easy as:
Apple Spice Oatmeal
Prep time:
5 minutes
Cook time:
10 minutes
Servings:
2 cups
Quick Tips
- To increase the apple flavor, use apple juice for all or part of the water. Mixing apple juice with milk may cause milk to curdle.
- Add bite-size dried fruit pieces like raisins, apricots or cranberries in step 3, or sprinkle on top when serving.
- Sprinkle chopped nuts on top when serving.
Recipe adapted from Nutrition Matters.
easy as:
Apple Spice Oatmeal
Ingredients:
- 1 apple
- 2 cups nonfat or 1% milk or water
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats or old fashioned rolled oats
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 Tablespoon brown sugar
- ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
Directions:
- Wash hands with soap and water.
- Rinse the apple, remove the core and cut into small chunks (about 1 ½ cups).
- Bring the water or milk to a boil in a saucepan.
- Add the oatmeal, salt and apple chunks. Cook over medium heat for 1 minute if using quick cooking oats or 7 to 10 minutes if using old fashioned rolled oats. Stir a couple times while cooking.
- Remove from heat. Stir in cinnamon, brown sugar and nutmeg, if desired.
- Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours.
Quick Tips
- To increase the apple flavor, use apple juice for all or part of the water. Mixing apple juice with milk may cause milk to curdle.
- Add bite-size dried fruit pieces like raisins, apricots or cranberries in step 3, or sprinkle on top when serving.
- Sprinkle chopped nuts on top when serving.
Recipe adapted from Nutrition Matters.
Prep time:
5 minutes
Cook time:
10 minutes
Servings:
2 cups
Purdue University is an equal access/equal opportunity institution. This material was partially funded by USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - (SNAP) and USDA's Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program - (EFNEP).
