Baked Brown Sugar Oatmeal with Apples and Cranberries

Ingredients

• 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• 1 large (or 2 small) granny smith apple, peeled, cored, cut into a medium dice
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1 tsp aluminum-free baking powder
• 3 cups vanilla almond milk (see note below)
• 1 large egg
• 4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled (see note below)
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar, plus 2 tablespoons, divided (see note below)
• 1/4 cup organic grade-A maple syrup
• 1 tsp pink Himalayan sea salt
• 1/4 tsp vanilla beans
• 1 tsp cinnamon (the Vietnamese/Saigon variety is great here)
• 1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp ground cardamom
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp maple extract (see note below)
• 1/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted