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Today is a Happy Day! I recently got Our Best Bites new cookbook in the mail, but not only did I get one copy, I got two copies and I would love to share one of them with you.
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Today is a Happy Day! I recently got Our Best Bites new cookbook in the mail, but not only did I get one copy, I got two copies and I would love to share one of them with you.
This new book is a little different than their first book. Rather than dividing it up into sections like appetizers, main dishes and desserts, they divided it up into Seasons. Hence the name . . . Savoring the Seasons! That way, you get a little bit of everything in each section. I loved their first book, but a part of me wished it had more desserts. This new cookbook is loaded with desserts. They have also included a drool-worthy photo of EVERY SINGLE RECIPE. Plus, they have a "Rollover Ingredients" section that includes several ingredients that are used in multiple recipes and it lists those recipes. That way, if you buy a big thing of celery, you will have 9 other recipes to make that will help you use it up.
Today, I am going to share their Baked Oatmeal recipe with you. It comes from the "Winter" section of the book and it made my house smell amazing while it was baking. They described it as almost tasting like a warm oatmeal cookie, but I personally thought it tasted like banana bread. I thought it was yummy, but I did feel kind of guilty about eating that much butter in something that wasn't a dessert. The good news is, they did include a way to make it lower-fat and I would like to try that next time. The recipe says it serves 6-8, but I thought, no way, it probably only serves 4. So, I filled up a huge bowl and I ended up only finishing 1/3 of it, so yeah, it will probably serve 6-8.
I really think your kids would love this oatmeal.
Next thing on the list to try . . . Orange Rolls, no wait . . . S'mores Hot Chocolate . . . or maybe Peppermint Mousse Cake???
Today, I am going to share their Baked Oatmeal recipe with you. It comes from the "Winter" section of the book and it made my house smell amazing while it was baking. They described it as almost tasting like a warm oatmeal cookie, but I personally thought it tasted like banana bread. I thought it was yummy, but I did feel kind of guilty about eating that much butter in something that wasn't a dessert. The good news is, they did include a way to make it lower-fat and I would like to try that next time. The recipe says it serves 6-8, but I thought, no way, it probably only serves 4. So, I filled up a huge bowl and I ended up only finishing 1/3 of it, so yeah, it will probably serve 6-8.
I really think your kids would love this oatmeal.
Next thing on the list to try . . . Orange Rolls, no wait . . . S'mores Hot Chocolate . . . or maybe Peppermint Mousse Cake???
Baked Oatmeal
3 c. rolled oats (not quick-cooking)
3/4 c. brown sugar
1 tsp. kosher salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 c. raisins, dried cherries or other dried fruit
1 c. milk
1/2 c. butter, melted
(or 1/4 c. applesauce and 1/4 c. butter)
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 eggs
Optional Toppings:
chocolate chips, shredded coconut, toasted nuts,
honey, almond or coconut milk
chocolate chips, shredded coconut, toasted nuts,
honey, almond or coconut milk
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine the oats, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, baking powder and dried fruit. In a smaller bowl, mix together the milk, butter, vanilla and eggs. Add the liquid mixture to the dry mixture and whisk to combine. Pour into an 8x8'' or 9x9'' baking dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Bake for 40 minutes or until the top is golden brown. Serve immediately with a splash or two of warmed milk. Serves 6-8
Jenn's Notes: I used old-fashioned rolled oats. I omitted the dried fruit and served mine with sliced bananas, sliced almonds and a little coconut. It is a must to serve with a little milk.
Here are some of my other favorite Our Best Bites Recipes
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FOR A 2ND ENTRY: Leave me a separate comment letting me know what your favorite Season is! Mine is Fall!
FOR A 3RD ENTRY: Leave me a separate comment telling me what your favorite Fall-Time recipe is! Mine involves anything with Pumpkin!
I was provided a copy of this cookbook by the publisher, but the opinions expressed here are my own. Cookbook will be shipped by me.
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ReplyDeleteThis is one of my very favorite fall recipes! http://cupcakediariesblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/pumpkin-waffes-with-cinnamon-syrup.html
ReplyDeleteSO good!
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite season is fall, seems very family friendly and lots of cooking. My email is odessastarr81@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI love cookbooks-thanks for the chance to try a new one!
