Baked Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal

So I had a friend over one day a long while ago and we were talking about food we liked and introducing it to small children.  I mentioned how much I loved oatmeal and she thought of this lovely baked oatmeal recipe and brought a copy of it to me the next time we saw each other.  It took me many months to finally try it but I finally did, with some modifications.  Basically I left out all the good stuff: no sugar and no salt.  I must say that I enjoyed it and it felt like eating an oatmeal cake.  It was almost too rich for me since I'm not used to pumpkin pie flavors in a cake.  The kiddos I fed it to tried it and presumably enjoyed it too.  It was a great find for us since it is pretty healthy and enjoyable too (you know, since I enjoyed it and so did the babies).  And just like the recipe says, it really is good hot out of the oven or refrigerated.  

Before baking

After baking: It doesn't look much different.