Steel-Cut Oatmeal with Apples Recipe

My staple breakfast. The apples provide a nice texture and sweetness so no extra sugar is necessary.

Ingredients

• ⅔ cup + 1 ounce of water
• ¼ cup of Bob's Red Mill quick cooking steel-cut oats
• 1 dash of sea salt
• 1 dash of ground cloves
• 1 dash of ground nutmeg
• 2 dashes of ground cinnamon
• ⅓ cut Honeycrisp apple

Directions

1. Boil ⅔ cup of water in a small sauce pan. Add a dash of sea salt.
2. While the water is heating, prepare the oats. Pour ⅛ cup of steel-cut oats into a ¼ measuring cup. Put a dash of ground cloves and nutmeg on the oats. Shake the cup to even the oats.
3. Pour another 1/8 cup of oats into the cup. Then add a dash of ground cinnamon. Shake the cup to even the oats.
4. Once the water is boiling, pour the oats into the saucepan. Stir, then cover with a lid.
5. Lower the heat to low so the oats simmer.
6. While the oats are cooking, dice 1/3 of a medium-sized Honeycrisp apple.
7. Stir the oats occasionally. The oatmeal is done cooking when small bubbles start appearing, after ~10-15 minutes.
8. Pour the oatmeal into a bowl.
9. Add the sliced apples on the oatmeal.
10. Add a dash of cinnamon to the apples.
11. Drizzle 1 ounce of water onto the oatmeal and apples, then stir together.