As we speak I’m sharing certainly one of my household’s favourite breakfasts, this irresistible Nutty Raisin Oatmeal – a recipe that your loved ones is certain to like too.
This hearty oatmeal recipe is crammed with chewy raisins, crunchy nuts, brown sugar, and butter. It reveals up on our breakfast desk at the very least a few days every month – if no more typically than that.
My household’s love of oatmeal is a well-documented factor. You possibly can try all the oatmeal recipes on this web site for proof of that.
Stovetop Oatmeal Recipes
That is the proper recipe to show you ways straightforward it’s in case you’re new to the stovetop technique of cooking oatmeal. It requires hardly any extra effort than the moment sort and tastes far and away higher than something that comes from a packet.
To make oatmeal from scratch, merely carry rolled oats, water, and a pinch of salt to a boil in a saucepan lined with a lid. Simmer the oats till the water is totally absorbed and the oatmeal has reached your required consistency.
This entire recipe will solely take a couple of minutes. Remember that if you need a chewier texture, it is best to cook dinner your oats for much less time. Should you desire a creamier texture, proceed cooking your oats some time longer.
A number of of our favourite stove-top oatmeal recipes are Peaches and Cream Oatmeal, Hawaiian Oatmeal, and Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal.
Previous Common Oats vs Metal Minimize Oats
The oats on this, and lots of of my favourite stovetop oatmeal recipes, name for rolled oats. Rolled oats are typically known as old style oats and take simply minutes to cook dinner not like steel-cut oats (typically known as Scottish Oats).
Metal-cut oats take a bit longer to cook dinner (as much as half-hour), so you should definitely use plain outdated rolled oats when following this recipe.
Whereas they don’t cook dinner as shortly as different breakfast recipes, steel-cut oatmeal recipes are undoubtedly value making. I really like steel-cut oats in Baked Pumpkin Spice Steel Cut Oatmeal and Peach Oatmeal with Cranberries and Almonds.
To have steel-cut oats able to go by the point you get up, give this Overnight Steel Cut Oat Recipe a attempt, too.
How To Make Oatmeal
- Place the oats, salt, and water in a small saucepan. Cowl with lid and convey to a boil over medium-high warmth. Add the nuts and raisins and stir to mix.
- Instantly uncover, stir and cut back warmth to the bottom setting. Let it simmer simply till the water is absorbed and the oats are as creamy or chewy as you want. This could solely take a couple of minutes.
- Scoop into bowls. Stir within the sweetener of your selection and butter if desired. Add a splash of milk or cream, if desired, and serve instantly.
Oatmeal Add Ins
Conventional stovetop oatmeal remains to be essentially the most steadily served sizzling breakfast in my house. One of many causes we like it a lot is that it’s really easy to take the identical primary recipe and make it style wildly totally different relying on what you add to it.
Some time again, I began including nuts to our normal bowls of oatmeal with raisins. The nuts add a comfortable little bit of crunch with the creamy oats and the chewy raisins.
A pat of butter on high of a bowl of creamy heat oats simply earlier than serving is a fabulous addition. The style of heat butter melting on high of creamy oats and candy raisins is tough to beat very first thing within the morning!
Including a favourite sweetener is a giant a part of making a scrumptious bowl of heat oatmeal that everybody will get pleasure from. On this and lots of of my oatmeal recipes, brown sugar is my go-to ingredient. Maple syrup, honey, or agave nectar are additionally fantastic sweeteners.
Spices like cinnamon and nutmeg can add a superb be aware of taste to a plain bowl of oats. This recipe has loads of pure taste from the nuts and raisins so I don’t normally really feel the necessity to add any further spices however I take advantage of them typically in recipes like Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal and Carrot Cake Oatmeal.
Nearly any fruit and nut mixture has made its manner right into a bowl of oats at our breakfast desk at one time or one other.
Sliced bananas and blueberries, pears and peaches, raspberries and apricots, all can flip a easy bowl of oats right into a particular deal with. Dried fruits just like the raisins on this recipe are at all times a success as effectively.
Oatmeal Recipes
Oatmeal recipes will be easy, that includes only a contact of your favourite sweetener and fruit, or full of each favourite add-in like in my Holiday Oatmeal that features all types of dried fruit, contemporary apples, nuts, and spices.
A few of us have even been recognized to show our breakfast into dessert, like on this Chocolate Breakfast Oatmeal.
Baked Oatmeals are one other massive favourite right here, from the Best Ever Baked Oatmeal to the fancier Apple Pie Baked Oatmeal and Peanut Butter and Banana Baked Oatmeal.
Slow Cooker Oatmeals are a winter weekend hit. I sometimes stir collectively all of the elements within the crockpot after which get pleasure from a lazy morning with a cup of espresso and a ebook. An hour later, I stir as soon as extra and both serve it or enable it to thicken a bit extra.
Slow Cooker Oatmeal with Berries, Bananas, and Pecans was the primary recipe we tried and we simply fell in love with it. And this Cranberry Almond Oatmeal is one other one which we love as effectively.
{initially printed 5/17/12 – recipe notes and pictures up to date 2/7/22}
