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Creamy Maple Cranberry Oatmeal
By Kree on October 29, 2003
Photo by PaulaG
9 Reviews
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Servings: 4
Photo by PaulaG
About This Recipe
"Another delicious breakfast from Quaker Oats. This one is my favorite yet! It's so much better than storebought oatmeal mixes, and if you use soy milk it's dairy-free! I've also tried using part soy milk and part water to make it a little lighter and using brown sugar in place of the maple syrup, and it still turned out great!"
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups milk or 3 1/2 cups soymilk
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
- 2 cups oats ( quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries ( such as Craisins)
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup toasted wheat germ
Directions
- In medium saucepan, bring milk and salt to a gentle boil (Watch carefully).
- Stir in oats, cranberries, and maple syrup.
- Return to a boil; reduce heat to medium.
- Cook 1 minute for quick oats, 5 minutes for old fashioned oats or until most of milk is absorbed, stirring occasionally.
- Let stand until desired consistency.
- Stir in wheat germ.
- Spoon oatmeal into four cereal bowls.
- Drizzle with additional syrup, if desired.
- Serve with milk or yogurt, if desired.
- MICROWAVE DIRECTIONS: In 3-quart microwaveable bowl, combine all ingredients except wheat germ.
- Microwave on HIGH 6 to 7 minutes for quick oats and 9 to 10 minutes for old fashioned oats or until most of liquid is absorbed.
- Let stand until desired consistency.
- Stir in wheat germ.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 (338 g)
Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- %
- Calories 541.3
- Calories from Fat 125
- 23%
- Amount Per Serving
- %
- Total Fat 13.9g
- 21%
- Saturated Fat 5.9g
- 29%
- Cholesterol 29.8mg
- 9%
- Sugars 16.4 g
- Sodium 109.6mg
- 4%
- Total Carbohydrate 84.7g
- 28%
- Dietary Fiber 9.7g
- 39%
- Sugars 16.4 g
- 65%
- Protein 21.8g
- 43%
Reviews
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"This is so Yummy & Healthy I would like to give it 10 + stars. DH & I really enjoyed. I used water instead of milk as we like to use Mocha mix on hot cereal. This will be a regular at our house. Thank you Kree for another delicious recipe."
By Barb Gertz on November 19, 2003 | 76215
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"I went to the Quaker Oats website & combined their "Maple Walnut Oatmeal" with this one, so I don't think it's fair for me to rate this! I used the wheat germ from this recipe & the nuts from the other recipe-didn't use cranberries & cooked it in the microwave. Also used sugar free maple syrup & a Splenda pkt (I have a sweet tooth!)-plus topped it with some sliced banana. A warm, lovely treat; thank u for sharing."
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"Delicious. I only used 1/4 c syrup because I put dates in it. I also added some chopped mixed dried fruit and banana slices. This begs to be made again and again! Thanks for posting. "
By Recipe Junkie on November 06, 2006 | 331656
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"This was great! Enough sweetness for me! I scaled it down for one person and I really enjoyed it! Thanks so much for this recipe!"
By BestTeenChef on March 30, 2006 | 261246
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"All of my favorite ingredients in one bowl! Super yum! I used rice milk. Thanks again, Kree! cg ;)"
By Cookgirl on January 02, 2006 | 234298
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"The maple syrup added nice sweetness and complimented the cranberries and wheat germ. I liked it a lot!"
By Chris from Kansas on December 23, 2005 | 231474
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"DH and I have oatmeal quite frequently during the week. This is a nice alternative to the usual. I reduced the calories and fat considerably by cooking the oats in water and adding non-fat dry milk at the end for creaminess. The maple syrup was enough sweetness for us. Thanks for a great breakfast. "
By PaulaG on November 19, 2005 | 222073
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"This is the best oatmeal I have ever had. I've been making a few months now, but never got around to reviewing. I usually use 1/4 of the ingredients and make it in the microwave just for myself. We never have wheat germ in the house, but the recipe is excellent without it."
By Kris B. on September 30, 2005 | 208089
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"I made this for breakfast yesterday, and it was very good. What I loved most about it is that it cooks up in a flash, especially if you use quick oats. I had to whip something up quickly for my husband's breakfast before he left to work or else he'd have to stop and pick something up to eat on the way (probably something unhealthy [donuts]). He's also not a big fan of oatmeal, so I knew I couldn't just give him plain oatmeal. With this recipe I was able to send him off to work with a nutritious and delicious breakfast. I will definitely make this again."
By Velouria on April 02, 2005 | 164092
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