Dominican Style Oatmeal Recipe

PERFECT bowl of oatmeal!!! Mine was not thin as the recipe states, but ended up being the exact thickness that I prefer my oatmeal. No changes or adjustments needed. This is a keeper! YUM! Thanks for sharing your recipe!

Best. Oatmeal. Ever. I liked that the oats went in right from the start without having to boil water or milk first. I used Bob's Red Mill rolled oats which take about 10 minutes to cook, so I cooked this longer than directed. I did toss in a handful of raisins at the end, and that was such a great plus up. I'd add walnuts on top too the next time, because I didn't think of them until now. I liked the addition of the nutmeg. I let this sit several minutes before eating and it thickened up nicely. I didn't have lemon zest, and I didn't miss it. This is like a warm hug in a bowl.

This recipe was delicious. I made a few modifications. I reduced the sugar to a half tablespoon per serving and added 1/4 a cup of blueberries per serving. I also made this in Sunday night for the whole weak in smaller Tupperwares, one per day. Easy to grab and put into the microwave for two minutes before work.

My family love this.. I chop up 2 apples and add this too. I leave out the sugar as the apple adds sweetness.

We've tried a number of oatmeal recipes and this has been our favorite. A couple of ideas we've had to make the preparation easier: 1) Cook it in a double boiler. If you cook it directly on the stove, it can burn unless you are stirring often, and so you have to be hovering over the stove for a good while. And if you cook it in the microwave, it can easily boil and overflow. But with a double boiler on medium heat, there's no danger of burning or boiling over; you can basically just leave it there until it's ready, with minimal stirring or hovering. It does take a long time, but you can do other things meanwhile. 2) Use powdered milk. This lets you can pre-mix and store the dry ingredients (we put them in ziploc bags) and just add water when you want to cook it. For 4 servings, it's about 1 cup of powdered milk and 3 cups water.

Yum! I added 1Granny Smith Apple peeled, cored, and in 1\2- inch dice. I also doubled the cinnamon and did half regular sugar and half brown sugar. Served it topped with chopped walnuts. I will use this again! I did not feel like it lacked flavor.

Doubled the recipe added almond extract, used 1/2&1/2 ,3tbs sugar and used old fashioned oats...soooo good I finally like oatmeal that's not instant

This is the best oatmeal recipe! I've been making this for my husband for several years now. Since we discovered this recipe, it's the only one we ever use. I make 15 packets of the dry ingredients at a time, in ziploc sandwich bags. We use Quaker Quick 1-minute oats. We reduced the milk to 1 cup, and we microwave it for about 2 minutes (watch carefully though). The recipe says it's 2 servings, but it's 1 serving for my husband, and he eats it as is, or adds nuts, fruit, raisins, etc.

This is the perfect oatmeal for people who think they don't like oatmeal! I wanted to like oatmeal, but never could enjoy it any of the times I had tried it in the past. I'm so glad I decided to give oatmeal one more try and found this recipe! The only change I make is to use brown sugar instead of white. I also pre-measured the dry ingredients and put them in Tupperware containers. That way on a busy morning all I have to do is add the milk and cook for 2 minutes. This is now one of my favorite breakfast options. Thank you so much!

I didn't have nutmeg the first time I made this for breakfast so I used 1/3 a cap of vanilla extract. I drizzle honey over it in the mornings and eating it cold is also delicious!

This is by far the best oatmeal recipe I've ever had. It's the perfect breakfast comfort food, and I love it so much that I've pre-mixed the dry ingredients into single servings in ziplock baggies, and all I do is measure the milk, stir the mix in, and boil. I had a similar-tasting bowl of cream of wheat while vacationing in the Caribbean, and have been searching ever since for a recipe that has the same ever-so-slightly-spiced flavor... and I've finally found it. EDIT 8/5/14 - My husband (who never used to like oatmeal before this recipe) likes to make this with 50% more cinnamon, and brown sugar instead of white sugar. It tastes even better this way!

Great recipe! Perfect ratio of oats to milk to sugar. Only had old fashioned oats so cooked 5-6 minutes after it boiled. Loved the cinnamon and nutmeg. Will try with the lemon zest next time. Looking forward to experimenting with different sweeteners, fruit and nuts.

I wondered how this could be different from regular oatmeal. this recipe raises it to the level of breakfast comfort food.I used almond milk. didn't have quick oats on hand, so I used rolled oats and cooked them longer. wonderful taste, creamy, not too sweet. thank you for sharing this recipe with our community.

Made it. Ate it. Repeat.

This is our son's favorite oatmeal. He loves that it is not to thick, but filling enough. We do not use the zest because he loves the cinnamon and nutmeg taste best. Thank you for this great breakfast go to.

this was some of the best breakfasts ive had made of oatmeal cause my mom would buy so much of the oatmeal and she would make it the same every time thanks to this recipe i have found my new favorite way of makeing oatmeal.

This is the best oatmeal I've ever had! The nutmeg really gave it a strong but pleasant taste, and the sugar gave it the perfect amount if sweetness. I will be making this regularly for breakfast!

1 teaspoon of brown sugar and 1 cup of milk made perfect taste and texture for me.

My uncle is from Haiti and always made such creamy pre-bed oatmeal and now I have the recipe! so delicious and so many flavors!

This so simple and so delish and different from other oatmeals. A gem!