Baked Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal

Baked Oatmeal!  Where have  you been all my life!  Seriously delicious and heart healthy!  Would make a great portable breakfast for adults as well a kids on the go, anywhere - anytime!  

8 servings

ingredients:

1/4 cup light brown sugar

1  1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2TBL flaxseed meal

1  1/2 cups vanilla soy milk or almond milk

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup applesauce

2 cups old-fashioned oats

1/2 cup raisins

2 medium apple, peeled, cored and diced small

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat an 8 by 8 baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.

2. In a large bowl, combine  brown sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt and flaxseed meal.  Add milk, water and applesauce and combine. 

3. Stir in raisens, oats and chopped apple. 

4. Cover dish with foil and bake for 30 minutes, uncover and bake an  additional  15 minutes or until oatmeal is golden brown and set. Remove fromoven and serve warm. Add additional toppings to baked oatmeal, if desired. 

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Baked Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal

Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin purée 
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice 
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 2 TBL flaxseed meal mixed with 1/4 cup water
• ½ tsp salt 
• ¾ tsp baking powder
• 1½ cup vanilla soy or almond milk
• 2½ cups dry old-fashioned oats

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together the pumpkin purée, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder until smooth. Whisk in the flaxseed water mixture and the milk.
2. Mix the dry oats into the pumpkin mixture. Coat an 8×8 (or similar sized) baking dish with non-stick spray. Pour in the pumpkin oat mixture. Cover with foil and bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, removing the foil after the first 30 minutes.
3. Serve hot right out of the oven or refrigerate until ready to serve. Can be eaten cold or reheated. Top with milk, maple syrup, whipped cream, nuts or vanilla soy ice cream