baked oatmeal

i recently had baked oatmeal at Yola's, a lovely little coffee shop here in madison. it was so yummy that i  had to find a recipe for myself.

the original recipe called for 1 cup of brown sugar and I reduced it to 1/4. it also called for 1/2 cup melted butter and I reduced it to 1/4 cup and added 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce. I also used rice milk instead of regular and it turned out great. with the changes i made i though the sweetness was just right, not too much. the original recipe came from allrecipes.com.  the recipe below is my slightly modified version.

INGREDIENTS:

3 cups rolled oats 1/4 cup brown sugar 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt

1 cup milk 2 eggs 1/4 cup melted butter 1/2 cup apple sauce 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 3/4 cup dried cranberries

DIRECTIONS:

1.	Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2.	In a large bowl, mix together oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt. Beat in milk, eggs, melted butter, apple sauce and vanilla extract. Stir in dried cranberries. Spread into a 9x13 inch baking dish.
3.	Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. very good served hot out of the oven with milk on top (or rice milk, in our house)!