Baked Pumpkin Oatmeal

Why are pecans and pumpkin so good together!?

I'm kinda obsessed with pumpkin if you haven't noticed. I'm embracing the holidays and want my little apartment to smell like spices and pumpkin all the time! I didn't want to make another treat though, [see my increasingly fattening belly] so I settled on a breakfast food.

2 1/2 cups rolled oats

1/2 cup steel cut oats

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/4 tsp ginger

1/4 tsp cloves

1/4 cup packed brown sugar (more to taste)

2 cups milk

1 cup pumpkin puree

1/4 cup cooking oil

1 cup pecans, lightly toasted and candied

Preheat oven to 400'. Lightly grease a baking dish, set aside. In large bowl, combine oats, powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and sugar. In another bowl, combine milk, pumpkin puree, and oil. Combine wet and dry mixtures. Place mixture into a baking dish and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and gently stir. Fold in 3/4 cup pecans. Bake for another 20 minutes or until top slightly browned. Serve warm with remaining pecans and maple syrup!