Steel-Cut Oatmeal

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups water
• 1 dash salt
• 1 cup steel-cut oats
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup cashews
• 1/4 cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Ocean Spray Craisins)
• 2 tablespoons flaked coconut
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch white sugar, or to taste (optional)

Directions

Bring water and salt to a boil in a saucepan. Stir oats into boiling water.

Cook oats until thick and soft, 20 to 30 minutes.

Stir milk, cashews, cranberries, coconut, vanilla extract, and cinnamon into cooked oats; continue cooking 10 minutes more, stirring frequently.

Sprinkle sugar over the oats to serve.