Trickery of the senses…Are you someone who can walk into a mall, a fairground or a sporting event and be swept away by the smell of mini donuts? You follow the smell like the old cartoons when there was a pie in the window…you know I’m talkin’ ’bout…legs fluttering in the air as though they are floating. Only to be fooled, tricked and deceived by ROASTED CINNAMON ALMONDS! WHAT?! Who the…what on earth…why would you do such a thing????
Well, this is not as bad, but it is somewhat of a shock to the system the first few times it happens. A good nights sleep (just go with it), you wake, you smile, you stretch and then take a deep breath to smell what seems to be cookies baking. For breakfast?! You jump out of bead and skip downstairs to see mom scooping what appears to be steaming, hot squares of oatmeal out of a baking dish into cereal bowls. You grimace at first, but then she brings out the brown sugar, the cream, the fresh fruit, the syrup and a spoon. Oh…my…goodness, that first bite is all she wrote from that moment on. It is a must have when we go to the cabin, it is essential in the fall and winter for breakfast. Lately I have substituted Bob’s Red Mill Muesli and it is wonderful!
The recipe we have been using was given to my mother from a Canadian friend in 1990.
Enjoy!
Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients
½ cup oil or ½ cup melted butter
2 eggs
½ cup white sugar
¼ cup brown sugar
3 cups oatmeal
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Method
- Pre-Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 9×13 pan.
- In a large bowl, mix together the oil, eggs and sugar.
- Add in the oatmeal, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, milk and vanilla.
- Mix well until all of the oats are wet.
- Pour mixture into pan and bake uncovered for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
Serve immediately with cream, fresh fruit, syrup and extra butter.
Enjoy!