It’s A Long And Winding Road

Oatmeal makes a healthy, fiber-full meal for breakfast. We were discussing how many people don’t care for oatmeal and how they might enjoy it in other forms. A breakfast oatmeal cookie was in order with added ingredients of nuts, raisins or any dried fruit. I also mentioned that you could exchange some of the brown sugar in a cookie recipe with applesauce (adjusting the other liquids) to make the cookie even healthier. Susan is an Activities Director and has several wonderfully informative sites. She mentioned that older people, especially those with dementia or Alzheimer disease have to be careful what they eat as they can choke easily. My thought was that a breakfast muffin with everything chopped up very fine could be the answer.

Oatmeal Muffins

Ingredients

1/2 cup milk
1 cup oats
1 egg
2 mashed bananas or ½ cup applesauce
1 cup all purpose flour
¼ cup brown sugar, packed
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon cinnamon or nutmeg

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease muffin tin or use muffin paper liners.

Combine the milk and oats to soak for 15 minutes.

In a separate mixing bowl, beat together the eggs, oil and banana and then add it to the oatmeal mixture. In another bowl combine the flower, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Combine the two mixtures. Add any additional ingredients such as raisins, dried fruit, nuts, seeds, etc.

Drop the batter into the muffin tin - each 2/3 full. Bake 20 to 25 minutes.

Serve with scrambled eggs and a bowl of fresh fruit - yum.

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