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Peaches and Cream Oatmeal

January 22, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 11 Comments

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As part of No Cold Cereal Week and Pantry/Freezer Challenge Month, I made this fabulous oatmeal (along with another I’ll share next week!)…

…as well as Banana Cinnamon Waffles (which I made the night before…because we all know (or maybe you don’t) that I am SO NOT a morning person…and I’m not sure what I was thinking when I made up this challenge.

For me, the easiest thing to do for breakfast when my brain is still asleep…pour a bowl of cold cereal. Not this week!

Back to the oatmeal.

It’s pretty mindless, really? And pretty quick, too. Something even I can do before my brain wakes up.

How to Make Homemade Peaches and Cream Oatmeal

Dice fresh or frozen peaches.

Cook the oatmeal, as directed.

With 2-3 minutes left cooking, stir in the peaches.

Pour in cream or milk.

Stir to your desired consistency. 

Enjoy! 

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Peaches and Cream Oatmeal

This is a recipe that I can make...even before having made my coffee!
Prep Time5 minutes minutes
Cook Time5 minutes minutes
Servings - 4 servings

Ingredients 

  • 2 cups quick cooking oatmeal
  • 4 cups water
  • 3 Tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 fresh or frozen peaches sliced and cut into bite size pieces
  • 2 Tbsp cream or milk for each bowl

Instructions

  • Cut the peaches into bite size pieces.
  • Cook the oatmeal with brown sugar, as directed on oatmeal box. With 2-3 minutes left in the cooking time, stir in the diced peaches.
  • Ladle the peaches and oatmeal into bowls, then stream in 1-2 tbsp cream, whole milk or regular milk, until reaches desired consistency.
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Filed Under: Breakfast Recipes, Budget Friendly Recipes Tagged With: peaches

Comments

  1. Kristal says

    January 22, 2010 at 6:56 pm

    You took some fabulous pictures of this… made me hungry!

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  2. Kimberly W. says

    January 22, 2010 at 7:12 pm

    Sounds really yummy! My 2 year old would love this. By the way, the pictures are awesome! You did an amazing job taking them. Especially the first one of the cream being poured into the oatmeal. Looks very professional.

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  3. Miriam says

    January 22, 2010 at 7:53 pm

    Love the photographic direction 🙂 I could eat a bowl-full right now!

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  4. Kelly says

    January 22, 2010 at 9:17 pm

    Yum! I make this, too, but I use vanilla soy milk instead of water (eliminates or at least reduces the need for sweetener) and throw frozen peaches in with the milk while it’s starting to boil. My other trick is to use coffee creamer (like coffeemate) instead of milk or cream at the end. SO delicious!!! I can’t wait for summer and fresh peaches!

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  5. Diane says

    January 22, 2010 at 9:55 pm

    This sounds and looks so yummy! I am going to make this on saturday since the weather is nice and cold hot bowl of peaches and cream oatmeal will do the trick.

    Thanks,
    Diane

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  6. kelly overend says

    January 23, 2010 at 11:50 pm

    i really love the pictures, but i’m kinda a dummy. can you just let me know how long you put the peaches in with the water. and i’m assuming you just boil the oatmeal according to directions?

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    • Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says

      January 24, 2010 at 3:17 pm

      @kelly overend,

      No worries! I just added them after the oatmeal had cooked, and then stirred them in and removed from heat. The heat of the oatmeal will warm them up…I didn’t want them to be “overcooked”!

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  7. Sarah Kuhlman says

    January 25, 2010 at 8:54 am

    I eat oatmeal at least 5 times a week. It does good, good things for my digestive health. For a special treat I buy steel cut oats and put them in the crock pot overnight for Sunday morning breakfast.

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  8. jeni says

    April 25, 2010 at 9:54 pm

    I’m making this tomorrow morning — but I’m adding brown sugar and walnuts! Can’t wait! Yum!

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  9. TheGourmetCoffeeGuy says

    March 13, 2011 at 11:07 pm

    Great easy and delicious recipe. Very nice sequential photos.

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  10. Jenny says

    March 14, 2011 at 9:40 pm

    This is THE BEST oatmeal ever. Every one of my guys polished off a bowl, and that never happens. We ate all of our peaches, so I’m going to try it with frozen sliced strawberries next.

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