Baked Apple Spiced Oatmeal

This recipe was first published in NOURISHED magazine Issue 4. For more such recipes, you can download the full magazine.

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Baked Apple Spiced Oatmeal

Baked Oats are a fabulous make ahead family style brunch dish. It is warm and filling and a touch sweet, just right to start a relaxed weekend day. It is best served with a splash of whole milk and topped with fruit.

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1 cup rolled thick GF oats

2 T flaxseed powder

1 stp salt

1 egg

1/4 cup apple puree

1/2 cup heavy cream + 2 T for topping

1 apple, peeled, cored and sliced

6 cardamom pods crushed

1/2 nutmeg, grated

2 T brown sugar

handful of crushed nuts

Pre heat oven to 350 F.

Mix flaxseed, oats and salt. Add in half the cardamom and all of the nutmeg.

In another bowl mix all the wet ingredients together

Fold in the liquid into the oat mixture and spread  into a baking dish.

Arrange the apple slices on top in any pattern you like. Sprinkle the remaining spices on top.

Sprinkle crushed nuts and drizzle the remaining cream.

Bake covered for 35 to 40 minutes until the apples are soft, nuts browned and the house smells of it all.