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Connie’s G/F Baked Oatmeal with Apples!

Great for breakfast or dessert! LOL!
I love serving this oatmeal to overnight guests.  
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 38 minutes
Total Time 53 minutes
Servings: 10 people
Course: Breakfast
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Dry Ingredients
  • 3 cups gluten free rolled oats (Trader Joe's are my go-to)
  • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 2 tsps cinnamon
  • 1 ½ tsps baking powder (NOT baking soda)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup or more of chopped pecans (walnuts worked perfectly, as well)
  • 1 cup dried cranberries (add blueberries, raisins, whatever you love!)
Wet Ingredients
  • 1 ½ cups milk (I used 2% milk)
  • ½ cup heavy organic whipping cream
  • 3 ½ tbsps unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 tbsps pure maple syrup
  • 2 eggs, at room temp, whisked
  • 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled & cut into small cubes

Method
 

DIRECTIONS TO SAUTEE APPLES:
  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. Peel & cube 2 Granny Smith apples (approx 4 cups)
  3. Melt 2 tbsps. unsalted butter
  4. Add apples and stir
  5. Add 2 tbsps. brown sugar
  6. Add 1 tsp. cinnamon
HOW TO MAKE IT:
  1. Butter 11- inch baking dish
  2. Layer cubed apples on bottom of dish 
  3. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl; stir to mix
  4. Whisk eggs in another bowl & add rest of wet ingredients, except butter 
  5. Add milk mixture to oats; stir in butter
  6. Pour the mixture over the cubed apples
  7. Add more chopped pecans to the top of the mixture, optional
  8. Bake at 350 for approx 35-40 minutes until the oatmeal is set and golden brown.
  9. Let set a couple of minutes. Serve with a drizzle of warm maple syrup, of course, this is optional, but highly recommended!
  10. Just a reminder, this is not your low cal oatmeal, but you can certainly substitute ingredients. Fat free milk, honey, agave, etc.