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.
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
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.
many recipes in the world that there is just no excuse for using one twice if it's not something you really enjoy. Now, whether the rest of the family enjoys them or not is another story, but I try to add special notes about who likes what. 
