Baked Pumpkin Oatmeal...

I will do it again! This recipe is the best...really like it....the  taste of oat and pumpkin ummph! thumbs up!!..next,  i will add some raisin, serve with roasted walnut and honey...Hubby ate this for dinner....

Ingredient

2 sugar pumpkins (i use one only....)

1 tablespoon melted butter or canola oil

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 tablespoons brown sugar

2 cups old fashioned oats

1 egg

3/4 to 1 cup lowfat milk (depending on how milky you like your oatmeal)

1 granny smith apple (peeled + diced small)

extra brown sugar for sprinkling

extra milk for splashing (optional) 

Method

Preheat oven 375 degrees. Start by carefully cutting the top off your pumpkin and cleaning the insides out. (Save the seeds for later – recipe to come!)

Combine all remaining ingredients (except the sugar for sprinkling and milk for splashing) in a large bowl. Stir well and divide batter evenly between the two pumpkins.  Sprinkle lightly with brown sugar.  Place both pumpkins on a cookie sheet and bake for 45 mins to an hour or until pumpkin is soft enough to scoop and oatmeal is done.  After it was done, we added a splash of milk. Remember: When doling out scoops be sure to scrape up some of that baked pumpkin goodness with the spiced oatmeal. Makes 4 servings.

We cooked the pumpkin with the top off for the first 20 mins and then put the top on loosely (allowing for steam to come out) for the rest of the baking time. If you choose to cook with top on, make sure that the stem soaked in some water and that it is far enough away from the heat source. You can also cook it with the top off the entire time – the oatmeal will still come out tasting great.

(Adapted from cookingwithmykids)

Applesauce

Ingredients

3 to 4 lbs of peeled, cored, and quartered apples. (Make sure you use a good cooking apple like Golden Delicious, Jonagold, Granny Smith, Fuji, Jonathan, Mcintosh, or Gravenstein.)
4 strips of lemon peel - use a vegetable peeler to strip 4 lengths
Juice of one lemon, about 3-4 Tbsp
3 inches of cinnamon stick
1/4 cup of dark brown sugar
up to 1/4 cup of white sugar
1 cup of water
1/2 teaspoon of salt

Method

1 Put all ingredients into a large pot. Cover. Bring to boil. Lower heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes.
2 Remove from heat. Remove cinnamon sticks and lemon peels. Mash with potato masher.
Ready to serve, either hot or refrigerated. Delicious with vanilla ice cream or vanilla yogurt.
Freezes easily, lasts up to one year in a cold freezer.

(Adapted from simplyrecipes)