Baked Oatmeal Muffins

I love making Baked Oatmeal and today I saw a post on Pinterest for Oatmeal Muffins. I didn't use the recipe however I did steal the idea for baking the oatmeal in muffin cups. Nick is always in need of a grab-n-go breakfast and these are the perfect idea. I decided to make the Baked Oatmeal but with a few modifications this time based on what I had available. I added some pumpkin because I had about 1/4 a cup left in the fridge and then instead of strawberries and bananas, I used pears and apples. You could easily omit the pumpkin and add any fruit you like. They turned out great and they don't have all of the carbs of a regular muffin because they don't have flour :)

Yummy Pear and Apple Oatmeal Muffins

Prep Time: 10 Min

Cook Time: 25 Min

Ingredients

- 2 cups rolled oats

- 1/4 cup brown sugar and additional for topping

- 2 tbs cinnamon

- 1 tbs nutmeg

- 1 tsp baking powder

- Dash of salt

- Handful of dried fruit (I used apples and cranberries)

- 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts

- 2 cups of milk (I used 1 1/2 cups of hazelnut milk and 1/2 cup of almond coconut milk)

- 1 egg, lightly beaten

- 1 tsp vanilla

- 1 chopped apple

- 1 chopped pear

- 1/4 cup pumpkin

- 2 tbs maple syrup

- 1/4 cup shredded coconut (optional)

- Granola (optional, I used pumpkin pie spice granola from Whole Foods)

Directions

- Preheat oven to 375 F

- In a large mixing bowl, combine all of the ingredients. I mixed the dry ingredients first and then added the wet ingredients and combined.

- Sprinkle some brown sugar and cinnamon on top if desired

Oatmeal going into the oven

                                                      

- Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden

- Let sit for 10 minutes to cool. Store in fridge.