Description
This recipe for Perfectly Cooked Maple Brown Sugar Oatmeal delivers creamy, sweet, and comforting oatmeal cooked effortlessly in an Instant Pot. Rolled oats are simmered with water, cinnamon, brown sugar, and maple syrup to create a warm breakfast that’s perfect for a crowd. Serve with your favorite toppings like fresh fruits, nuts, and milk to customize each bowl.
Ingredients
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Oatmeal Base
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 3 1/2 cups water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
Instructions
- Combine Ingredients: Add all the ingredients—rolled oats, water, salt, cinnamon, light brown sugar, and maple syrup—into the Instant Pot and stir the mixture until well combined.
- Seal the Instant Pot: Place the lid securely on your Instant Pot, ensuring that the valve is set to the sealing position.
- Cook the Oatmeal: Set your Instant Pot to the Porridge setting and cook for 6 minutes. Once the cooking cycle finishes, allow the Instant Pot to naturally release pressure without opening the valve manually.
- Serve: Carefully open the lid and stir the oatmeal. Serve hot with toppings such as extra sugar, brown sugar, milk, cream, blueberries, pecans, bananas, or other fruits according to your preference.
Notes
- Use old fashioned rolled oats for best texture and timing. If substituting with steel cut oats, increase the cooking time by 1 to 2 minutes.
- Natural pressure release is important to avoid splattering and to help the oatmeal settle into a creamy consistency.
- Feel free to adjust the sweetness by modifying the amount of brown sugar or maple syrup.
- Adding a pinch of salt enhances the flavor balance of the oatmeal.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 180 kcal
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 2 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 37 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
