Carrot Cake Oatmeal
Description
This carrot cake oatmeal recipe delivers a hearty bowl of spiced carrot cake-flavored steel-cut oats with raisins, apple, crunchy pecans, and yogurt.
Ingredients
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4 cups water
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1 cup steel-cut oats
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1 apple - peeled, cored, and chopped
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1/2 cup shredded carrot
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1/2 cup raisins
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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
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1 pinch salt
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1 tablespoon butter
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3/4 cup chopped pecans
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1 tablespoon brown sugar
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1/2 cup plain yogurt
Directions
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Bring water to a boil in a large, heavy saucepan; stir in oats. Reduce heat to a simmer; cook oats until they begin to thicken, about 10 minutes. Stir in apple, carrot, raisins, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt; simmer until tender, about 20 minutes more.
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Meanwhile, melt butter in a skillet over medium-low heat. Stir in pecans; cook until fragrant and lightly browned, 2 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle with brown sugar; stir until sugar has melted and coats pecans.
3
Top oatmeal servings with about 2 tablespoons pecan mixture and a dollop of yogurt.