Cinnamon-Apple Oatmeal

Cinnamon-Apple Oatmeal

Ingredients:
butter, without salt
oats
water, bottled, generic
apples, raw, with skin
salt, table
milk, fluid, 1% fat, without added vitamin a and vitamin d
milk, buttermilk, fluid, cultured, lowfat
nuts, almonds
spices, cinnamon, ground
sugars, brown

Directions:
In a small pot that has a tight fitting lid, melt the butter over medium-high heat and stir in the steel cut oats.
Stirring, brown the oats until you smell a nutty aroma coming from the pot.
Slowly pour in the boiling water and stir to fully incorporate the browned oats.
Stir in the dried apple bits and reduce the heat to a low simmer.
Cover with a lid and cook for 30 minutes.
When 30 minutes is up, stir in the remaining ingredients, slowly and remove from the heat.
(NOTE: Depending on the kind of pot you use, there may be some bits baked to the bottom of the pan.
These taste good and should be scraped up with a spoon and mixed in with the rest of the dish.
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Serve hot.