A friend of mine yesterday remarked how much she loved oatmeal for breakfast. During our conversation (yes, most of my conversations are centered around food) I ask her if she had ever had baked oatmeal and she replied that she had never heard of it.
When we lived in California I had the blessing of being a mentor mom to a group of gals in the MOPS (moms of preschoolers) study at our church. One of their favorite things to bring for snacks were these baked oatmeal bars. I’m not a huge oatmeal person, but these were really good. So I promised Marilyn that I would post the recipe today. Try it…you might be surprised how good they are!
2 cups old fashioned oatmeal
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1 tables granulated sugar
1 1/2 teas baking powder
1/2 teas salt
1/2 teas ground cinnamon (I will add a little more than that as I like more cinnamon flavor)
1 cup whole milk
2 eggs
2 tables canola oil
1 teas vanilla
Preheat oven to 350. Grease an 8″ square pan.
Combine oats, brown sugar, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon together in a bowl.
Whisk the milk, eggs, oil and vanilla together in a separate bowl. and stir until eggs and mixture are well combined. Set aside until flavors blend about 20 minutes. Add to oatmeal mixture and stir until thoroughly blended. Spread in prepared pan and bake about 30 minutes or until golden brown on top. Cool and cut into squares.
I might add about 1/2 cup of dark chocolate chips before baking.
A great breakfast on the go meal!
*Taken from Allrecipes.com
Chocolate Castles as wel 