Leftover Chocolate Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cake

8x12 or 9x13  pan, greased   Preheat your oven to 350 degrees

 

2 cups cooked oatmeal (OR 1 cup quick, NOT instant, oatmeal plus 1 3/4 cups boiling water) 

1/3 cup melted margarine or butter 

1/3 cup applesauce 

3/4 cup lightly packed brown sugar 

1/2 cup white sugar 

1 heaping Tbsp. cocoa (unsweetened) 

2 eggs 

1 3/4 cup unsifted all purpose flour 

1 1/2 tsp. baking soda 

1/2 tsp. salt 

1 cup chocolate chips 

Mix the leftover oatmeal, melted margarine and applesauce until well blended. Add sugars and cocoa and stir well. Beat in the eggs. Add the flour, baking soda and salt over top of the oatmeal mixture, then blend it all together. Stir in the chocolate chips. Pour it all into the prepared 8x12 or 9x13 pan, and bake at 350 degrees for about 40 to 50 minutes. It's done when the sides start to pull away from the sides of the pan and a knife inserted near the middle comes out clean.