Oatmeal brulée in a jam jar with fruit and nuts

Oatmeal brulée in a jam jar with fruit and nuts [Vegan]

Ingredients:
4 cups water
1 cup steel-cut oats
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons granulated cane sugar
your favorite berries and nuts

1) In a large pot, bring water to a boil and stir in the oatmeal and salt. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for about 40 minutes, stirring often. When almost all the water has been absorbed, the oats are done. Stir in the cinnamon.

2) Pour the oatmeal into four ovenproof jam jars or ramekins. Stir together the brown and cane sugars and sprinkle over the tops of the oatmeal.

3) You can brulée in one of two ways. You can preheat the broiler of your oven, place the ramekins on a baking sheet, and broil for a couple minutes until the sugar melts and forms a crust. Or if you happen to have a brulee torch, you can just fire that up and wave it over the tops to melt the sugar and create a crust that way. Either way, you're looking at just a couple extra minutes for a creme brulée-style oatmeal breakfast, and who could pass that up??

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