Mocha Crunch Oatmeal
"Adapted from a recipe at The Kitch'n http://bit.ly/80wmCA"
- Ready In:
- 32mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
2-4
ingredients
- 3 cups water
- 1 cup steel cut oats
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 teaspoons instant espresso
- 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar or 1 tablespoon agave nectar
- 1⁄2 cup chocolate chips (optional)
- 1⁄2 cup chopped almonds (optional)
- heavy cream (optional)
directions
- Bring water to a boil. Stir in oats, salt, espresso, and cocoa. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring often, 25-30 minutes, uncovered. Scots tradition says oatmeal should only be stirred with a wooden rod (called a spurtle), never a spoon or anything metal. I use the handle of a thick wooden spoon.
- When the desired consistency is achieved, stir in sugar and serve. Top with chips, nuts, and/or cream.
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Reviews
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Pretty good. I don't particularly like espresso so the taste wasn't great for me. But thankfully there was so much sugar in it it wasn't too bad. -
Made this for breakfast for overnight company, and it got rave reviews. I doubled the recipe and followed it to the letter, using agave nectar and for the topping chopped mocca chocolate. I'll definitely make this again and try it for myself with buckwheat or millet. Thanks for posting another keeper!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!
