Recipe: Apple Cinnamon Oat Squares

I wanted to try baking with the steel cut oats and found this recipe.  I made a couple modifications from the original - skim milk, lactose free; walnuts instead of pecans- but the final product looks and smells great!

Apple Cinnamon Oat Squares

(adapted from: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipe/apple-cinnamon-oat-squares)

Recipe:
Ingredients
2 cups skim milk (or almond if you prefer) 1 1/2 cups steel cut oats 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 2 (about 1 pound) apples, cored and grated 

The Ingredients (Clockwise: apple, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, oats, walnuts) 

Directions
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl.
Transfer to a 9-inch square baking pan sprayed with cooking spray; press down and smooth out the top and bake until firm and golden brown, about 1 hour.
Let cool in pan; cut into squares and serve warm or at room temperature.
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Before cooking

 After Cooking

Ingredients	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Generic - Skim Milk - 1/2 Cup, 2 cup	180	11	0	18	130	11
Mccann's - Steel Cut Oat Meal, 1.5 Cup Dry	900	162	15	24	0	0
Generic - Apple, Grated - Golden Delicious, 1.25 cup	100	28	0	0	0	23
Spices - Cinnamon, ground, 1.5 tsp	9	3	0	0	1	0
Mccormick's - Pure Vanilla Extract, 8 g (1 Tsp)	24	1	0	0	0	1
Walnuts - Raw Chopped, 0.75 cup	589	12	59	14	2	2
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Total:	1,802	217	74	56	133	37
Per Serving:	113	14	5	4	8	2

Serves 16.  (This is TINY TUMMY VSG SIZE remember :-)