Rustic Grain Cereal

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup water
• 1/3 cup wheat berries
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1 cup steel-cut oats
• 1/3 cup chopped pecans
• 1/3 cup slivered almonds
• 3 cups boiling water
• 1 cup chopped dried apples
• 1/3 cup white sugar, or to taste
• 1 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt

Directions

Combine 1/2 cup water and wheat berries in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Cover saucepan, remove from heat, and set aside for wheat berries to soak, about 10 minutes.

Melt butter in a 2-quart saucepan over low heat; cook and stir oats, pecans, and almonds in melted butter until golden and fragrant, about 5 minutes. Carefully pour boiling water into nut mixture; add wheat berries and dried apples. Cover saucepan and cook over low heat, without stirring, until wheat berries are tender, about 20 minutes; stir in sugar, cinnamon, and salt.