Description
Take oatmeal to the next level with these baked oatmeal squares with dried cherries. Delicious for breakfast or a snack – kids will love them, too!
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 cups old fashioned oats
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 tesapoon nutmeg
- 1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 2/3 – 3/4 cup dried cherries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 8×8 baking pan with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, mix together oats, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- In another bowl, whisk together yogurt, milk, applesauce, oil, brown sugar, eggs and extract. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients, mix until just incorporated. Fold in dried cherries.
- Pour batter into baking pan and spread evenly in pan.
- Cook for 35 minutes or until golden brown on top. Cool in pan for 30 minutes before cutting into squares.
Notes
Adapted from December 2007 Gourmet magazine’s Baked Oatmeal recipe.