Apple Spice Oatmeal

Apple Spice Oatmeal

Prep time: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Makes: 2 cups

Ingredients
2 cups nonfat or 1% milk or water
1 cup quick-cooking or old fashioned oats
⅛ teaspoon salt
1 apple, cored and cut into chunks
⅛ teaspoon cinnamon
1 Tablespoon brown sugar
⅛ teaspoon nutmeg, if desired
Directions

• Bring the milk or water to a boil in a saucepan.
• Add the oats, salt and apple. Cook over medium heat for
  1 minute if using quick-cooking oats or 7 to 10 minutes
  if using old fashioned oats. Stir a couple of times while
  cooking.
• Remove from heat.
  Stir in cinnamon,
  brown sugar and
  nutmeg, if desired.
  Variations
  ✪Add bite-sized dried
  fruit pieces like raisins,
  apricots or cranberries
  in step 2, or sprinkle on
  top when serving.
  ✪Sprinkle chopped nuts
  on top when serving.
• Adapted from cookbook
  • Credit:NataBene