Baked Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal

This recipe is great for a breakfast, a brunch, or a mid-morning snack.  It makes enough to provide you with a week's worth of breakfasts or will cover breakfast for the family for two days.  I have been using this for a mid morning or pre 5K training snack.

2 cups Old Fashioned rolled oats
3 Tbsp maple syrup
3 Tbsp slivered almonds (you could use whatever nuts you like or even omit them if you want)
1/4 cup craisins (you could use another dried fruit such as raisins)
2 cups coarsely chopped diced apples (I used Golden Delicious)
2 cups milk (I used skim but you could use almond milk or any type of milk I would think)
3 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp allspice
3/4 tsp salt

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees.  Mix your oats, apples, nuts, and dried fruit all in a large bowl. Then in another bowl, whisk your eggs, milk, maple syrup and spices. Pour over your oatmeal mixture and gently stir.

Pour the mixture into a baking dish.  I used a 9x11 size; and bake at 325 for about an hour, or until golden brown.

This is really good served warm out of the oven.  It will also set up when it cools and can be stored covered in the fridge and microwaved for breakfast later in the week.