Baked Oatmeal

i love oatmeal. seriously, i eat it almost every morning.  I got this recipe from a friend a while back and it quickly became a favorite in our home. Everyone loves it (even Lily Grace, which is amazing because she's super picky).  Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

ingredients

3 cups rolled oats
1 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 cup melted butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3/4 cup dried cranberries

directions

1. preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. mix all ingredients together in a large bowl
3. transfer to a 13x9 baking dish (grease with cooking spray)
4. Bake in preheated oven 25-30 minutes
5. Enjoy

* This is the original recipe. I use half the brown sugar, 1 cup of applesauce instead of butter and almond milk instead of 2 %.  (cuts the calories way down)

* you can mix in anything! bananas, raisins, nuts, pumpkin (go crazy :)

* the consistency of the oatmeal will be "cake-like". I pour milk over mine, but i have cut a square and eaten it by hand on a "rush out of the door" kinda morning.

Happy Tuesday!