I'm a big oatmeal fan. I loved the oatmeal my mother used to make for us in the mornings, warm, with sliced bananas and brown sugar. When I went to college, I made huge batches of oatmeal and filled bowl after bowl, putting fruit in some servings, mixing other with granola or nuts. When I married, though, I discovered my husband only liked instant oatmeal. Flavored. In packets. I didn't want to spend so much money on individual servings when we could make it in bulk, so I developed a recipe for apple cinnamon instant oatmeal (and by the way, a great source for gluten-free instant oatmeal is LibreNaturals): Apple Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal 10 cups quick oats 1 - 5 cups powdered milk, depending on the brand 1/3 cup cinnamon 1/2 cup sugar 6 ounces diced dried apples makes about 12 cups With the larger amount of milk, add equal parts of oatmeal mix and hot water. The smaller amount of milk uses about 3/4 mix to 1 cup water. Now, nearly twenty years later, my family is tired of apple cinnamon. I should mention that in the meantime I have converted my husband (though not the whole family) into a "hot cereal lover." (He doesn't love every kind, but then, neither do I.) In particular, the whole family enjoys a bowl of steel-cut oats with maple cream (which may be an entirely different post in the future). But the instant oatmeal is still a nice, easy, spur-of-the-moment way to have a hot breakfast. Down here in Louisiana, maple syrup is prohibitively expensive. So I've been making maple brown sugar with maple extract, and I thought I'd share my proportions with you: Maple Brown Sugar 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon real maple extract Stir the extract into the brown sugar. Taste. Add more sugar if maple flavor is too strong, more extract if not strong enough.
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3/24/2015 02:15:51 pm
Have you tried Costco for the maple syrup? It comes in a huge jug, but the price isn't horrible. I often then bite the bullet and pay to much for a small glass jar of syrup that I then fill from the large jug. It's worked well for my family for years.
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