Easy and Comforting

As it continues to be cold (yes, even in Texas), I really do crave the comfort of a warm meal – at every meal.  So, I put aside my love for salads and switch to soups.  I put aside overnight oatmeal for the warm version.  Then, when the warm version gets to be what’s on the menu everyday, I switch it up without losing the comfort of a warm meal.  Enter – baked oatmeal!

Have you had baked oatmeal?  It’s delicious.  It’s a mix of oatmeal, cereal and dessert rolled up into one vegan breakfast!  Well…vegan after I got a hold of it.

Start with the dry.

Mix in the wet.

Add in the fun.

Bake and there ya go!

Enjoy alone or if you’re like me, add a splash of So Delicious Coconut Milk (it’s one of my new favorites) and grab another square! 🙂

It was just as delicious the next day for breakfast!

Did I mention it’s vegan?  Look at me go!

Baked Oatmeal

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups rolled oats
• 1/4 cup + 1 TBSP brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup apple sauce
• 1/2 cup milk (I used the So Delicious coconut milk)
• 1 flax egg (or a real egg)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup cranberries
• 1/2 cup sunflower seeds (feel free to use whatever you want here)

Directions:

• Preheat oven to  350 F.
• Mix the oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and baking powder together in a large bowl.
• Add in apple sauce, milk, flax egg, vanilla extract and stir until combined.
• Add your mix-ins like cranberries and sunflower seeds.
• Spread into an 8×8 pan.
• Bake for 30 minutes.

I should have added spoon to my ingredients list.