Irish oatmeal - country living
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Steel-cut oats |
| 3½ | cup | Water |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | tablespoon | Granulated sugar |
| 1 | tablespoon | Butter, cut into 6 pieces |
| Brown sugar | ||
| Half-and-half or heavy cream | ||
Directions
1. Heat oven to 300'F. Spread oats out onto a rimmed baking sheet and toast 15 to 20 minutes or until they start to brown.
2. Meanwhile, in 3-quart saucepan, heat water to boiling over high heat. Stir in toasted oats and salt. Return to boiling; reduce heat to low and cook, covered, 2 to 25 minutes or until oats are tender and all water has been absorbed.
3. Remove oats from heat and stir in granulated sugar. Divide among 6 serving bowls; top each with a piece of butter and serve with brown sugar and cream.
4. Or cool oatmeal to room temperature and divide into 6 small plastic bags and freeze. To reheat, empty one bag into a microwave-safe bowl and microwave, covered, on high (100 percent) for 4 minutes, stirring once after 2 minutes.
Nutrition information per serving without brown sugar or half-and-half-protein: 2 grams; fat: 3 grams; carbohydrate: ⅓ grams; fiber: 2 grams; sodium 61 milligrams; cholesterol: 5 milligrams; calories: 77
Country Living/March/94 Scanned & fixed by DP & GG