Hot Grape-nuts Cereal

"So quick and easy that it really isn't even a recipe. You can have warm cereal on a cold day without any muss or fuss. I have added fresh fruit (blueberries are a favorite) after heating the cereal. Brown sugar could be subbed for the honey. Or, eliminate the extra sweetener and use vanilla soy milk instead of regular milk. The possibilities are endless."
 
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Ready In:
2mins
Ingredients:
3
Serves:
1
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ingredients

  • 12 cup Grape-nuts cereal
  • 13 cup milk
  • 1 tablespoon honey
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directions

  • Combine cereal and milk in a microwavable bowl.
  • Drizzle with the honey.
  • Microwave on High to taste: 30 seconds for a BIG crunch; 60 seconds for a little crunch.

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Reviews

  1. I grew up on hot Grape Nuts. My dad might have had a "tiny" addiction to the stuff. Try upping the milk to 1/2 cup, adding a teaspoon of butter , or more ;), brown sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice. Let sit for a few minutes after heating to allow the cereal to soften up.
     
  2. Food from my childhood ! raisins are a good add for me With a little maple syrup Next on my trip down 30 years of memory lane Grape nut pudding !
     
  3. It was very thick. Needs more milk. But very tasty and filling.
     
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  4. This is a good, fairly easy recipe for making your own grape-nuts. I've tried several recipes for homemade grape-nuts, and this is the best I've found. There's no need for expensive graham flour like a lot of other recipes insist on. I find this recipe is too sweet for our taste though--I use only 1 or 2 cups of brown sugar, not packed, rather than 3 cups of packed. Also I've found the recipe works just fine with regular milk, so you don't have to use buttermilk. Also, as with any homemade cereal like this, the key is to toast it just right. Don't try to rush them by turning the oven up; that can make them taste burned. Also you don't want to take them out too soon, or they'll have a disappointing texture--not really hard, but kind of hard to chew, almost soggy in a way, and unappealing. Instead, each time you take them out of the oven to stir them in the cookie sheets, check them--they're done when they have a nice light crunch and a sort of caramely sweetness.
     
  5. I followed the recipe directions using a Fire King bowl covered in saranwrap, and nuked it for 60 seconds. A lot of the milk boiled off, and the saranwrap shrunk down on top of the cereal. The cereal was very viscous, almost like toffee nuggets. I added more milk and nuked it again for 15 seconds. It was very tasty -- no crunch, but chewy. Be aware that the Grape Nuts expand a lot as they absorb the milk and honey. I'd say a quarter cup of cereal from the box makes 1.25 cups of warm cereal.
     
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Tweaks

  1. I substituted 2tsp brown sugar in place of the honey, added a tsp of cinnamon, and a dash of allspice. It tastes delicious
     
  2. I added fresh blueberries and a dash of cinnamon for extra flavor
     

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