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Toasted Brown Butter Oatmeal with Apples

By Kate Morgan Jackson

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How do I love thee, oatmeal?  Let me count the ways.  I love you in your classic form with a little brown sugar and milk.  I love you for supper with some cheese mixed in and a poached egg on top.  And lately, I love you toasted in brown butter, cooked slowly until you are soft and perfect, and then topped with apple and maple syrup.

First off, you need steel cut oats for this recipe.  What are steel cut oats, you ask?  They are the inner part of the oat kernel cut into small pieces.  Before you cook them they are hard little nuggets that looks very different from the regular oatmeal we are all used to – those are rolled oats.  Rolled oats are those same oat kernels, but they have been husked and steamed and flattened.  Both steel cut and rolled oats cook up into nice creamy oatmeal, but I like the nutty, more substantial consistency of steel cut oats.  That’s your oat information of the day!

So once you have yourself some steel cut oats oats, you’re going to toast them up in brown butter.  Brown butter is regular old butter that has been melted over low heat until it foams and turns a light brown color, which gives it a lovely nutty flavor.  (All these things we are learning today!)  Once your rolled oats are toasted in the brown butter, pour in a water and milk mixture and simmer it all up until the oatmeal is nice and soft and creamy and wonderful.

Meantime, grab one or two of these babies – I always have a bowl of them on my counter this time of year.

Cut it into cubes (skin and all please!) and saute them in a little butter for about 5 minutes, just until they are soft and perfect.  And then all that’s left is the assembly!

Spoon your toasted brown butter oatmeal into bowls (I like to warm up my oatmeal bowls in the oven ahead of time) and pour on a little warm milk.  Scoop a generous spoonful of apple mixture on top of the oatmeal, and then drizzle some warm maple syrup on top of the whole thing.

Dig in, and realize that oatmeal is one of life’s true pleasures.  Yay, oatmeal!

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Toasted Brown Butter Oatmeal with Apples


  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 35 minutes
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Method: Stovetop
  • Cuisine: American
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Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons butter, divided
  • 1 cup steel cut oats
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 cups milk
  • 2 apples, cored and cut into chunks
  • Warm milk for topping
  • Warm maple syrup for drizzling

Instructions

  1. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat until it foams and turns light brown. Add oats and stir for 5 minutes until lightly toasted.
  2. Add water and milk and stir. Cook over low heat for 30 minutes or until oatmeal is soft, stirring occasionally.
  3. Meantime, saute apples in remaining butter over medium heat until soft, about 5 minutes.
  4. Spoon oatmeal into warmed bowls. Pour a little warm milk over each serving, top with a spoonful of apples, drizzle with warm maple syrup and serve at once.
36116.7 g60.3 mg17.1 g9.2 g0.1 g45.5 g6.2 g9.4 g40.4 mg

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Kate Morgan Jackson

Hi there!  I’m Kate, and I’m a recipe writer, food photographer and devoted bacon lover.  I started Framed Cooks in 2009, and my mission is to create and share family-friendly recipes that make cooking both easy and fun…yes, I said FUN!  My kitchen is my happy place, and I want yours to be that place too.  And if you make this recipe, I would love you to tag @FramedCooks on Instagram so I can see the deliciousness!as seen in logos

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Published on November 24, 2013

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  1. Joanne says

    November 24, 2013 at 11:35 am

    I’m kind of thrilled that i have about THREE BAGS of steel cut oats in my pantry! And never think to use them. But a brown butter addition? That’s kind of genius.

    Reply
    • Kate says

      November 24, 2013 at 2:33 pm

      It’s definitely a SIGN that you are supposed to use some of those oats to make this as soon as possible! :)

      Reply
  2. Cecilia says

    November 29, 2016 at 10:35 am

    Love my oatmeal in the morning! This looks like a great recipe to try, thanks for the share!

    Reply
    • Kate says

      November 30, 2016 at 5:53 am

      Oatmeal is the ultimate comfort food, right?

      Reply
  3. Rochelle says

    January 16, 2017 at 2:17 pm

    AIn paragraph 2 you discuss steel cut v. rolled oats and state your preference for steel cut. You start paragraph 3 with “you have yourself some rolled oats” – I’m assuming this is a typo, yes? You did not make this recipe with rolled oats?

    Reply
  4. Rochelle says

    January 16, 2017 at 2:18 pm

    In paragraph 2 you discuss steel cut v. rolled oats and state your preference for steel cut. You start paragraph 3 with “you have yourself some rolled oats” – I’m assuming this is a typo, yes? You did not make this recipe with rolled oats?

    Reply
    • Kate says

      January 16, 2017 at 3:16 pm

      Oh my gosh, what would I do without my eagle-eyed readers! You are absolutely right, Rochelle, and I’ve fixed that in the post. Thank you! :)

      Reply

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