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Best Breakfast Oatmeal

Best Breakfast Oatmeal

A warm and hearty apple oatmeal made with oats, milk, dried fruit, sunflower seeds, and maple flavor, finished with cinnamon for a comforting breakfast.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 7 minutes
Total Time 17 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Calories: 280
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups skim milk
  • 1 ½ cups quick-cooking oats
  • ⅓ cup dried fruit bits or raisins
  • 1 medium apple
  • 3 tbsp raw, unsalted, sunflower seeds, toasted
  • ¼ – 1/2 tablespoon maple extract
  • 2 ½ – 3 1/2 tsp Equal for Recipes (8 to 12 packets Equal sweetener or 1/3 to 1/2 cups Equal Spoonful)
  • 2 to 3 dashes of salt
  • Ground cinnamon

Method
 

  1. Peel and core apple and cut into cubes.
  2. In a medium sauce pan, combine milk oats, fruit bits or raisins, apple, sunflower seeds and maple extract.
  3. On medium high heat, bring mixture to boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and simmer until thickened (about 2-3 minutes)
  4. Stir in Equal and salt
  5. Serve warm or hot with a sprinkle of cinnamon on top

Notes

Food Exchanges: 1 Milk, 2 Bread, 1 Fat
Recipe courtesy of Merisant Corporation and the NutraSweet Company, makers of Equal.