Ingredients
Method
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients together (oats, sugar, baking powder, salt, and spices). Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, melt butter. Add milk, eggs, and applesauce. Combine.
- Add pumpkin puree and vanilla to the wet ingredients. Mix to combine.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until combined.
- Add chopped apples and mix thoroughly.
- Poor mixture into a greased 9x13 baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes or until oatmeal appears cake-like and doesn't jiggle in the middle when you jiggle the pan.
- Cool for about 10 minutes. Cut into squares and serve. Add optional toppings, if desired.
Notes
*In this recipe you can choose to use 1 full cup of butter, OR replace half of that butter with unsweetened applesauce. I choose to replace 1/2 cup butter with 1/2 cup applesauce to reduce fat and unnecessary calories.
