Oatmeal Brulee

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This Oatmeal Brulee jazzes up regular oatmeal by serving it in ramekins with fruit on the bottom, giving it a crispy caramelized top, and drizzling it with maple cinnamon cream!

Prep Time5

Cook Time10

Total Time15

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: breakfast oats, easy breakfast recipes, oatmeal creme brulee, oatmeal recipes

Servings:

Ingredients

1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
4 cups water
2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
1/4 cup very finely chopped dried apricots
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 cup fresh raspberries
1/4 cup granulated sugar , divided

Instructions

In a small bowl, whisk together the heavy cream, cinnamon, and maple syrup. Set aside.
In a large saucepan, bring water to a boil; stir in the oats, apricots, dried cranberries, and salt. Reduce heat to medium and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat; stir in brown sugar and 1/4 cup of the maple cream. Let stand, covered, for 2 minutes.
Grease 4, 10 ounce ramekins with the butter; divide raspberries among ramekins. Spoon cooked oatmeal over raspberries and gently smooth out the top; sprinkle evenly with the granulated sugar.
Using a kitchen torch, heat the sugar in a circular motion until caramelized (but not too close or it will burn.) *See note below
Serve immediately with a drizzle of the remaining maple cream.

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Notes

Use old fashioned rolled oats. This oatmeal recipe has not been tested with quick-cooking or steel cut.

Don't have a kitchen torch? If you don’t have a kitchen torch, you can place the ramekins on a cookie sheet under the broiler. Mine usually takes about 7 minutes to caramelize this way, but every oven is different. Watch it carefully so the sugar topping doesn't burn.

Prepare in a casserole dish instead. You can simply pour all the cooked oatmeal into one casserole dish instead of ramekins, if preferred. Sprinkle with sugar, caramelize, and scoop portions into bowls.

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