Apple Cinnamon Steel-Cut Oatmeal

Ingredients:

• ½ cup Steel Cut Oats (dry)
• 1 Green Apple peeled and diced
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 cup Milk
• 2 Tbsp honey
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 Tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ⅛ tsp salt
• 2 Tbsp apple sauce

Preparations:

1. In a medium saucepan, bring water, milk, honey and vanilla to a boil.
2. Mix in apple and oatmeal and stir well. Turn down to medium heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.
3. Add in cinnamon, brown sugar, and salt. Continue cooking for 3-5 minutes.
4. Remove from heat, stir in apple sauce, and let sit five minutes before serving.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:

• 15 oz of pumpkin pie mix or 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1 3/4 cup oats
• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 3/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 1/4 cup chocolate chunks or chips

Preparations:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
2. In a mixing bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt.
3. Add in butter, mixing until crumbly.
4. Stir in egg and pumpkin. Then, the rolled oats and chocolate chips.
5. Drop heaping spoonfuls onto baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
6. Bake 11-13 minutes. Makes roughly 24 cookies.