Baked Oatmeal with fruit & nuts

🧂 Ingredients

• 1/2 cup whole dates
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 whole eggs
• 1 1/2 cups unsweetened almond milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 dash nutmeg
• 3 cups old fashioned oatmeal
• 1/2 cup pecans

  roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup raisins

  or any dried fruit of your choice
• 1/2 tsp Salt

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• 2 In a small sauce pan bring dates and water to a boil, turn temperature down to
  low,  let simmer for 10 minutes, remove from heat, and allow to cool, leave
  dates in water and mash with a fork until dates become a paste.
• 3 In a large mixing bowl whisk together wet ingredients: applesauce, eggs, almond
  milk, mashed dates, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• 4 Add dry ingredients to the wet. Oats, fruits, and nuts (I used dried cherries,
  whole unsalted almonds, and pecans. Feel free to use what ever you have on hand)
  salt. Combine with a spatula until all ingredients are incorporated.
• 5 Pour in to a greased 8×8 baking dish or pan. Cover with foil, place in preheated
  350 degree oven for 45 minutes. Uncover, cut into squares, and enjoy!

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