Description
This is an easy, inexpensive, and more wholesome alternative to store-bought microwave oatmeal. The recipe makes a lightly sweetened oats mixture that’s ready to be scooped up and microwaved into single-serving bowls. Be sure to use a deep cereal bowl for cooking the oats since they can bubble up and overflow. Alternately, you can cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Rolled Oats (not Instant Oats)
- ½ cups Dried Fruit (raisins; Dried Cranberries, Blueberries Or Cherries; Or Diced Dried Apples, Apricots Or Peaches)
- ½ cups Sliced, Slivered, Or Chopped Nuts (walnuts, Pecans, Almonds, Or Hazelnuts)
- ¼ cups Packed Brown Sugar
- ½ teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
Preparation
Put the oats, dried fruit, nuts, brown sugar, and cinnamon into a large jar, storage container, or Ziplock bag. Shake well until all of the ingredients are thoroughly mixed together.
To cook a bowl of oatmeal, first give your jar a hearty shake to mix any ingredients that have settled to the bottom of the container. Pour a rounded 1/3 cup of the oatmeal mixture into a deep cereal bowl. If the bowl is too shallow, the oatmeal may overflow in the microwave.
Pour 2/3 cup of water into the bowl and stir well. Microwave on high until the water is absorbed and the oats are tender, about 2 minutes. Remove from the microwave and stir. The oatmeal will thicken as it cools.
Add milk if desired.
Oats mixture makes about 7 individual servings of oatmeal.
