Apple Pie Baked Oatmeal

Wonderful Sunday morning breakfast!  I know it's still vegetarian, but I'm willing to sacrifice a meat meal for this.  We've been doing lots of things with oatmeal for breakfast, such as Microwave Blueberry Banana Oatmeal or Peanut Butter and Jelly Oatmeal, and this is definitely one to add to the repertoire. 

Ingredients:

2 large apples, chopped (We used Pink Lady

2 cups Oatmeal

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup chopped pecans

1 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

dash of salt

2 cups milk

2 eggs

1/3 cup pure maple syrup

1/4 cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9 inch pie dish with cooking spray and set aside. In a medium size bowl, mix apples, oatmeal, baking powder, spices and salt.

In another bowl mix milk, eggs, maple syrup, oil and vanilla extract.

Mix the two bowls together and pour mixture into 9" pie dish that's been sprayed with butter. Bake on a cookie sheet for 45 minutes; cover with foil for the last 5 minutes if top is getting to brown.

Let Cool on a baking rack for 10 minutes.

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