Baked Oatmeal Recipe You’ll Wish You Made Eons Ago
Some time between laundry loads No. 4 and 5 this weekend, The Man and I found a great farm stand just 10 miles from our house. (Don’t even bring up the fact that 10 miles from my house is 40 minutes away. I don’t want to hear it.)
Along with mini purple sweet peppers—yes, they’re insanely cute—I got a bunch of super ripe peaches. And then The Man started to feel sick, leaving me with almost-smooshy peaches and no peach-eating partner.
So I decided to make this breakfast-slash-dessert I saw the other day. Go ahead, tell me I’m a horrible wife for baking something so incredibly delicious (because it was) when my husband is living off of Saltines. I’ll just point out that I saved him a bite. Really.
Honestly, this thing is so good it counts as dessert. But I think technically—because of the fruit and oatmeal—it’s breakfast. It’s kind of like how chocolate chip pancakes with whipped cream pass for breakfast at IHOP. Don’t ask. Just eat.
First, slice up some peaches. Or apples. Or pears. Whatever. Just take the skin off and make sure they’re sliced real thin.
Next, drizzle some melted butter on the bottom of a baking pan. I used only a teensy bit though the recipe calls for ¼ cup. Go light or go wild, then layer your fruit on the bottom.
Next up: a sprinkle of sugar. Instead of Demerara sugar, which I don’t own, I used brown sugar. And I used less than called for since I’m a rebel.
Good. Now that that’s over, set it aside and get working on the wet ingredients. Mix ’em all together in a bowl. (The recipe calls for way more butter than I used again—that’s me living on the wild side.) Warning: The maple syrup will turn the mix all brown, which isn’t pretty. But don’t worry—it’ll all taste good in the end.
Add the dry ingredients to another bowl. (Yes, there are many dirty dishes involved. It’s the price you pay for a good meal, really.)
When that’s all done, pour the wet into the dry and mix it up.
Then pour the mixture over the fruit. Top with almonds—slivered are best but use what you’ve got. And sprinkle some more brown sugar on top.
Pop the whole thing in the oven for 40 minutes and voila. Breakfasty, desserty goodness.
And of course, The Man made an exception to his stomach ache diet to try some.
With milk, naturally.
And it was good.
29 comments
This looks incredible. My mom makes apple crisp all year and it is something that is completely suitable for breakfast. Especially topped with a little vanilla yogurt.
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Tracey Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 8:25 am
Yes, I think it would be so good with yogurt. I was out, but I definitely made a mental note.
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I was thinking that this was a breakfast recipe, but guess not…
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Tracey Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 8:24 am
Technically it is, though I think it’s a really good dessert, too.
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I really like baked oatmeal. But am really impatient when it comes to the process being as how I wake up starving. Something I need to work on… lol
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This looks delicious! I’ve never made baked oatmeal before. I have some fresh peaches from the farmer’s market too!
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This looks great. It’s like a fruit crisp turned breakfast-style. Mm!
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Perfect for this time of year! I need to quit being so lazy and try this out.
I think I’d use this to top some fro yo:)
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omg, i am sitting here wondering why this is not in front of me right now! yum!
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Looks like such a delicious dish! Hope the hubs feels better soon though!
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Whether it’s dessert or breaksfast that dish looks scrumptious! I would eat it for either
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I really hate using a lot of dishes, especially when baking. That may be the reason many of my attempts don’t turn out right. But this one looks like it’s worth a few mixing bowls!!
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Okay,
Added it onto my “Things I’d like to cook” list.
I’ll probably have to live until I’m 120 to cook everything on the list, but I think I can make a pretty big dent in it before then
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Tracey Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
I have one of those lists. I also cannot seem to make a dent in it.
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This is like a pear crisp! Yum yum! Great idea!
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Looks like a nice idea.
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YUM! That really is dessert or breakfast. Any measurements you could share?
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I’m dumb…missed the link. Dur. Sorry.
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Tracey Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
Ah, yes. I didn’t give measurements because the site I link to does it so well. Plus, the modifications I made were far from exact. I like to pretend I’m Julia Child: A little bit of this, some of that…
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Oh wow, this looks divine!! I have bookmarked it. I must try it!
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oh my this looks delicious!
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I think you’re “milk” is really melted ice cream
I mean, that’s what I would do, haha!
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Tracey Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
If I had ice cream in my house, yes it would have been there instead of milk. Believe you me…
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Trace! We were on the same page this weekend-I baked a peach and raspberry cobbler for the family on Labor Day. I used a Martha Stewart recipe, and added nutmeg and cinnamon to the brown sugar ANC lemon juice coating, and added oats to the topping. I sliced the peaches thinly, but next time I’ll peel them. Of course-this was a dessert, so Breyer’s vanilla bean was scooped on top. I hope The Man is feeling better!!
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Tracey Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Oooh that sounds so good. If I had some ice cream on-hand I totally would have eaten it with this.
And, yes, he’s feeling a bit better. He says thanks.
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holy heck that looks great!
i made mango oats once on the blog and have a recipe for it, but it’s just mango (Dried) that was soaked w/ almond milk and oats and chia seeds and vanilla extract overnight. so good!
yours looks awesome!
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sounds very good!
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Hmmm, I would totally eat that for breakfast!
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I’m with Nicole….I’d eat this for breakfast AND dessert!
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