Baked Oatmeal

Ingredients:

▪    2 eggs

▪    2 cups applesauce, unsweetened

▪    5 cups, Old Fashioned rolled oats

▪    1 banana, mashed

▪    2 3/4 cups milk

▪    1/4 cup flaxseed meal

▪    1 1/2 teaspoons honey

▪    3 tablespoon ground cinnamon

▪    3 teaspoon baking powder

▪    1 teaspoon vanilla extract

▪    1 teaspoon salt

▪    ¾ cup brown sugar

▪    Optional toppings: raisins, walnuts, chocolate chips, pecan pieces, apples

Directions:

1.   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2.  Mix eggs, vanilla, applesauce, banana and honey together in a bowl.

3.  Add in oats, salt, baking powder, flax and cinnamon and mix well with wet ingredients.

4.  Finally pour in milk and combine.

5.  Spray a 12 and 6 capacity muffin tin with cooking spray or use cupcake liners.
Pour mixture evenly into muffin tin cups.

6.  If using toppings add them onto the tops of muffins now. If using fresh or frozen fruit, drop it right into the batter.

Bake 30 minutes until a toothpick in center comes out clean. Cool and enjoy or freeze them in gallon freezer bags.

Important notes:

·       The raisins need to be mixed into the batter otherwise they will burn.

·       Chopped apples would be delicious in this batter- I would not add any brown sugar if you do this that way it’s a little healthier and still full of flavor!