Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip Cookie Style

QueSarah's Note:

Every year at Christmas my friend's mom used to make delicious oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips and orange rind. I invented this recipe to replicate the taste.

• Total Time: 10 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 1

Yield: 1.0 bowl

• 1⁄3; cup rolled oat (old-fashioned)
• water
• 1 small orange, rind of
• 1⁄8; teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄8; cup walnuts
• 1 teaspoon orange marmalade
• 5 chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Combine oats and water and cook as directed on the canister -- usually about a two-to-one ratio of water to oats, stirring frequently. Rolled oats only take about five minutes to cook and are so much better than instant -- the oatmeal is not mushy or slimy and has a delicious nutty taste.
2. While the oatmeal is cooking, grate in the rind of one small orange, using the corse (large) grain.
3. Sprinkle in a little nutmeg and stir in walnuts.
4. When the oatmeal is almost done, add a spoonful of orange marmelade and stir.
5. Put the oatmeal in a bowl, and top with five chocolate chips (or however many you want!). Don't stir, just let them get all melty on top of the oatmeal.
6. Enjoy.

Reviews

[LARavenscroft]

This really did taste like a chocolate chip cookie and was a nice change of pace from my regular oatmeal. I didn't add the marmalade as I didn't have any, but it was still good anyway. Thanks for posting this QueSarah! Made for Zaar Chef Alphabet Soup.