Baked oatmeal

[Mom of Scooby]

I made this last night but I didn't have any blueberries so I used frozen raspberries... (the second one in Lintu's first post)  It was delicious!  I can see how you could eat the whole pan.. if you think about it, one cup of oatmeal in the whole thing is just two servings... so it's not all that substantial.

I didn't have real maple syrup but it was still good.

It would be really god with whipped cream!

[Eco Ellen]

MoS I think you and I have similar tastes in food - so if you like it I'm definitely going to make it.

[hally]

I've made this one from a recipe card I got at Penzey's
http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=185958

[Eco Ellen]

This was the first one I made: http://www.cookingwithmykid.com/recipes/peaches-and-cream-oatmeal/

And then we made this one yesterday: http://www.everydaytastes.com/2013/01/07/baked-blueberry-oatmeal/

I've already eaten the batch from yesterday!

I'm going to make this one tomorrow (the second one) but I don't have blueberries so I'll use apples, which I can eat if they're cooked.   

[Courtney]

Ok, so I tried the blueberry recipe, and I don't think it has much flavor?  And it's a bit gooey in the middle.  Should it be? 

To be fair, I don't like oatmeal, it is a texture issue...  But I have baked with oats ok in the past...

[redkitty]

So I made the first recipe that Lintu posted (the easy one) but I used different dried fruit.   I liked it.  Oatmeal texture in general grosses me out, but this texture is NOT gross at all and I had the leftovers this morning. i warmed it up with milk and it was good. My daughter did not like it, though.  The texture was a bit gooey in the middle and I will just cook it longer next time, but that did not bother me.  Also, I will use fresh/frozen fruit, not dried fruit next time.  overall, I really did like it.  I am actually pretty excited. It was sweet enough for me, but not overly sweet and I think it would even satisfy me if I wanted dessert.

Courtney, maybe you need to just add more flavoring, like vanilla or more sugar or both. 

[Courtney]

So I made the first recipe that Lintu posted (the easy one) but I used different dried fruit.   I liked it.  Oatmeal texture in general grosses me out, but this texture is NOT gross at all and I had the leftovers this morning. i warmed it up with milk and it was good. My daughter did not like it, though.  The texture was a bit gooey in the middle and I will just cook it longer next time, but that did not bother me.  Also, I will use fresh/frozen fruit, not dried fruit next time.  overall, I really did like it.  I am actually pretty excited. It was sweet enough for me, but not overly sweet and I think it would even satisfy me if I wanted dessert.

Courtney, maybe you need to just add more flavoring, like vanilla or more sugar or both. 

Worth a shot!  It definitely needed sweetened.  Or something.  Even the blueberries were just kind of meh.  Weird. 

[redkitty]

Worth a shot!  It definitely needed sweetened.  Or something.  Even the blueberries were just kind of meh.  Weird. 

Were they fresh blueberries or frozen?  We cannot find good fresh blueberries where we live, we have to use the frozen.   

[Courtney]

Were they fresh blueberries or frozen?  We cannot find good fresh blueberries where we live, we have to use the frozen.   

Frozen...  I wonder if fresh would be better?  I'm not sure I've ever baked with fresh ones!  And they were these teeny mini bluberries.  Not on purpose, that's what was in the bag I had!  I'm not ready to give up on this, because I think this would be a nice breakfast item for me.  I'd like something less mushy, and maybe thicker.  I used a 8x11 (ish?  not my big 9x13) pan, and it didn't rise much, if at all.  I've had these breakfast "cookies" from quaker, in the past, that I'd kind of like to recreate the texture...  chewy, but dry/not mushy.  That's what I'm envisioning, but that is not what came out of the oven.   

[redkitty]

I know what cookies you are talking about, and without flour, I do not think you will get that consistency.  I think if you cook it a bit longer you can avoid the gooey parts, though.  and I used a 9X9 pan, so it was fairly thick.  I would have used an 8X8 if I had one.  I would definitely try a smaller pan and I do not think my oatmeal raised very much, if at all.  (maybe a little bit.)  and the frozen berries we have right now are also teeny tiny. 

Maybe try the "cooking with my kid" recipe. It looks slightly different than the blueberry one you used (though not a ton different.)  That is the one I used, but as I said I did not use the fruit she suggested, I used dried berries (a mix of cherries, blueberries and cranberries actually.)  I should mention that the link Lintu has here for the cooking with my kid goes to a peaches and cream recipe...but within that page is the link to the original oatmeal recipe...i used the original recipe. 

[Courtney]

Thanks!  I'll probably try it out.  I also doubt I'll get quite the texture I'm looking for...  such is life without flour.    I've seen some other "oatmeal muffin" recipes on pinterest that look very similar to these, so I bet I can find something that works.  And my DH, bless his heart, eats the trials for me. 

[Lintu]

Frozen...  I wonder if fresh would be better?  I'm not sure I've ever baked with fresh ones!  And they were these teeny mini bluberries.  Not on purpose, that's what was in the bag I had!  I'm not ready to give up on this, because I think this would be a nice breakfast item for me.  I'd like something less mushy, and maybe thicker.  I used a 8x11 (ish?  not my big 9x13) pan, and it didn't rise much, if at all.  I've had these breakfast "cookies" from quaker, in the past, that I'd kind of like to recreate the texture...  chewy, but dry/not mushy.  That's what I'm envisioning, but that is not what came out of the oven.   

I used frozen, wild blueberries as well, and I used agave instead of maple syrup because that's what I had at the time.  Not super sweet, but sweet enough for me.  I think the peaches and cream recipe was sweeter, but I haven't made it in awhile!

[redkitty]

I used frozen, wild blueberries as well, and I used agave instead of maple syrup because that's what I had at the time.  Not super sweet, but sweet enough for me.  I think the peaches and cream recipe was sweeter, but I haven't made it in awhile!

I was thinking about this this morning (as I ate my leftovers.) Courtney, maybe go the dried fruit route because it concentrates the sugar and therefore will have more flavor.  For me it sort of throws off the texture, but I can say with certainty that the fruit in it has a lot of flavor.

[Ice Cream]

Do you do steel cut?  I want to try that.  I have a tasty-looking recipe.

This works well in a rice cooker, too.