Cinnamon Roll and Hemp Baked Oatmeal

I am constantly going back to recipes I enjoyed in the past and tweaking them once again. This recipe came from a recipe I was going to use in Oats Gone Wild, but yep, I went back and changed it up again! It is vegetarian, and not vegan, so it hadn’t made the cut. Although one could use vegan “cream cheese” if they wanted, and non-dairy milk. Psstttt! If you haven’t read Oats Gone Wild, you should 😉 You might find your breakfast looking a lot different!

Cinnamon Roll and Hemp Baked Oatmeal

Ingredients:

• 3 cups old-fashioned oats
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ cup raisins
• ¼ cup hulled hemp seeds
• 1½ cups low-fat or non-dairy milk
• ½ cup brown sugar, packed
• 4 ounces lower-fat cream cheese (half a brick), or non-dairy “cream cheese”
• ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350°, lightly oil a 9×13″ glass baking dish.

Add the oats through hemp seeds to a large bowl, mix together.

Whisk the remaining items till smooth, add to the dry and stir well. Pour into the prepared dish, bake for 20 minutes.

Serve hot and refrigerate and reheat later, 1 minute or so in the microwave.

Makes 4 large servings or 6 smaller ones.