Apple-Oatmeal Breakfast Puddin' Cake

Apple-Oatmeal Breakfast Puddin' Cake
Recipe By : Weight Watchers Magazine, September/October 1997
Serving Size : 8

1 1/4 cups regular oats
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 cup skim milk
1/2 cup applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups chopped peeled cooking apples -- divided --about 1 pound
nonstick cooking spray
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 1/4 cups apple juice
1/4 cup sliced almonds

1 . Preheat oven to 350 F.

2. Process oats in a food processor until coarsely ground. Add next 3 ingredients; process until well blended.

3. Combine milk, applesauce, and vanilla; stir well. With processor on, slowly pour milk mixture through food chute; process until blended. Combine batter and 1 cup apple; stir well. Pour batter into a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup apple and 1 tablespoon brown sugar over batter; set aside.

4. Bring apple juice to a boil in a small saucepan; pour over batter (do not stir). Sprinkle with almonds. Bake at 350 F for 25 minutes or until golden.  Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Yield: 8 servings.