Oven-Baked Oatmeal Topped with Strawberry Jam

This is absolutely delish! Baking the oatmeal gives it more of a crumbly texture instead of your standard gooey oatmeal texture and then adding the warm milk softens it up again. Seriously so good. It's really pretty sweet too, so you could get away with cutting down on the sugar and you'd still be fine.

Oven-Baked Oatmeal Topped with Strawberry Jam

1 ½ C quick-cooking oats
½ C sugar
¼ C butter, melted
½ C milk
1 egg
¾ tsp. salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 ½ tsp vanilla
½ C strawberry jam (or any other flavor)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan. Combine all ingredients in large bowl except the jam. Spread into baking pan. Drop spoonfuls of jam on top of oatmeal – do not spread. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Spoon into bowls immediately. Top with warm milk.

From Beyond Oatmeal by Carlene Duda