Baked Oatmeal

It’s been a while since I shared a recipe so thought I would share this one.  I found the original somewhere on the internet but can’t find the link.  This is what I came up with after I tried it a few times. Yes, it is different…go figure.

Ingredients

• 3 cups rolled oats
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• ½ tsp. salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 cup milk
• 3 tbsp. butter, melted
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Suggested Optional Ingredients (as much or as little as you like)

• Walnuts
• Raisins
• Cranberries
• Almonds
• Blueberries
• Shredded coconut
• Chocolate chips
• Or anything else that sounds good!

Instructions

1. Place paper muffin cups in muffin tin…can be lightly greased. Set aside.
2. Combine oats, brown sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Set aside.
3. In another mixing bowl, combine eggs, applesauce, milk, butter and vanilla and whisk thoroughly.
4. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix.
5. Stir in any optional ingredients.
6. Scoop batter into prepared muffin cups.
7. Bake at 375°F for 30 minutes.

Notes

• Steel cut oats can be substituted
• Do not use instant or quick cook oats
• Sweetened applesauce can be substituted
• Can substitute almond or coconut milk
• If you do not oil the muffin cups, the oatmeal will stick to the paper a bit.
• Will keep in the refrigerator for 3 or 4 days...wrap in foil and warm in oven for 10 minutes.
• Freeze well…remove from freezer and place in refrigerator the night before. In the morning, in foil and warm in oven for 10 minutes.
• Can easily be halved or doubled.

Yield 12 ‘Muffins’

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask and if you try the recipe, as always, I would love any feedback you would care to give.

Hope you enjoy!

REMINDER:  Please remember to get your contribution for Queenie's special post (see original post here) no later than the 16th of February.

Update:  Here is a review and pictures from our Katie

What are these like?  Well, I didn't know exactly what to expect.  I made half a recipe yesterday.  I had all the ingredients here at Mom's.  I added 2 of those snack sized boxes of raisins to it all (2- 1 ounce boxes) and spooned them into the muffin tin.  I could not find muffin papers so I just used some Pam and wiped it around.  They were easy to take out of the tin.  Half the recipe filled 10 small (not tiny ones but they were not regular deep ones) cups.  Popped them in the oven.

They came out exactly like you said they would.  Not like a muffin at all.  More like... nice, firm and yet soft and scrumptious oatmeal.  I liked them so much that I had them for breakfast this morning again.  Only this time I had a little Greek yogurt (non fat and plain, with a little of the applesauce next to them.  I will be having them again tomorrow.  Just like that! 

 

 

 

 

Hope this helps you decide to make these.