Cherry Oatmeal

Amber of AZ's Note:

This is a tasty recipe I found and adapted from the Busy People's Low-Fat Cookbook by Dawn Hall. It is 4 points if prepared as directed. If you use Splenda the recipe would be 3 points.

• Total Time: 11 mins
• Prep Time: 3 mins
• Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 7

• 6 cups water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 3 cups old fashioned oats
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 (21 ounce) can light cherry pie filling
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar (I prefer using individual packets of Splenda in each individual serving)

Directions:

1. Bring the water and salt to a boil on high heat in a Dutch oven.
2. Add the oats.
3. Reduce the heat to medium, keep the oats boiling for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Remove from heat.
5. Add the remaining ingredients plus the powdered sugar if preferred.
6. Stir until well mixed.
7. Cover and let sit for 2 minutes longer.
8. Serve while hot.
9. This will also keep in the refrigerator to be reheated for additional breakfasts.
10. The leftovers could also be used in a bread pudding.

Reviews

[Maito]

I made 2 servings of this and it was really good. I like that it is only lightly sweet. I followed another reviewer and topped it with sliced almonds.

[JenJ]

Very good, though a little sweet for my taste. I will definitely make this again but will reduce the powdered sugar to 0.5 cup next time. Also, I prefer my oatmeal a little thicker so I will add a couple of minutes to the cooking time next time (my bag of oatmeal advises "10 minutes or until desired thickness is reached.") I also would like to try this with other pie filling flavours. I had it for breakfast the morning after cooking -- it reheated very well in the microwave with a couple of tablespoons of water added. Great breakfast for a cold morning and really gets you going!

[ShortieNJ]

this was really good - next time i'll have to scale it down though, i ate it about 6 times...and still had 1/2 of it leftover that ended up being thrown out, because i was afraid it had gone bad - i used the splenda suggestion, but threw it in the entire batch right after it was cooked