Baked Pear Oatmeal

Wouldn’t you like a hot breakfast that you can pull together before coffee? Baked pear oatmeal sounds like a winner on chilly winter mornings. Freshly chopped pears add a burst of seasonal fruit sweetness. Best of all your hot breakfast is made with old-fashioned organic oats on sale this month!

 

Serves 8. Vegetarian. 1 hour until done.

Here’s how:

Ingredients

2 cups Bob’s Red Mill® Organic Old Fashioned Rolled Oats

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp ground ginger

1$ tsp nutmeg

3 cups water, milk, pear juice, or apple juice

2 eggs

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup melted, cooled butter

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 cups chopped fresh pears about 2 whole

 

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350º F. Butter a 9 X9 inch baking dish and set aside.
2. Combine dry ingredients in a small bowl: rolled oats, baking powder, salt and spices
3. In a large bowl, whisk eggs together with wet ingredients: liquid, brown sugar, butter and vanilla. Add oat mixture to wet ingredients and mix to combine. Fold in chopped pears.
4. Transfer mixture to the prepared baking dish and bake until set, 40 – 50 minutes. Let cool about 5 minutes before serving.

 

Nice and warm to start your day! Serve with a little cream if desired to make it look like snow. Its easier to shovel!

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