Easy Homemade Instant Oatmeal Recipe!
As my little guy got a little older, I was in need of some ideas of what to feed him before bedtime. 聽Something filling. 聽Something that would keep him nice and full throughout the night so he wouldn’t wake up hungry. 聽And that’s when I thought of oatmeal. 聽It needed to be easy. 聽But I didn’t want the sugar and preservative loaded (not to mention pricey!) packs of instant oatmeal. 聽And making a fresh batch of oatmeal each night just didn’t suit my fancy – not simple enough, at all. 聽And then I came across this homemade instant oatmeal recipe. 聽I modified it a little bit to our family’s tastes. 聽And I do add-ins to mix things up. 聽And it’s perfect. 聽Since then, my little guy doesn’t eat anything after dinner time, but he loves a nice bowl of oatmeal for breakfast in the morning. 聽Quick. 聽Easy. 聽And I can control exactly what’s going in it!
It’s so easy to make, costs significantly less than oatmeal packets, and is so much healthier!
10 c. instant oats (must be instant, not old fashioned)
2/3 c. dried milk powder
3/4 c. brown sugar
4-5 tbsp. cinnamon (depending on tastes)
Pulse 5 c. instant oats in a food processor until it is a powder. 聽Add in dried milk, brown sugar, & cinnamon to blend. 聽Add contents of food processor to remaining 5 c. of whole instant oats and mix to combine. 聽Store in a large container and scoop out individual servings, or scoop out individual servings and store in snack bags.
To make oatmeal: 聽Scoop oatmeal mix into a bowl (I do maybe 1/3 c. for my toddler son). 聽Add water or milk to barely cover (little less than 3/4 c.). 聽Microwave for about 1 minute. 聽Add more milk or water, if needed, to reach desired consistency. 聽Can add dried fruit, nuts, honey, maple syrup, or anything else you like (my son loves chopped up bananas!).
- 10 c. instant oats (must be instant, not old fashioned)
- ⅔ c. dried milk powder
- ¾ c. brown sugar
- 4-5 tbsp. cinnamon (depending on tastes)
- Pulse 5 c. instant oats in a food processor until it is a powder.
- Add in dried milk, brown sugar, & cinnamon to blend.
- Add contents of food processor to remaining 5 c. of whole instant oats and mix to combine.
- Store in a large container and scoop out individual servings, or scoop out individual servings and store in snack bags.
- Scoop oatmeal mix into a bowl (I do maybe ⅓ c. for my toddler son).
- Add water or milk to barely cover (little less than ¾ c.).
- Microwave for about 1 minute. Add more milk or water, if needed, to reach desired consistency.
- Can add dried fruit, nuts, honey, maple syrup, or anything else you like (my son loves chopped up bananas!).
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Recipe was adapted from a recipe from The Frugal Foodie Cookbook. 聽
I enjoy adding crasins or slices of banana into my oatmeal. I do add brown sugar and butter too. Thanks.
This is great. Also healthy and at a great cost reduction in comparison to the pricey instant Oatmeals out there. Thanks so much. Can’t wait to try it.
Carol L
What a great idea! Thanks!!
My grandson would really love this. I can’t wait to try it for him.
wow this looks so good, great for your health too, great post thanks
Looks really easy to make. Love it!
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I use instant does homemade taste any better in this case?
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I love this recipe! Quick, simple, and easy. I like being able to control what goes into my kids foods. Make it safer for them! Thanks for sharing!
I love to make mixes & have several that I use all the time & give as gifts (cookie, hot chocolate, etc) & I’ll be adding this one to my list to make. Thanks for posting 馃檪
This would be a great way to save over the instant oatmeal packs as you are right they usually are quite expensive.
yumm! thanks for this, i will make it for myself! so easy!
I like adding dried cranberries or fresh blueberries to my oatmeal. Thanks for sharing.
This recipe sounds great! Thanks for sharing it with us.
I love your recipe.I’ve been wanting to make some for my mother-in-law,and this is pretty simple to do.
cool, we are going to try this out thanbks for thge recipe, love it
This would be great for my grandson who seems to not be able to get full. I’ll have to try and make this for him to see if it will keep him full between meal. Great recipe.
Can’t beat oatmeal! I would include a little protein and fat (egg) with it to keep him full a little longer.
Our little guy ate oatmeal all the time for breakfast and just recently started asking for it again.