Amish Baked Oatmeal

When my sister Ruth got married in August of 2001 I went the Washington D.C. area for her open house.  We stayed with her in-laws, Mike and Jeanne.   Jeanne is a total doll  and served us one of her special breakfasts, Amish Baked Oatmeal.  She shared the recipe with me and said that she serves it on special occasions.   In keeping with the "special occasion theme, this is a new Christmas tradition at our house.   My husband likes it so much that he doesn't always want to wait for Christmas so after our recent Christmas Breakfast  in July I thought I'd share with all of you too.

Jeanne apparently got the recipe from the wife of a Mennonite minister who had grown up in a family that was old order Amish, 
I think this must have been their family recipe.

Amish Baked Oatmeal

Ingredients 

1 stick butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs, beaten

2 teaspoons pure vanilla

2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup oil

1 cup milk

3 cups Old Fashioned Rolled Oats

Optional:

fresh or frozen fruit

brown sugar

milk

Directions

Mix the butter and sugar by hand until well mixed. 
Add the eggs and mix well, add vanilla 

Add the baking powder and salt, mix in.

Add the oil and milk and mix well.

Stir in the Oats.

The batter will likely look a bit lumpy and not combined.  That is normal.

Pour into a 2-quart casserole or other similar sized baking dish.

Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes.

Tips and Hints

• Best served warm, you can reheat in the microwave if needed
• You can serve it with fresh or frozen (thaw first) fruit and a bit of milk.  My very favorite with this is frozen raspberries that have been thawed so they are a bit "juicy"
• You can also serve it with brown sugar on the top.  
• Jeanne said this will keep several days in the refrigerator, but it never lasts that long at our house.

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