-8.

3 eggs, beaten (p.s. This recipe is not vegan. :)
1/4 cup oil
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 T vanilla
1 1/2 cups milk (I substitute almond milk.)
3 cups oatmeal (dry)  (I use quick oats.) *

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 tsp baking powder *

1 tsp salt

1 T cinnamon (I at least triple this! Cinnamon is one of my main food groups.)

Mix together first 5 ingredients. Add the next five ingredients. Mix all together, add fruit (optional) and pour into a pie dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

For a crowd, you can double the recipe and bake in a 9 x 13 instead.

Here's the fun part. Once you scoop your piping hot baked oatmeal into a bowl, add maple syrup, almond milk and/or walnuts to taste. Pairs well with orange juice. ;)

Mmm.

*Bob's Quick Oats are labeled GF and many brands of baking powder are as well. Cross contamination is the issue with some brands of oats and corn starch is used in non-GF baking powders. If this is important for your diet, be sure to check.