These are seriously my new favorite thing! I am a sucker for baked oatmeal – I fell in love with it in college. I had all-but forgotten about it until while looking for make-ahead breakfast ideas I stumbled upon a recipe here. So with a little experimenting and searching the stores for all the dried fruit I could find, I created my own version of these tasty little bars and baked up a batch. Wrapped them and froze them and they soon became my go-to quick breakfast. While it was hard to beat the unbelievable taste of the quiche I made, these take a fraction of the prep time.
What You Need:
2-1/4 C quick cooking oats, uncooked, or 2-3/4 C old fashioned oats, uncooked
2/3 C brown sugar
3/4 C raisins and/or dried cranberries (substitute any other dried fruits you want)
1 apple, peeled and sliced (substitute other fresh fruits – I used malay apples (french cashews) or jared fruit I found at the store for a cheaper alternative to fresh apples)
1/4 to 1/3 C nuts, chopped (walnuts, almonds, sunflower seeds, hazelnuts…, or even better a mix of all)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
3-1/3 C milk
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 Tbsp vanilla extract