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I have 2 favorite seasons-fall & spring--LOVE the colors!
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I have an old fashioned oatmeal cake recipe that involves pecans and a brown sugar bake on glaze. Super yummy with cinnamon flavored whipped cream and lemon zest. Wish I knew how to post it. My Email is odessastarr81@gmail.com
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I follow by e-mail. Love your recipes!
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My favoriate season is fall/winter. I live in Cali so I don't get to enjoy them long!
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite season is probably fall. I love the change of the leaves and the pumpkin patch. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays so I really think fall it is!
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ReplyDeleteOne of my very favorite recipes for Fall is Paula Dean's Gooey Pumpkin Butter cake. So yummy!
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ReplyDeletemy favorite fall treat is pumpkin chocolate chip muffins
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DeleteMy favorite season is winter, snowmen, snow angels, and all the holidays with family to look forward to.
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DeleteMy favorite fall recipe is pumpkin bread, I always find it so sad that pumpkin is reserved for fall, when it should be an everyday flavor. I always buy a lot of sugar pumpkins (next year I'm going to try to grow some) and store the puree in the freezer for all year round.
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ReplyDeletemy favorite season is SPRING
ReplyDeletemy favorite fall recipe is PUMPKIN PIE, yummy
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My favorite season is fall.
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My favorite fall recipe is apple crumble pie!
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favorite seasin is Winter!!
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I follow you via email and my favorite season is right now - Fall!
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I follow you via email, my favorite season is Fall, and my favorite recipe is for Mennonite pumpkin chocolate chip bread!
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite Season I have to say is Summer and Summer only! I think I should move, I live in Pennsylvania. cjbrick@ymail.com
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My favorite fall food would also be anything with pumpkin. And I love the smell of fresh bread baking, whether it would be pumpkin, zucchini or any of the others I bake. cjbrick@ymail.com
ReplyDeleteMy favorite season is fall!
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My favorite fall recipe is Pumpkin Pie Bars
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I follow you and you are one of my very favorites!! Just check my pinterest board if you don't believe me.=)
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Currently, my favorite fall recipe is anything involving butternut squash. I've never worked with it before, but now that I have, I'm obsessed!
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My favorite fall time recipe is pumpkin pie or pumpkin spice hot cocoa.
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I love Fall and Summer Equal!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Ingredients to use in the Fall are Pumpkin and Apple anything I can cook or bake with those two ingredients make me Happy!
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite season is definitely Fall! Always has been.
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ReplyDeleteFall, especially when I lived in the cold North, here in Las Vegas it's a sorry excuse for fall but a welcome relief after the brutal summer.
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Soup, all kinds, mostly bean no meat. Cooking in the crockpot all day!!
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ReplyDeletemy favorite season is Fall and Summer. so much good fresh veggies!
ReplyDeletemy favorite fall recipe is anything with squash or pumpkin. I love both so much I can eat them an way at all!
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite season is SPRING!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd my favorite fall recipe is a hearty beef stew served over perfectly cooked noodles. Heaven.
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I think my favorite Fall meal is something in the crockpot. The house smells so good all day long! barbiecooking@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteI follow on Facebook. Btw there is only 1/2 T of butter per serving of that oatmeal and most people easily put that much on one piece of toast.
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Fall is the best season, without question.
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Pumpkin dunp cake from cookiesandcups.com is my new fall favorite recipe!
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I follow you by email and love it.
ReplyDeletefavorite season is summer.
ReplyDeletefavorite fall recipe is apple pie with pumpkin pie a close second
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ReplyDeleteI don't know if I can choose just one, I love anything with apple or pumpkin for fall.
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My favorite season is SPRING. Since this post is all about Autumn, I'm sure you were expecting that answer, huh? I love the newness and the freshness of nature - like everything is coming to life.
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Anything pumpkin ... gosh, doesn't pumpkin pie just scream Autumn? Yummmmmmy.
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite season is fall! I love the weather, the food, and it has my birthday in it!
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Fall is my favorite season ~ I love the changing colors, the crisp weather, the baking, the comfort food, the cute clothes, and most of all, the return of football!!
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I follow on GFC. I would be thrilled to win. I keep picking up their book and putting it down as I debate, but I really do want it.
