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October 4, 2006Baked Oatmeal; it’s like eating Christmas!Yesterday Buster had an early morning appointment with a sports medicine guy; afterwards I took him out to breakfast. We went to a little local restaurant that is always mobbed for breakfast and lunch, and I didn’t look closely at the menu but saw “baked oatmeal” which I ordered believing it would be a basic bowl of oatmeal, only baked for some reason. Came to the table a steaming bowl of something slightly crusty on top, moist below, served with hot milk on the side. It smelled heavenly, and I took a spoonful and thought, “dear Lord…this is the most delicious thing I have ever tasted…” It was oatmeal, but it had apples and cranberries and walnuts in it, and brown sugar and raisins and cinnamon…and I took another taste and said to Buster, “this is like eating Christmas! It’s just unreal!” Buster helped himself to some of it…then some more of it. Eventually he ate half of it. Incredible. I had to come home and immediately search for the recipe. Found one site with great pictures and what seems to be a very near recipe. You assemble this thing the night before and then throw it into the oven in the morning for 40 minutes…sounds ideal for a lazy Sunday morning, or Christmas morning…all I know is it was absurdly yummy (and oddly comforting) and I can’t wait to have it again! This seems to be the standard recipe from what I can glean online: Ingredients: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). I would definitely add apple slices and raisins to it. Oh, yes. And walnuts, too. I suspect you could add all sorts of great things to this dish. Buster suggests this could also be a simple supper on a chilly night. Yes. And with some vanilla ice cream on top of it, it could even be dessert. Excuse me, now, while I go drool over the idea of baked oatmeal with vanilla ice cream…… http://theanchoressonline.com/2006/10/04/baked-oatmeal-its-like-eating-christmas/trackback/ 14 Responses to “Baked Oatmeal; it’s like eating Christmas!” |
October 4th, 2006 at 2:05 pm
That sounds soooo gooood. Decadent, in fact. I will use your handy print this post button and print this post!
October 4th, 2006 at 3:09 pm
[...] The Anchoress » Baked Oatmeal; it’s like eating Christmas! a steaming bowl of something slightly crusty on top, moist below, served with hot milk on the side. It smelled heavenly, and I took a spoonful and thought, “dear Lord…this is the most delicious thing I have ever tasted…” It was oatmeal, but it had apples and cranberries and walnuts in it, and brown sugar and raisins and cinnamon…and I took another taste and said to Buster, “this is like eating Christmas! It’s just unreal!” [...]
October 4th, 2006 at 4:25 pm
Oh shoot - I just drooled on my computer!!
October 5th, 2006 at 12:07 am
Early Christmas Pudding
Baked Oatmeal; it’s like eating Christmas!
Yesterday Buster had an early morning appointment with a sports medicine guy; afterwards I took him out to breakfast. We went to a little local restaurant that is always mobbed for breakfast and lunch, and …
October 5th, 2006 at 11:06 am
Sounds good! I think I’ll save this for later in the winter!
October 5th, 2006 at 7:55 pm
I made the baked oatmeal this afternoon and it’s a keeper! My daughter tried it, thought it was delicious, and said, “this would be great with vanilla ice cream, too”, just like Buster suggested. I’m heating up some for breakfast tomorrow morning.
October 7th, 2006 at 1:56 am
We have a bowl of it ready to go in the oven tomorrow. With cranberries, white rasins, apples, and pecans.
A pecan is everything a walnut wished it could be.
We are looking forward to Christmas early this year.
October 7th, 2006 at 12:27 pm
It was great. My only suggestions are leave out the nuts, while they taste good they also take away from the texture of the oatmeal (which is interesting given the crispy on top and moist below). Apples and raisins are a definitely plus. I also mixed in a few fresh cranberries which added some tartness. A little less salt too.
Ice cream definitely works. The kids all tried it with a small scoop of vanilla and said it was excellent.
October 7th, 2006 at 4:54 pm
Ummmm….Acer…did I not tell you WALNUTS? You used pecans. ‘Nuff said.
October 8th, 2006 at 3:53 pm
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October 13th, 2006 at 11:01 am
You dear woman! I made your baked oatmeal recipe (I went overboard on the cranberries) and my husband fell in love with it and demanded I make another pan full. I like it because I get the hearty oatmeal breakfast without all the day to day fuss, plus it’s portable. I did make more and brought some to work today. I hope you won’t mind that I’ve shared your yummy recipe with my friends and my entire office.
October 29th, 2006 at 11:11 pm
[...] I’m not much of a breakfast person, much as I try to be. But something tells me that after tomorrow morning I may just change my mind. This recipe for Baked Oatmeal, found through my friend Kim at Musing Minds has been touted by The Anchoress as “like eating Christmas.” I have fresh apples and home-canned spiced peaches that I’ve been needing to use, and this sounds like the perfect time to do just that. [...]
March 6th, 2007 at 10:30 am
[...] Cooking? Baked Oatmeal! Spewed by Venomous Kate in Food Bites The Anchoress got me hooked on her recipe for baked oatmeal. Then one day I found I’d used up all of the cinnamon and dried cranberries [...]
December 12th, 2007 at 6:20 am
I’d go along with adding more cranberry - and reducing the sugar, even for a child. My doctor would say the salt is a bit on the high side, too, but I sometimes eat ordinary porage like that… OK if you’re going to sweat it off during the day (cuttng logs for the Christmas fire?).
Pecan vs walnut? Pecans seem to dry out less than walnuts, but if you have your own tree, nothing will beat the walnut.