Coconut Cream Oatmeal

Charlotte J's Note:

Warm up your cold winter morning with a tropical taste.

• Total Time: 7 mins
• Prep Time: 2 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 tablespoons flaked coconut
• ¼ teaspoon morton lite salt (optional)
• 4 cups water
• 2 cups quick-cooking oats
• ½ cup fat-free sweetened condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon coconut extract

Directions:

1. Toast coconut in a pan on top of the stove for a few seconds.
2. Bring water and salt to a boil and add oats, cooking for 1 minute.
3. Remove from heat and stir in sweetened condensed skim milk, extract and coconut stir until well blended.
4. Cover and let stand 2 to 3 minutes.
5. Oatmeal will thicken as it sits.

Reviews

[Maito]

This made a really good treat of a breakfast, especially with the addition of macadamias and bananas for full tropical flavor. The coconut is very subtle in this, I would double the extract next time (or if you aren't concerned about saturated fat, you could also increase the flaked coconut).

[FLKeysJen]

This was even terrific on a hot and humid tropical summer morning. I love all your stove-top oatmeals with the fat-free sweetened condensed milk. They're 1000x better than plain microwaved oatmeal. My grocery store didn't have coconut extract but I found it at the Asian market. Tip: I store the rest of the condensed milk in a plastic container in the fridge for another morning!