Daykin owns a bakery called Butter Baked Goods in Vancouver, Canada, and has two other cookbooks, “Butter Baked Goods” and “Butter Celebrates.”

The new cookbook is less about baking and more about feeding a family. It’s filled with recipes that are both simple and appealing, including Fried Chicken for Impatient People Like Me, Old-School Potato Salad, D.G.M. (Damn Good Meatloaf) and Pineapple Honey Ribs. With so many recipes that I wanted to try, it was tough to choose one to share, but this Great Oat Loaf immediately struck me as an excellent idea.

Daykin says she loves steel-cut oats but finds they take too long to make on a busy weekday morning. So, she created a make-ahead loaf that you slice into breakfast portions and quickly reheat in the microwave.

The Great Oat Loaf

• 6 cups water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups steel-cut oats
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Place the water and salt in a large pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Add the steel-cut oats and stir vigorously to combine. Bring back to a boil, then reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, until the oats are cooked through (they should be nice and thick). Lift the lid every 5 minutes or so to give them a good stir. Add the ground cinnamon and stir again.

Remove from the heat and gently pour the oat mixture into an 8-inch loaf pan. The top of the loaf will be slightly domed, but you can use a spatula to smooth it over. Cover with plastic wrap and let set in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours or overnight.

Once set, turn the loaf out onto a plate or small platter. Cut off a nice thick slice, heat in the microwave for about 1 minute, and top with your favorite oatmeal fixings. I like a big scoop of Strawberry Rhubarb Compote and a little brown sugar.

Store, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

Makes 1 (8-inch) loaf.

Recipe excerpted with permission from: “Let Me Feed You: Everyday Recipes Offering the Comfort of Home” by Rosie Daykin. Published by Appetite by Random House, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited