Yummy fall recipes...

I posted this baked oatmeal recipe before but it's so yummy I thought I'd post it again...along with a yummy recipe from Williams-Sonoma for Blueberry Sour Cream Bread.

Baked Oatmeal
(From Gooseberry Patch -- I think I've tweeked it a bit)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Mix:
4 1/2 c. quick-cooking oats
1 1/2 c. brown sugar
3 t. baking powder
1 1/2 t. cinnamon
1 1/2 t. salt

In a separate bowl mix:
3 eggs
1 1/2 c. milk
3/4 c. applesauce (or oil)

Mix and bake in 9x13 greased pan at 350 degrees 25-30 minutes


Notes:

The applesauce tastes much better than the oil (in my opinion anyway).

I mix this (dry ingredients in one bowl, wet in another (and put in the fridge)) the night before so all I have to do in the morning is preheat the oven, mix all of it together, pour in a pan and pop it in the oven. I also add raisins to one half since half of my gang doesn't like raisins. (Just spoon them over one half and push them down in a bit.)

I'm sure there's a healthier alternative to the brown sugar...if anyone has any ideas, let me know!


Sour Cream-Blueberry Bread

2 med-ripe bananas
2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cups chopped pecans (I leave these out)
2 lg. eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 heaping cup of blueberries, fresh or frozen

Preheat oven to 350 and grease a loaf pan.
Mash bananas well w/ a fork and set aside.
Stir together flour, sugar soda, salt, cinnamon, and nuts. In another bowl, wisk together eggs, sour cream, vanilla, butter and bananas. Stir wet and dry ingredients until moist. Carefully fold in blueberries. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 50-60 minutes. Let cool in pan on a rack for 30 minutes. Turn the loaf out onto the rack and cool completely.

--I double the recipe to make two loaves at one time.