Whadda Ya Mean You Don’t Like Oatmeal??!!

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Your mother made you oatmeal when you were a kid didn’t she? It was the consistency of school paste and the flavor was probably similar too with the school paste maybe a touch ahead in the running for flavor. She may have thrown a spoonful of white sugar on it, a pat of salty greasy margarine and maybe a bit of milk. So what you ended up with was a pile of gluey oatmeal covered in overly sweet cold milk with a strange salty greasy edge to it. Oh yeah buddy… yum city. Point being though that all of the above is why you have convinced yourself that oatmeal is evil. Right up there with cod liver oil, those chewable vitamins shaped like Fred Flintstone that tasted like you were sucking on a mud covered penny and…well… liver. On an off note (imagine that… off notes from me.) was anyone else freaked out chowing down on Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble? I always felt guilty but never as bad as when I ate Dino. That just seemed so wrong. Poor Dino…. all chewed up. I fully expected to turn on the TV for my afternoon Flintstone fix and find a Public Service Announcement saying “Janet, there is no more Flintstones. Wilma and Betty are now widows weeping into their stone pillows at night and Pebbles and Bam Bam are going to grow up to be fatherless gang members who rob old ladies at stone point and torment Velociraptors for fun. Why you ask? BECAUSE…YOU…ATE….FRED…AND BARNEY…. YOU EVIL….GIRL!!!!!!!!!

I’m weird. I love oatmeal. But the above was pretty much my childhood experience of it just as I know it was for many of you. Our mothers generations (except for those of you who are young enough to be MY kids… I make darned awesome oatmeal 😛 ) made oatmeal as a source of nutrition and warmth not for yum factor. And oatmeal IN things can be pretty awesome too. Like pie. Back in the day when people didn’t sit on their butts all day in front of computers (not that I know anything about that cough cough), food history tells us that pie for breakfast was fairly common. It was filling, a good energy source and warmed you up if eaten hot (because cold things don’t warm you up in case you were wondering that). Oatmeal pie was a good breakfast dish. Buttttt….. being the humans we are, things have to change. Including oatmeal pie. This one here isn’t just an oatmeal custard in a crust. It has dark brown sugar, maple and butterscotch chips, though if you don’t like them, feel free to omit those. I will only cry for a little while. This makes two pies so feel free to cut this in half. This is loosely adapted from a pie I saw on Taste Of Home. Feel free to eat this for breakfast. It has oatmeal after all.

Butterscotch Oatmeal Maple Pie

  • 2 9 inch pie shells (I used the frozen Marie Callander ones; they’re actually pretty good & I was too lazy to make a pie shell)
  • 8 large eggs
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • Scant 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon (optional. You can still try this Ann 😛 )
  • 1 3/4 cups oats
  • 3/4 cup dark corn syrup
  • 3/4 cup light corn syrup
  • 1 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon imitation maple flavoring (I used McCormick Brand)
  • 1 11 ounce bag butterscotch chips
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Line your middle oven shelf with foil just in case of drips.
  2. In a large bowl, combine eggs, flour, sugars and cinnamon.
  3. Stir in the oatmeal, butter, syrups (all 3) and extracts.
  4. Stir in the butterscotch chips
  5. Divide evenly between pie shells
  6. Bake for approximately 60 to 70 minutes for two pies or until it is nicely browned and the center is just barely set. There should be a slight jiggle but no liquidy look. One pie won’t take as long to cook so if you cut the recipe in half, start checking after 40 minutes. If you are unsure of doneness, stick a butter knife in the center. if it comes out almost clean, with a little bit of filling on it, it’s done. If it comes out with drippy liquid on it, it’s …well… not.
  7. Let sit for at least an hour or two before trying to cut this. It is similar to Pecan pie in that if you cut it too soon, you’ll have a oozing mess all over. It needs to finish setting up as it cools. The texture is also similar to pecan pie but w/out the pecans. 😛
  8. Serve this with vanilla ice cream or sitting in a puddle of warmed cream. It’s very rich and quite sweet so cut small pieces. Trust me on this.

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37 thoughts on “Whadda Ya Mean You Don’t Like Oatmeal??!!”

  2. Awwww, Janet! You’re the best! This looks absolutely AMAZING! I love oatmeal – I think as we age (no you…or me, of course) that we start to like that sort of stuff!

    BTW – I think your vitamins may have been out of date….my Fred & Barney tasted like chalky cherries. I loved them!

    Buzzed this AMAZING pie! (buzzed the pic, too!)

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    • I felt bad that so much of what I posted has/had cinnamon in it so I wanted to make sure you knew that SOMETHING I posted made it optional 😛

      Btw…. shame on you. You’re also a Fred and Barney killer. Aren’t you ashamed? 😀

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  4. Looks Nummy!!

    I will agree on the Flintstones vitamins – they did have a metallic sort of taste to them. I just figured that was all the “minerals” in there.

    Biting the ears off Chocolate Easter Bunnies was almost as bad when it came to The Guilts….but I got over it eventually.

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  7. Oh, wow! I was sold before I even saw the decadent photo of the gooey slice…mmmmm. Hubby will only eat oatmeal for breakfast…and I prefer mine in dessert!!! This is soooooo tempting~

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  8. Oh wow!! That looks fantastic…I adore oatmeal…probably more than I should. My dad always made it so good when I was little. He used to spoil me with putting cinnamon and sugar on top or maple syrup. I have no doubt this pie would bring back memories of my childhood. Have a great weekend!

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    • Let me know what you think Gen 🙂

      Ravie, oatmeal is a good thing to love more than you should. At least it’s not Twinkies… not that I know anyone who loves THOSE too much *cough cough*

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    • I agree Jamie! Maybe we can get congress to pass a breakfast pie law 😀
      Michelle, I tihnk we are kindred butterscotch souls 😛

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  19. I love oatmeal – and my mother always put brown sugar and cinnamon on it…. with warm cream. As to the pie – that looks delicious (I also love liver but will pass on the cod liver oil)

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    • Katie, you like liver?! I may just have to ban you from the blog 😛 hehehe

      Sandi, even a regular bowl of oatmeal is yummy. Eat away! 😀
      CCC, I agree. Lots and lots of ice cream 😀

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  21. Janet…I have always loved oatmeal, too! My dad made it from scratch for us. And maybe it’s a New England thing….but we drizzled ours with maple syrup! So to have that in a pie is even better! I can even justify eating this for breakfast!!! : )

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  25. I would never have thought to put oatmeal in a pie, but I’ve got to tell you, this looks and sounds delicious and I LOVE oatmeal! Such a good fall dessert…I can’t wait to try it in the coming months.

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