Oatmeal is a great staple, but served as a hot cereal, I get tired of it quick. A lot of granolas seem to go rancid once they get exposed to air, must be the nut oils and such. I have yet to eat a stale bowl of Grape Nuts. I can eat it more often than oatmeal.

Of course, one of my best recipes is for baked oatmeal. It is probably the best way to eat oatmeal. Here's the recipe:

Big Ben’s Baked Oatmeal

Usually when you tell most folks oatmeal is the main course for breakfast, especially up at camp, they tend to get a bit disappointed. However, this oatmeal recipe is not a porridge. It is a rich, hearty quickbread that will remind them of an oatmeal cookie, only better.

½ cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar or molasses or sorgum syrup
2 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1 cup milk
3 cups quick cooking oats
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 lb raisins or other unsweetened fruit
1 cup chopped walnuts or almonds
1/2 cup brown sugar

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a medium bowl, combine first five ingredients. Add next three ingredients and mix well. Mix in fruit and nuts. Pour into ungreased pan. Sprinkle brown sugar over top, and any desired spices. Bake for 45 minutes to an hour, when toothpick inserted in middle comes out dry.