Breakfast Anyone?

"I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning." ~ J.B. Priestly

Lately I've been seeing all these recipes for baked oatmeal, and I'm getting a little tired of eating the oatmeal in the little microwave packets, so I thought I'd give making some a try. I've never made baked oatmeal before but the idea of making some ahead of time and having awesome homemade breakfast all week sounded great to me.

I also happen to be in the middle of my now annual "Oh my goodness PLUMS!!!!" insanity. See, up until a few years ago when I started college (ok well 5 years ago), I swear I had never seen or eaten a plum. My family was on a cross country drive to move me into college for the first time when we stopped at a rest area that happen to have a farm stand. There were plums and I tried them and fell in love immediately. They are so sweet without being overly so and incredibly juicy.

And so I thought to combine these endeavors. I give you Honey Vanilla Plum Baked Oatmeal

Honey Vanilla Plum Baked Oatmeal
 2 cups rolled oats
0.25 cups brown sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
0.5 tsp. salt
2 cups skim milk
1 egg
3 tbsp. melted butter
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 diced plum
2 tbsp. honey


Mix oats, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon together in a bowl. In a separate bowl, mix milk, egg, butter, vanilla, and honey together.

In a greased 8" pie pan, evenly distribute 2/3 of the finely diced plums. Then spread mixture from the first bowl on top, and cover with the mixture from the second bowl. Make sure all oatmeal mix is covered with the milk mix. Scatter remaining  plums over top.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40 mins or until the oatmeal is set.

Doubling this recipe will fill a 9x13 pan and feed a crowd.