Fruit & Nut Baked Oatmeal

Jun 27, 2008 by     2 Comments    Posted under: recipes


1 3/4 cup milk

2 T butter

1 cup regular oatmeal

1/3 cup snipped dried apricots

1/3 cup dried cherries

1/3 cup golden raisins

5 T brown sugar

1/2 t vanilla

1/4 t salt

1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

milk (optional)

1.) In a medium saucepan bring the 1 3/4 cups of milk and the butter to boiling. Slowly stir in oatmeal, apricots, cherries, raisins, 3 tablespoons of the brown sugar, the vanilla, and salt. Cook and stir for 1 minute. Pour into a lightly greased 1 1/2-quart casserole.

2.) Bake uncovered in a 350 degree oven for 15 minutes. Sprinkle with the remaining 2 tablespoons brown sugar and the nuts. Bake about 5 minutes more until bubbly. Cool slightly. If desired, serve the warm oatmeal with additional milk.

*I have used dried cranberries, regular raisins, and dried pineapple.

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  • Jesseka June 27, 2008 at 9:10 am

    I’m going to try the baked oatmeal this week and see what the kids say… well, they’ll be having it anyway regardless of what they say :) … hehehe I’m sure they’ll love it. the lentil burgers make me a bit nervous though-slight gag reflex just thinking about them, but I’m “sure” they’re great. :) :) The sauce sounds good. Maybe I’ll try that on something else.
    Good work on the challenge mom! I’m on mine too ($40/wk) and going well.

  • Anita July 1, 2008 at 3:30 am

    Well, I’m not doing as well as I hoped I would. But, I have been doing about 35-40 euros a week instead of about 70-80 for the first week and 50 for each additional week. We don’t have a freezer full of meat. This week and last I went ahead and stocked up on some 30% off meat at Lidl because they didn’t have any for 2 weeks in a row before and it comes in handy. Here is our menu this week… these are the ‘main’ meals and for the other ‘big’ meal i am doing really simple stuff… sliced veggis and rice with scrambled egg (the kids love it) or salmon on bread with fresh veggies and fruit. I am doing whatever I can to NOT cook! Better get my beans in the crockpot for the bean dip.

    mon- grilled sausage, carrot salad (this carrot salad was gooood. I will send the recipe.)

    tues- chips, bean dip, salsa, sour cream

    wed -cold grilled chicken over mexi green salad (leftover chips and salsa)

    thur- leftovers

    fri- http://www.recipezaar.com/3079 (tuna pasta salad) and fresh veggis on the side

    sat- leftovers

    sun- sushi (make the night before, take a plate to esthers party)