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I can never choose between Spring and Fall. I love Spring b/c it means good bye to Winter and I love Fall b/c it means good bye to the LONG Hot summer.
ReplyDeleteSo hard to choose a favorite fall recipe. I love soups in the fall, also pumpkin and apple desserts. I have to make something pumpkin this week for a get together and I have 2 big boxes of apples that I need to do something with (my father-in-law gave them to us).
ReplyDeleteThis oatmeal looks delicious. And yes I follow you, you are my best friend--if you lived closer I would have you over to dinner!
ReplyDeletei'm not elligible as i dont live in US but i wanted to comment anyway :)
ReplyDeletethat sounds YUMMY! and you have made me want to include that book on my amazon wishlist.
i love reading what you're up to on this blog - everything you make sounds glorious. dont know how on earth you have the time and energy to do it! energy mostly, time, we all have 24 hours a day of it lol.
anyhow, my fave season is FALL!!!!!!! i lvoe love love fall - the colors, weather, smell, feel, sights, sounds, everything!!!! the soups, the coziness, the brisk walks. i love it :D
my fave fall treat my dh's pumpkin pie! omg is it good!!!!!!!! i amso embarrassed and ashamed - being from the south of the USA, let me tell you, we know our pies, esp pumpkin pies at thanksgiving. BUT i never really liked them. no matter how much cool-whip i loaded on that thing, it always seemed too ruch and heavy. I made pumpkin pie for dh once and he kind of liked it - enough to make it one day while i was at work. when i came home and tried his i thought id died and gone to heaven! so my french DH has one upped me on what i consider to be (probably wrongly) a southern delicacy.
oh well ;P
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite season is fall, and spring. I really can't choose between the two. Fall because there is excitement in the air, there are holidays to plan for, and there are family and friends to see. Spring because after a dismal dark winter its like the world is waking up and life starts again.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite fall recipe is probably chicken noodle soup. It just warms you clear through on those cold nights.
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite season is probably spring. I love the fresh, clean air then. (futureamerica@hotmail.com)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite fall recipe is probably pumpkin oatmeal in the crockpot. Then you can take the leftovers and make oatmeal pancakes. YUM!!! (futureamerica@hotmail.com)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite season is also fall. I love the change in color of the leaves, the nip in the air.
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite season is summer..for pontooning!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite fall recipe is pumpkin pie.
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My favorite season is summer because I'm off work and can spend more time with my children!
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My favorite fall recipe is pumpkin scones!
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite recipe for fall is apple cheesecake bars
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I follow you on Pinterest and on email! jsnsl@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteMy favorite season is FALL!! jsnsl@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteMy favorite fall-time recipe is anything with pumpkin and soup! I could eat those two things all day, every day!! jsnsl@hotmail.com
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ReplyDeleteI have two favorite seasons which is fall for the colors and spring for the rebirth of everything. robinmoss@hotmail.com
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite season is spring.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite fall time recipe includes anything with pumpkin too.
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ReplyDeleteI love fall, in arizona, its the only one to love. :)
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my favorite season is spring
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my favorite fall recipe is pumpkin muffins!
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite season used to be Fall but in my old age, I think I now prefer Summer...
ReplyDeleteI have so many favorite recipes. My favorite dessert recipe is a pumpkin cheesecake braid, my favorite dinner recipe is probably either Beef Stew or Split Pea Ham and Barley soup. Yum... time to go start my crock pot!
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My favorite season is spring!
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My fav fall recipe is a tie right now. Cream cheese chicken chili and pumpkin dump cake!
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I follow by email
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ReplyDeletefavorite fall recipe is pumpkin roll
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Hi Jenn, I'm a follower on Google already!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite season is Fall!
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My fave season is fall too!
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My fave fall recipe is the pumpkin cool whip dip recipe! Yummy with trader joes cinnamon graham crackers!
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my fav season is fall and anything with pumpkin and choc of course. I follow you on Pinterest and also receive your great emails! You can contact me via yahoo email Thanks!
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My favorite season is summer.
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My favorite fall recipe is my grandmothers cheesy cauliflower recipe.
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I really enjoy spring
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I really enjoy apple and pears in my desserts this time of year!!
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