Oatmeal Lace Cookies

Ingredients 8 tbls. (1 stick) butter 1/4 cup milk 1/4 cup molasses 1 teaspoon vanilla 3/4 cup sugar 1 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup quick or old-fashioned oats 1 cup (optional) chopped nuts, finely chopped Directions Preheat oven to 375ºF. Melt butter in saucepan. Remove from heat; stir in milk, molasses and vanilla. Sift together sugar, flour, baking powder and salt. Blend into milk mixture. Stir in oats and nuts. Drop by level teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart on greased cookie sheet. Bake 6 to 8 minutes. Cool. Yield: 4 dz cookies

Baked Oatmeal

Found this on MDC. This is good stuff, especially for lazy winter mornings or as part of a festive brunch. It's kind of a breakfast dessert--like an oatmeal cake. It's nice to prepare it all the night before and then all you have to do in the morning is put it in the oven and wait 35 minutes. I especially like baked oatmeal with cooked apples on top. You can just peel and slice a bunch of apples and put them in the crockpot with some sugar, cinnamon, and butter (or just by themselves) and put it on high for an hour and the apples are done. But I wouldn't do that in the morning--I would have the apples made ahead of time. Anyway, the baked oatmeal:

1/2 cup applesauce or vegetable oil (I use organic cinnamon applesauce)
3/4 cup sweetener (I use a little less and use a combination of honey and sugar)
2 eggs
1 cup milk (I use light plain soymilk)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
3 cups regular oats
1/2 cup raisins (or other dried fruit, I like cherries)
1-2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions: Beat together applesauce and sweetener. Mix in eggs, milk, salt, baking powder, oatmeal. Beat well and then stir in raisins. Pour into a lightly greased pie pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Refrigerate overnight. The next morning, preheat oven to 350. Bake in preheated oven until firm, about 35 minutes. Serve hot.

Oatmeal

Can we share our favorite breakfasts? I love breakfast. I look forward to getting up every morning and having it. It's almost as satisfying as dessert. Here is how I make oatmeal. I am curious as to how other people make oatmeal and other simple breakfast meals.
Take one cup of old fashioned oats and one cup of light soymilk and put it in a Pyrex bowl. Add a small handful of raisins. Cook in microwave for 6 minutes. Top with ground flaxseed and organic cinnamon applesauce. I give Alex about a third of this and eat two thirds of it myself.