This post is in partnership with the Quaker Oats company.
Here’s a delicious way to dress up your oatmeal: Almond Butter Oatmeal with Bacon and Brown Sugar
Quaker is hosting a national contest to find America’s next great oatmeal flavor at www.BringYourBestBowl.com. Your task: come up with a creative twist by adding 2-5 flavors to a bowl of oatmeal that could be considered as a delicious new flavor of Quaker Instant Oatmeal on store shelves. You can enter your ideas into the contest through March 12. My idea: adding almond butter, brown sugar and bacon. My family was over-the-moon about my new flavor creation. So good!
Three finalists will be announced in the fall of 2016. At that point, those three flavors will hit the shelves in stores nationwide for consumers to try and vote online. The grand prize winner will be rewarded with $250,000 along with a chance for their creation to debut on shelves nationwide!
Here’s how I came up with my creation: I sat down and thought about what my family loves for breakfast. They love bacon. They love almond butter (you could use peanut butter too). And they love oatmeal! I thought about adding maple syrup to this combination too. As you can imagine, there are endless possibilities for what you can add to a bowl of oatmeal. That’s the fun part!
The crunch of bacon with the creaminess of the oatmeal, the sweetness of the brown sugar, a hint of almond and a dash of cinnamon… that’s my delicious creation. What’s yours?
Enter, check out inspirational recipes, and see official rules at www.BringYourBestBowl.com. You can also follow Quaker on Twitter, Pinterest and Facebook for more information.
Almond Butter Oatmeal with Bacon and Brown Sugar
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup old fashioned oats
- 1 tablespoon almond butter
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 slices crisp, cooked bacon, crumbled
- 1 dash cinnamon
- 1 dash salt
- additional milk (optional)
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, bring the milk to a boil. Stir in the oats and almond butter. Cook about 5 minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
- Spoon oatmeal into a bowl and stir in brown sugar, bacon, cinnamon and salt. Add a tablespoon or two of milk if you like your oatmeal a little more creamy.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Here are a few more oatmeal recipes you might enjoy:
- Caramel Apple Oatmeal by My Whole Food Life
- Morning Glory Oatmeal by Cookie & Kate
- Nutella Oatmeal with Sliced Bananas by Simply Scratch
Disclosure: This recipe was created in partnership with Quaker Oats to help spread the word about the Bring Your Best Bowl Contest. I only write about products that I already use in my kitchen- and this is one of them! RecipeGirl.com maintains full editorial control of the content published on this site. As always, all thoughts, opinions, and enthusiasm for products are entirely my own.
Why too many calories instead add cranberries mango strawberys blackberries and prep apples earlier
The great thing about oatmeal is that you can add whatever you’d like to it- according to individual preference 🙂
Yes to savory oatmeal! That bacon got me swooning!
I love the sweet and salty and the creamy combination with this breakfast and it sounds hearty enough to keep you going too!
I love all of the little kids on my street in my new home and I guess the feeling is mutual; they show up without parents to play and of course, hope I have some goodies for them. Last week the little boy across the street wanted to come over and hinted he would love dinner because I usually make waffles for him. This time I was too busy and suggested oatmeal.
Of course I doctored it a bit and now have a new convert for just brown sugar and butter. But that kid LOVES bacon; I already know what I’m fixing him the next time. Actually it would be ‘fixing us!’ because he’s not alone…this would be perfect for our ‘breakfast for dinner.’
so cute!
Ummmm this is genius. I’ve never thought to put bacon in my oatmeal. YUM!
This looks hearty, sweet, and salty, making it the absolutely perfect bowl for breakfast.