Baked Oatmeal

I have been doing a lot of cooking lately. I tried this baked oatmeal recipe from Heidi Swanson's new book, Super Natural Cooking via the adorable blog Lottie + Doof. It was so tasty! I'm posting it because I think it'd be a great dish to put on a brunch spread--a more elegant way to serve goatmeal. You could mix it up with all kinds of fruit, nuts, spices, whatever. Truthfully, I can't imagine myself making it on a regular basis because it only tastes a little better than basic oatmeal but takes much longer to prepare. Still, a good recipe to have in one's back pocket for leisurely weekend brunches.

Preheat the oven to 375.
Generously spread a ~8x8" casserole dish with butter (oh fine, use nut or canola oil)
Cover the bottom with sliced bananas. 2 should do it.
Sprinkle 1c frozen or fresh blueberries (or any other fruit)
In a bowl, mix together 2c oats, 1/2c nuts (if you have them), 1t baking powder, 1.5t cinnamon, and 1/2t salt. Sprinkle this mixture over the fruit.
Then, in that same ol' bowl, whisk together 2c milk (I used almond), 1 egg, 2T melted butter (optional), and 2t vanilla. Pour this into the casserole dish on top of everything else.
Give the dish a little shake to settle it all out.
Dot with 1T butter (optional).
Bake for 35-40 min until the oatmeal is cooked through and it gets crispy on top.
Serves 4.