Creamy Maple Cranberry Oatmeal Food

CREAMY MAPLE CRANBERRY OATMEAL

Steps:

• In medium saucepan, bring milk and salt to a gentle boil (Watch carefully).
• Stir in oats, cranberries, and maple syrup.
• Return to a boil; reduce heat to medium.
• Cook 1 minute for quick oats, 5 minutes for old fashioned oats or until most of milk is absorbed, stirring occasionally.
• Let stand until desired consistency.
• Stir in wheat germ.
• Spoon oatmeal into four cereal bowls.
• Drizzle with additional syrup, if desired.
• Serve with milk or yogurt, if desired.
• MICROWAVE DIRECTIONS: In 3-quart microwaveable bowl, combine all ingredients except wheat germ.
• Microwave on HIGH 6 to 7 minutes for quick oats and 9 to 10 minutes for old fashioned oats or until most of liquid is absorbed.
• Let stand until desired consistency.
• Stir in wheat germ.

CRANBERRY APPLE OATMEAL

Steps:

• Combine water, apple, and cranberries together in a bowl; bring to a boil. Cook mixture until cranberries burst and apple is tender, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and stir oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt into apple mixture. Cook, stirring continuously, until water is absorbed and oatmeal thickens, 2 to 3 minutes. Top oatmeal with walnuts.

BAKED CRANBERRY OATMEAL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x8-inch baking dish.
• Bring milk, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves to a boil in a saucepan; remove from heat. Combine oats, apples, dried cranberries, and walnuts in a bowl; transfer to the prepared baking dish. Pour milk mixture over oat mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 30 to 35 minutes.

MAPLE CRANBERRY OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Position a rack in the middle of the oven --
• Preheat the oven to 350*.
• Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Sift the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon into a medium bowl and set aside.
• In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed,beat the butter, brown sugar, and the granulated sugar until smoothly blended -- about 1 minute --
• Stop the mixer and scrape down sides of bowl as needed during mixing.
• On low speed, add the eggs, maple syrup, and vanilla and mix until blended -- about 1 minute.
• Mix in the flour mixture to incorporate it.
• Mix it in the oatmeal, then the cranberries.
• Using an ice cream scoop or measuring cup with 1/4 cup capacity, scoop mounds of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing the cookies at least 2 1/2" apart.
• Bake the cookies, one sheet at a time until the tops feel firm and the tops and bottoms are lightly browned, about 18 minutes.
• Cool the cookies on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then use a wide metal spatula to transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
• The cookies can be stored in a tightly covered container at room temperature for up to 4 days.