Country "sausage" Patties

I got this recipe from a vegetarian cooking show. Although, it is a vegetarian recipe, it does have that "sausage" flavor to it. We eat it on biscuits in the morning. At dinner time we put a mushroom gravy over it and serve it with mashed potatoes, a vegetable and salad. I think it is a good recipe and my family (who also eat meat) enjoyed it. Makes 10 smaller patties but you can make them bigger. Cooking time does not reflect time for baking if you make them that way - only for time to fry-cook them.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 5-8
• Yields: 8-12 patties

Ingredients

• 2  tablespoons olive oil (or any oil)
• 3  cups water
• 1⁄3 cup light soy sauce
• 2  tablespoons garlic powder
• 2  tablespoons onion powder
• 2  tablespoons thyme
• 2  tablespoons sage
• 1⁄8 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 1⁄4-1⁄2 teaspoon  african bird cayenne pepper (or to taste)
•  salt (with the soy sauce you may not need it)
• 1⁄2 cup onion, grated
• 4  cups quick oats
• 4  cups pecan meal

Directions

1. Heat a large non-stick skillet and add 2 tablespoons olive oil (or any oil you like).
2. Put the 3 cups water in a large bowl.
3. Add soy sauce, garlic powder, onion powder, thyme, sage, poultry seasoning, cayenne pepper and salt.
4. Mix well.
5. Add grated onion.
6. Add oats and pecan meal.
7. Mix and stir well, mashing mixture with back of the spoon as you stir and mix.
8. Drop by large spoonfuls into a hot skillet in shape of patties.
9. Brown well on both sides.
10. Eat as sausage patties on a biscuit for breakfast, or put a gravy on them and bake them for 15 minutes in 400 degree fahrenheit oven until hot and bubbly. Serve with mashed potatoes, a vegetable and salad.