Oatmeal Recipes

By Food & Wine
Updated December 20, 2016
© FRANCES JANISCH
Sure, a hearty bowl of oatmeal is a great way to start your morning and oatmeal cookies are delicious, but have you ever tried banana-walnut baked quinoa and oatmeal? How about a nectarine-and-plum crisp with oatmeal streusel? These recipes will inspire you to think beyond the plain bowl of breakfast oatmeal.
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Cardamom-Oatmeal Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches

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These spiced-just-right oatmeal cookies are the perfect texture for ice cream sandwiches–chewy and soft.

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Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies

© Scott Hocker
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Use a good, pure maple syrup. The better the syrup the more the maple flavor shines in these cookies.

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Oatmeal Soufflé

© Con Poulos
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F&W's Kay Chun turns souffle into a healthy, elegant and satisfying breakfast or brunch dish. Much of the prep can be done the night before.

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Overnight Oatmeal with Almonds and Dried Cranberries

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Many people miss out on the nutty flavor and nubby texture of oatmeal made with steel-cut oats because they assume it's too time-consuming to prepare. But if you soak the oats overnight, they cook in just 10 minutes.

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Steel-Cut Oatmeal with Soy Milk

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Art Smith of Washington, DC's, Art and Soul restaurant says that eating breakfast speeds up his metabolism and also fuels his intense workouts. He swears by steel-cut oatmeal, which has an appealing chewy texture.

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Bacon-Chocolate-Chip-Oatmeal Cookies

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Bacon really does make everything better. It gives these easy oatmeal cookies a hint of smoky flavor and a little bit of crunch.

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Oatmeal Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches

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Nothing could ever beat the combination of ice cream and oatmeal. Enjoy!

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Nectarine-and-Plum Crisp with Oatmeal Streusel

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It's not easy to make a healthy crisp: The topping always has lots of butter and sugar. John Currence makes his streusel with a mix of oats, whole wheat flour and brown sugar and a little butter-oil blend to keep it crumbly.

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Yockelson's Large and Luscious Two-Chip Oatmeal Cookies

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Lisa Yockelson's Chocolate Chocolate is a massive compendium of 200 recipes for almost every chocolate dessert imaginable. There's one recipe that's not in the book, however: her irresistible chocolate-chip oatmeal cookies, filled with shredded coconut to make them extra chewy.

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Oatmeal-Crusted Soft-Shell Crabs with Brown Butter

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This oatmeal-crusted crab dish is ideal for a fancy dinner party. Make sure to wash down the dish with a nice glass of white.

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Oatmeal Cookies with Dried Apricots

© Todd Porter & Diane Cu
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Dried apricots are a wonderful fruit addition to these easy homemade oatmeal cookies.

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Peaches and Cream Baked Quinoa and Oatmeal

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When to do with an abundance of late-summer peaches? Bake them into and on top of quinoa and steel-cut oats. Top it off with heavy cream for an indulgent, seasonal breakfast.

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Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies with Flax

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Flax seed meal and whole flax seeds add nutritional value to these gooey made-from-scratch oatmeal raisin cookies.

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Banana-Walnut Baked Quinoa and Oatmeal

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This banana-nut baked quinoa and oatmeal breakfast casserole is a wonderful way to use overripe bananas.

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Oatmeal with Pineapple and Golden Raisins

© FRANCES JANISCH
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This simple recipe will help kick start your day in the best way possible.

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