My Favorite Maple Brown Sugar Oatmeal

Submitted by Karen=^..^=

"I made this up this morning and it tastes so much better than the instant stuff!"

 

• Ready In: 8mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup quick-cooking oats
• 1 cup water (you can use milk for a creamier oatmeal)
• 1 dash salt
• 1 tablespoon dried cranberries or 1 tablespoon raisins, chopped fine
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons maple syrup or 1 1/2 teaspoons pancake syrup
• 1 -2 teaspoon packed brown sugar

directions

1. Mix oats, salt and water in a 3 cup bowl.
2. Microwave for 1 1/2 minutes; stir.
3. Add cranberries and microwave another 1 to 1 1/2 minutes, watching that the mixture does not overflow the bowl.
4. Stir and top with syrup and sprinkle with brown sugar.

Reviews

[bmcnichol]

I made this as written and this was enough for my son and I for breakfast. I used milk instead of water and didn't add the raisins. I used 1 teaspoon of splenda brown sugar blend. I cooked mine in the microwave for two minutes and it was perfect. So good and yummy.

 

[LisaA]

It was okay. The kids enjoyed the novelty of it.

 

[brokenburner]

Having never been a big fan of maple brown sugar oatmeal, I was happy to find that this recipe isn't as unpalatable to me as the instant stuff! I used a packet of Quaker Organic instant oatmeal and about 2/3 cup water. I used a few craisins, not many because I don't really like them... Walden Farms "calorie-free" pancake syrup and a sprinkle of Splenda brown sugar blend. I did have to add some granulated Splenda after that, I guess because I didn't put in very much of the former! All in all, a pleasing bowl of oatmeal. Thanks for posting!

 

[Brooke the Cook in]

I'll give this yummy oatmeal five big stars! I made half a recipe and I'm plenty full - although I did use the full amounts of dried cranberries, sf maple syrup and 1t brown sugar. I also used rolled oats, not the instant and I kept the cooking time the same. Making oatmeal in the microwave is my favorite breakfast on the weekend - thanks for sharing!

 

[carlamoose]

1 cup water seems like a lot, but most of it will get absorbed from the cooking. I was hesitant and used 1/2 cup, but now it's too dry. Subbing walnuts for the cranberries/raisins works great. And please try to use maple syrup or even maple extract because pancake syrup just isn't cutting it. I'm adding this to my snack list. Thanks Karen.