Receta Cranberry Apple Pie Oatmeal (a la Mode)
I love oatmeal in the morning. I usually cook my oatmeal with dried apples, dried cranberries, and cinnamon - and that's pretty much the perfect oatmeal, but I saw this recipe for Apple Pie Oatmeal on Pinterest, and it looked so good, I just had to try it. Reading the recipe now, I see that I did not actually follow the recipe. How could I miss the part about cooking the apple with nuts, butter, brown sugar and spices? I will have to try it again, I guess.
Here's how I made my oatmeal, and it turned out quite good, too. Maybe it doesn't actually qualify as an Apple Pie Oatmeal, but I'll call it what I want!
Cranberry Apple Pie Oatmeal (a la Mode)
- Bring to boiling 1 cup water with a dash of salt
- While water boils, cut half an apple into small pieces
- Reduce heat to medium and stir in 1/2 cup old fashioned oatmeal
- Add some cinnamon, the chopped apples, some dried cranberries and cook for 5 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally
- Turn burner off or remove from heat; cover and let sit for a few minutes
- To serve: top with a little brown sugar and vanilla yogurt (I used Yoplait Honey Vanilla Greek yogurt - that's the a la Mode part!)
Next time I'm going to try cooking the apples, cranberries, and probably some walnuts with butter, brown sugar, and spices and then cooking the oatmeal with that - like the other recipe - and see if that makes a difference. If there's a huge difference, I'll be sure to update this recipe.
I'll also go back to using plain yogurt, because the vanilla was a bit too sweet to me. I love plain yogurt on my oatmeal.