Shall we talk about that time I made oatmeal raisin cookies as a thank-you for a college professor and then proceeded to eat the whole batch? And then to make matters worse, I was never able to replicate them? Yeah. I have a thing for warm, sweet, cinnamon-y oatmeal raisin-y goodness. These cookies are the closest I’ve ever come to re-creating the magic of my College Cookie Binge cookies, but I also love baked oatmeal, which is basically a breakfast-friendly oatmeal cookie in a bowl. And hey, as long as you serve this with bacon and orange juice, this baked oatmeal is totally breakfast (or breakfast for dinner). Just ignore the amounts of butter and brown sugar that set off your cookie radar. Unless your kids refuse to eat it. Then you can totally tell them it’s cookies for breakfast.
how to make it
Also, in the spirit of not-cookie-ness, I bet it would be not disgusting if you left out the fruit and added some chocolate chips right before serving the oatmeal. If you can live with yourself for adding chocolate chips to your breakfast. And I think you guys know me well enough to know that I totally can.
Then add the butter/milk/egg mixture to the dry ingredients and mix well. Pour this mixture into a deep 9″ or 10″ pie plate or an 8″x8″ or 9″x9″ baking dish. Or something similar. Just don’t get too big–I’ve found a 9×13″ pan makes things a little too dry.
Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes or until the top is golden brown.
Don’t worry about cutting it–just scoop it into individual bowls and add a splash of warm or hot milk (cold milk is weird–everything becomes lukewarm, which isn’t really what you’re after). If you’re wondering what it’s like (besides awesome), it’s kind of a cross between regular oatmeal and a granola bar. Like a warm cookie that kind of falls apart with a spoon.
Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 3 cups oats not quick-cooking
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 cup Craisins raisins, dried cherries, or other dried fruit
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup butter melted (you can substitute applesauce for 1/4 cup of the butter if you want)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 eggs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl, combine the oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, and Craisins. In a smaller bowl, mis together the milk, butter, vanilla, and eggs. Add the liquid mixture to the dry mixture and whisk to combine. Pour into a deep 9" pie plate or an 8x8" or 9x9" baking dish. Bake for 40 minutes or until the top is golden brown. Serve immediately with a splash of warmed milk.
- Serves 8.
If you love baked oatmeal, try these other varieties!
Questions & Reviews
My sister makes wonderful oatmeal cookies with cinnamon chips and jumbo flame raisins (which ad a distinctive wonderful flavor to the cookies). . . my coworkers cannot resist
I've always had baked oatmeal at breakfast…please don't tell me that it is a dessert! 🙂
Have you ever used a little less sugar and substituted the difference with honey or agave? Just curious if you have and how you did. this looks so good and I'm always looking for alternatives to cereal for us!
Here is my recipe for
"Overnight Oatmeal"…
4 to 1 ratio (water to oats)..
Steel Cut oats
Water
Preheat oven to 250 degrees
Place ingredients in dutch oven.
Place in heated oven for 10 hours…
You can dress it as you like, cream, brown sugar, cinnamon, etc.!
It is our Christmas morning standard fare!
I love this with vanilla yogurt, too!!
I have totally been wanting to try baked oatmeal for like forever! I really need to try it soon!
My mom got her "best bites book" today! She told me I could come over and drool next to it! hehehe I cannot wait to get mine!
My room mates and I totally dig this stuff. I made it this morning. All I had was the quick oats and they seemed to work fine too.
Bah! There is no more room to post a comment to enter the contest! 🙁 but I did become a follower as a result!
How is everyone getting their cookbooks already? I pre-ordered from amazon and the shipping date says it won't ship til march 11th! I can't wait that long!!!