Every other morning (when the hens oblige) I cook eggs and toast for mine and my girls’ breakfast. Most odd mornings I make warm and sweet oatmeal. Mine with brown sugar, raisins and milk. Kaiya like hers with the same plus butter. And Zoe’s is the same as Kaiya’s, minus raisins (raisins, yuck!) And, of course, little miss River grazes from bowl to bowl.
I think oatmeal is such a comforting and hearty way to start the morning, even in the summer. And my little ones love it!
This morning I decided to try a baked oatmeal recipe. I have resisted trying this for some time. Oh, it looks so yummy and everyone raves about it. I really just couldn’t wrap my head around it. I could only imagine it sticky and gooey and stuck to the pan.
Well, let me tell you…
Raw oatmeal, straight out of the box? Not so good… right, River?
No, not so much.
But, this… now this was so terrific. Warm, cinnamon-y, sweet…. like eating an oatmeal cookie for breakfast.
The recipe called for either one teaspoon of cinnamon or one of nutmeg. So, I did half a teaspoon of each. Perfect! We topped it off with a little milk to make it creamy and Kaiya and I put raisins in ours.
Yum! What are you cooking for breakfast?
lovely post … pure delight!
I love the pictures! such cute kids!
That looks and sounds just DELICIOUS! And I love your bowls too. 🙂
This does look yummy! I want to try it. I bet it would be lovely with rhubarb compote. We've got steel-cut oats, so I did a search for how to make baked steel-cut oatmeal, and found this link: http://nourishedkitchen.com/baked-oatmeal/
If you don't want to go to that link, it basically says that the oats should be soaked overnight with a bit of yogurt or fresh whey.
Yes, thank you! I was wondering if it could be done with steel-cut. Now I've gotta try that.
Rhubarb compote would be so yummy!
Ooooh, that sounds so tasty! We do oatmeal breakfast bars that have craisins in them sometimes, and they're a hearty treat too.
Looks so yummy, any chance for the recipe??
Sounds so tasty. So just bake the oatmeal and cinnamon and that's all the ingredients? Yummy, I"ll have to try it, sounds kind of like granola?
Hugs,
Elfie
It certainly is! The link is in grey, as is the text so it kind of disapears, but click on the words 'baked oatmeal recipe'. 😉
We tried it. It was really delicious! My daughter who usually hates oatmeal at it all up!
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