I'm not a morning person, so breakfast is always an issue for me during the work week. I have to be at work before 7:00, and my commute is about three times as long as it was before last year. (Maybe that's an exaggeration. Have I mentioned that I'm not a morning person?)
I have been on the hunt for easy-to-throw-together breakfast items that won't leave me hungry halfway through my morning. This baked oatmeal certainly fit the bill. I made it on Sunday night, intending to heat up a piece each morning. Instead, I've gotten hooked on eating it cold. (Straight out of a sandwich baggie. I'm classy like that.)
It looks an awful lot like a granola bar, but it's not. It's very soft and moist and would remind you of a super soft oatmeal cookie. But with only 1/4 cup of sugar and no butter or oils to speak of, you don't have to feel guilty about nomming down on it for breakfast.
INGREDIENTS
3 cups old-fashioned oats
2 eggs
2 cups milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
Dash cinnamon (optional
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Mix all ingredients together and spread into a 9x13 buttered (or sprayed) metal pan.
Bake for 25 minutes.
