One of the first “real food” recipes I tried was a baked, soaked oatmeal.

It was the Apple Cinnamon Baked Soaked Oatmeal found on GNOWFGLINS. It quickly became a favorite! It is really easy to prepare, as long as you remember to soak your oats the night before.

We don’t like ours too sour so I always rinse them, but it’s not necessary. I’ve used sourdough starter, yogurt, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice and even regular vinegar depending on what I have on hand.

I’ve modified it a bit to suit our family’s tastes.

That’s the beauty of this recipe – it is incredibly versatile! You can add – or not add – whatever you like. It’s great for breakfast, lunch, snacks or supper. I’ve even passed it off as “cake” to the little ones. For breakfast today, we had this baked oatmeal with fresh, raw milk from an organic dairy near us and fresh, organic blueberries. And for lunch, they had oatmeal “cake” with berry yogurt “icing” for dessert.

The recipe on GNOWFGLINS calls for 6 cups of oats for a 9″ x 13″ pan. I’m thinking she has a deep pan, because I halve the recipe and it comes within an inch or so of the top of my 9″ x 13″ baking dish. Here is how I usually make it:

Baked Soaked Oatmeal (plus THM options for a healthy E breakfast)

ingredients

• 3 cups rolled oats
• enough water to cover generously
• 4 Tbs yogurt or kefir, sourdough starter, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, etc.
• 1 c whole milk (use low fat plan approved milk substitute, such as almond milk)
• 3 eggs (3/4 c egg whites)
• 1/4 c melted butter, coconut oil or other traditional fat (leave the fat out and add a small amount to your serving, less than 5g total fat for an E meal)
• 1 c homemade applesauce (adjust the amount of sucanat if your applesauce is very sweet) (use no sugar added applesauce!)
• 1/4 c sucanat or sweetener of your choice (Use on plan sweeteners such as stevia or THMs Gentle Sweet, be sure to convert properly! Or leave it out and add to servings individually. It may also be sweet enough with the applesauce)
• 14 tsp sea salt
• 1-2 Tbs cinnamon
• Optional ingredients as desired, such as nuts*, seeds*, fruits, other spices, etc. (THMs leave the nuts and seeds out)

method

The night before, or at least eight hours before you want to make your nourishing Baked Soaked Oatmeal, prepare your oats for soaking by combining the oats, water (I add my oats to a large Pampered Chef Batter Bowl and fill it up the rest of the way with water) and acidic medium (yogurt, etc.). Cover and let it work it’s antiphytic acid magic. ***if you want to add nuts or seeds to your baked oatmeal, throw them in with the oats now to soak overnight***

Preheat your oven to 375. If you are particular about sourish flavors, drain the oats in a small-holed colander or mesh sieve and rinse well. In the same bowl you used to soak the oats, beat together the eggs and milk, add the applesauce, sucanat, salt and cinnamon. Stir in the drained oats and any remaining optional ingredients, mixing well, then add the melted fat/oil and combine. Grease a 9″ x 13″ baking dish and pour in oat mixture. Bake for approximately one hour. My oven produces a perfectly done baked soaked oatmeal in exactly one hour, depending on your oven’s personality, it may be done sooner so it might be wise to check it after 45 minutes. It is done when the center is well set and the edges have a lovely brown color. Let it sit for several minutes before serving.

We like to top our nourishing Baked Soaked Oatmeal many ways…

…with butter, yogurt, freshly whipped raw cream, fruit, maple syrup, honey…whatever sounds good and is on hand. It is especially delicious with fresh blueberries and maple syrup. It’s even delicious plain and makes a quick grab-n-go snack for the kids.

If you have any leftovers, you can make “cake” – I mixed some organic blueberry jam into plain yogurt and sweetened a bit with stevia, then spread that on like “icing.” The kids get a big kick out of that. Especially when I serve “cake” for breakfast. Then I’m the Best Mom Ever 😉

This basic recipe for baked soaked oatmeal is really a blank canvas.

You can “doctor” it up in so many ways. The flavor combinations are practically infinite. I’m thinking about adding peanut butter, or peanuts, and cacao powder next time. What would you do with this basic recipe to make a nourishing, Baked Soaked Oatmeal shine at your breakfast table?

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