Homemade Apple Pie Oatmeal

Last week I said the Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal was very customizable, but had I really customized it yet? No. I'd adapted it to make it slightly healthier, but that's not the same, and deep in my heart I knew it. So here for you today is a totally customized version of Pie Oatmeal, this time of the Apple persuasion. Yum!

 

It's as easy as 1, 2, 3. Apples chop themselves into tiny pieces, then jump into a bowl of dry ingredients saying "howdy" to the wet folks on the way, and finally out of the oven pops warm chewy apple goodness. Really, just like that.

Recipe Time: Apple Pie Oatmeal
serves 5

1 cup uncooked old fashioned oats
2 cups apple pieces
1  tsp ground cinnamon
¼  tsp ground allspice
2 ½ Tbsp packed brown sugar
½  tsp lemon zest or lemon juice (I used the juice to keep the apple pieces from browning)
¼  tsp table salt

½  tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp Butter
¾  cup(s) no sugar added applesauce
¾  cup(s) fat-free skim milk

¼  cup(s) golden raisins
1 Tbsp packed brown sugar

   1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease 5 ramekins.
   2. Combine the first 7 ingredients (oats through salt) in a medium sized bowl. Stir well.
   3. In a separate bowl, combine the vanilla, butter, applesauce, and milk. Whisk thoroughly.
   4. Pour the milk mixture into the oats. Stir until combined.
   5. Divide mixture evenly between 5 individual sized ramekins. Place ramekins on a baking sheet (this makes it easier to move in and out of the oven.). Bake for 12 minutes.
   6. Combine the ingredients for the topping: raisins and brown sugar. After the oatmeal has baked for 12 minutes, remove and divide topping mixture evenly between the ramekins. Bake an additional 8 minutes.
   7. Cool for 5 minutes before serving.