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Simple Oatmeal with Brown Sugar and Cream
Simple, delicious and creamy oatmeal served with brown sugar and a drizzle of cream. Perfect for busy weekday breakfasts!
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- ¼ cup milk (regular, nut or oat milk is fine)
- ¾ cup water
- Pinch of coarse salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Brown sugar (heavy cream, and flaky sea salt such as Maldon for serving)
Instructions
- 1
Heat butter over medium heat in a saucepan. Add oats. Cook, stirring frequently, until oats begin to smell toasty, about 2-3 minutes. Add milk, water, salt and cinnamon and stir to combine (be careful, the liquid may splatter a bit when you pour it in). Bring the mixture to a boil and then turn off the heat and cover the saucepan. Let sit for 7 minutes.
- 2
Remove the lid and serve with a generous sprinkle of brown sugar, a drizzle of cream and a dash of flaky sea salt over the top.