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Baked Pumpkin Pear Oatmeal with Pecans
A warm, spoonable bake of pumpkin-spiced oats studded with soft pear, with a lightly crisp, brown-sugar pecan top and a custardy middle.

- Oven
- 1 hr · 15 min hands-on
- Serves 4
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
- Over 60 g carbs
- Fiber 6 g+
- Sodium 600 mg or less
- Sat fat 4 g or less
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp14 gUnsalted buttersoftened
- 1¾ cups425 gPumpkin puree, canned
- 2 cups480 gWater
- 2 large100 gEggs
- 3½ tbsp packed50 gBrown sugardivided
- 1 tsp4 gVanilla extract
- 3 cups240 gOld-fashioned rolled oats
- ¾ tsp4 gBaking powder
- 1½ tsp4 gGround cinnamon
- ½ tsp1 gGround ginger
- ¼ tsp0.5 gGround nutmeg
- ⅛ tsp0.3 gGround cloves
- ¼ tsp1.5 gSalt
- 1½ medium300 gPearsdiced
- ½ cup chopped50 gPecanschopped
Steps
- Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) and grease an 8-inch square baking dish with the butter.
- Dice the pear and chop the pecans so they are ready before mixing.
- In a large bowl, whisk the pumpkin, water, eggs, vanilla and three-quarters of the brown sugar until smooth.
- In a second bowl, stir together the oats, baking powder, cinnamon, ground ginger, nutmeg, cloves and salt.
- Stir the oat mixture into the pumpkin mixture, then fold in the pear and pour everything into the prepared dish.
- In a small bowl, toss the pecans with the remaining quarter of the brown sugar and scatter them evenly over the top.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until the center is set and reaches 160°F (71°C) and the pecans are toasted.
- Let the baked oatmeal rest for 10 minutes, then cut into 4 portions and serve warm.
Check labels: Gluten-free when you buy old-fashioned rolled oats labeled gluten-free.
Contains: Milk, Egg, Tree nuts. Some brands contain gluten.
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