At Home My Way

  Pumpkin-Praline Baked Oatmeal       This morning was SO cool and crisp and the sun was shining brightly!  It was so hard to dig myself out of my comfy covers, that's for sure.      The cool morning sparked a craving for anything pumpkin, so I mixed this up before getting in the shower.  It was ready to come out of the oven after I was freshly showered, hair straightened and dressed for work.  How perfect was that!   I cannot convey to you how wonderful this smelled!    I love anything pumpkin! I decided to put a praline topping on my pumpkin baked oatmeal, similar to the praline topping you sometimes put on sweet potato casserole and it was scrumptious.  I know that your family is going to love this! It is also special enough for company or taking to a goody day at work.  The spicy pumpkin and sweet and crunchy pecans make for a perfect October breakfast!   ...

Update to this picture made 5/9/17.  Also -  Love making this in my big muffin cups now!  Perfect service size and easy to eat on the run. I made another one of Lynn (from Lynn's Kitchen Adventures ) wonderful Baked Oatmeal recipes this morning.  Lynn calls hers Banana Baked Oatmeal . This is truly delicious!   She is such an inspiration!  I made mine with bananas, chopped walnuts and cinnamon and it tasted just like a piece of banana bread. (Lynn bakes hers with chocolate chips, which would be equally as delicious!)  I keep overripe, thick chunks of banana in my freezer for making smoothies and I just thawed some banana chunks in my microwave, drained off the water, and mashed them for using in this recipe.  My kitchen smelled delicious this morning and breakfast was a definite treat!  So easy and so inexpensive.  Mmmmmm!  It reminded me of my Tin Can Banana Bread .  If you want...

Coconut Pecan Baked Oatmeal Here is another version of Baked Oatmeal.  I've tried adding apples, blueberries, chocolate chips , pineapple, and now coconut.  So far I haven't met a baked oatmeal that I don't love!  The coconut pecan was a terrific combination.  Its also great leftover.  I can bake a big pan and eat on it all week and is a great way to avoid poptarts, frozen waffles and boxed cereal.   Here's how I made Coconut Pecan Baked Oatmeal AT HOME MY WAY: COCONUT PECAN BAKED OATMEAL   3 cups old fashioned oats  1 cup brown sugar 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 2 eggs (slightly beaten) (just whites works fine or egg beaters) ½ cup margarine/butter or oil 2 teaspoons vanilla  2 cups shredded coconut (I used sweetened coconut) 1 cup pecans, chopped or lay on top before baking. Directions:  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking ...

Does Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal sound like a strange combination to you?  I'm sure the title sounds a little odd.  But this version of Baked Oatmeal is really luscious.  "Luscious?"  "Oatmeal?" you might ask.  Yep!  It was warm and gooey and tasted just like a hot oatmeal/chocolate chip cookie fresh from the oven!  This breakfast would be a great way to introduce oatmeal to your children.  If they like chocolate chip granola bars (specifically the chewy ones) or oatmeal cookies, they are going to love this!  This recipe is also very cheap to make and uses ingredients found in your pantry!  I love that about it.  I also love that I usually have a handful of chocolate chips that didn't make it into cookies and I can throw this together for a hot, delicious, and pretty healthy breakfast.  This really tastes nothing like the kind of oatmeal you get in the packets.  This is more like a warm, gooey granola bar.  YUM! Th...