I fought my instinct to add some kirsch or amaretto to this baked oatmeal.  If it’s a lazy Saturday or Sunday morning, I think you should add the booze.  I pulled this recipe together one Friday morning when we decided it was too foggy to drive into work.  The school buses racing by on the county road outside prevented me from glugging it in with reckless abandon.  Even when I take a day off, I rarely fail to relax.  I treat it as a day to accomplish as much as possible:  laundry, mopping, baking, photographing, grocery shopping, weeding, making stock with the vegetable odds and ends I throw in the freezer while I cook each night, and the list goes on and on.  I’m hoping these decadent breakfasts we’ve been enjoying lately will make me pause and savor the moments before the sun peaks through the fog. Other recipes in the 2012 Valentine’s Day Breakfast in Bed series so far: Cheddar Biscuit Breakfast Sandwiches Pina Colada Smoothie Creme Brulee French Toast To browse all of my small breakfast recipes, click here.

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