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tropical baked oatmeal in a dish
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Tropical Baked Oatmeal

Use rolled oats, fresh or dried fruits, and a few special ingredients to make your morning oats a tropical baked delight.
Servings 6

Ingredients

  • 8 cups Uncooked Rolled Oats (or Leftover Oatmeal)*
  • 1 tsp. Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 6 Eggs** Beaten
  • 1 cup Yogurt, Sour Cream, Milk Kefir, Cream, or Milk
  • 1/2 cup Maple Syrup or Honey
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 1 tsp each Cinnamon and Nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt
  • 1/4 cup each Raisins and Cherries
  • 1/2 cup Dried Pineapple, Dates, & Unsweetened Coconut Finely chopped
  • 6 tbsp Butter or Coconut Oil Cut into 1 Tbsp. portions
  • Additional Milk As needed

Instructions

  • (*If you're using leftover oatmeal, omit these first two steps.)
    Put oats in a large bowl and cover with one or two inches of water.  Add yogurt and mix in.  Cover and soak overnight at room temperature.
  • Drain oats and rinse.  Make sure as much of the water is drained off as possible - bounce the oats gently in the colander to make sure.  Return to bowl.  
  • Preheat your oven to 375°F/190°C.
  • Beat the 6 eggs with the 1 cup of milk, ½ cup of syrup, 1tsp. of vanilla, 1 tsp. each of spice, and ½ tsp salt. Add to oat bowl. 
  • Mix in the remaining ingredients except the sliced butter.
  • Pour mixture into a 9 x 13 buttered casserole dish.  Scatter sliced butter around the top - this is something McGruther recommends in Nourished Kitchen for her recipe, and it just makes the finished product magical. Of course, you'll add more butter on top once its baked.
  • Bake for 45 minutes or until the sides are golden and the center is slightly smooshy. Let it cool for five minutes before serving warm with maple pecan butter (see post).

Notes

*If you're using leftover oatmeal, omit the first two steps.
**If you’d like to reduce the egg due to sensitivity, you may use two instead of six. If you’d like to omit them altogether, replace them with one cup of applesauce and 1 tsp. of baking powder. You may also use smashed banana in place of applesauce.
Mix all the other ingredients and look at the baked oatmeal batter. It needs to be spreadable. You can add more milk if you need. The recipe ends up variable because the oat mixture will have different degrees of wetness.
Not to worry, it’s a very forgiving recipe, adaptable to what you have.