PressureCooker Instantpot Oatmeal for one, just regular ole' oatmeal, not steel cut or overnight, just breakfast, or lunch, or dinner!

I really like oatmeal, I don't care for steel cut oats and their dramatic cooking requirements.  Ok, it's not that dramatic but I don't have it in me to prepare the night before for breakfast.  I buy the cheap "regular" oats, not the quick cooking or instant, it's the "Old Fashioned Oats, cooks in 5 minutes" version.

I wanted to make a single bowl of oatmeal, I didn't want to cook for a crowd or prep ahead or make any for freezing, I just wanted breakfast.  I am going to share with you the single bowl version of oatmeal cookery in the Instant Pot although I do know it works the same in all the electric pressure cookers.

TRACY'S SINGLE SERVING PRESSURE COOKER OATMEAL

INGREDIENTS

2 cups water
1/2 cup oats (oatmeal)
1 cup water
pinch of salt
topping of your choice; it's light brown sugar around these parts that melts in and makes the prerequisite brown sugar puddles that makes oatmeal the king of breakfasts. OR well actually if you pour golden syrup on it, that always fixes anything that ails you so pick what you like!

METHOD 

Put 2 cups of water in the liner of the instant pot and put the trivet in there

Combine the oatmeal, 1 cup of water and pinch of salt in a bowl, any microwave safe bowl, I use my Ikea 365 bowls, the're deep and I just like them.

Put the bowl on the trivet, hit MANUAL PRESSURE and HIGH PRESSURE FOR 10 MINUTES.

Quick release, reach in there with a towel and stir and add your toppings and THERE you go, perfect every.single.time.

THE PLAY BY PLAY PICTURES

Mix the water, oatmeal and salt, stir

    

Be sure its on 'seal' and set manual, high pressure, 10 minutes.  When it BEEPS, turn it off and quick release, oooooh, it looks like oatmeal!

    

Remove from pot, stir and top with whatever makes you happy...

  

There you go, pressure cooker oatmeal for one! in the same bowl, perfect.  I love anything that doesn't include pre planning, prep or sharing! HAHAHA  

OH and yeah, it sure does take longer than just cooking it BUT I can pop it in, walk away and have a coffee, deal with dogs, chickens, start my book, have a bonbon or just do NOTHING while it cooks, this isn't about time, this is about convenience and in the morning, I need all the convenience I can get.

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QUICK whole wheat oatmeal bread QUICK

Ok, this goes fast, don't blink.  

I have been overdosing on the date bars lately and when I sliced up a thick slice of my white bread earlier today to toast I thought that maybe, just this one time, I should try to eat something slightly more healthful like something with some whole wheat and oats and honey... sort of like the date squares!! 

I felt like something dense, on the edge of stodgy, grainy and healthy tasting with honey and oats and I wanted to be able to toast it and eat it fresh and slather it in butter. FOUND IT! 

Tracy's Whole Wheat Oatmeal Quick Bread

1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup oatmeal (quick or old or whatever you have)
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp yeast
2 Tbsp honey
12 oz warm water

QUICK instructions: 

Mix honey and yeast in warm water and let proof a moment while you
Mix flours, oatmeal, salt in bowl of kitchenaid
Combing wet into dry and mix with paddle attachment for a few minutes until it becomes slightly more cohesive, you'll see when you do it. 
Pour batter into prepared loaf pan (prepare it by brushing with butter) and put aside to rest, covered for about 45 minutes, it should just rise to slightly higher than the pan.
Bake 350 for 45 minutes.  Remove to rack immediately to cool a bit. 
Slice, eat, slice, eat, slice, eat

LONG winded, comment and picture heavy, instructions:


I have no play by plays for the mixing, but really I intend on making this again in the week to freeze and I will add more pics then. I have a few when it came out of the oven... here we go: 

Straight out of the oven, it's brown and not too heavy, it deflated a bit when it sat but not much.  It didn't rise too much after the proofing before it went into the oven, that's fine, it's a quick bread so I wasn't too concerned.
   

The crumb isn't damp or sticky, it's light and flavorful!  You can REALLY taste the honey!  I may have put a bit much in but I like it.  I buy local honey at a local business and it's so very evident in this bread.  The crumb on the outside is light and like any loaf.  Yes, I slathered the butter on, c'mon, healthy bread cries out for butter... it's unsalted which satisfies my 'health' requirement.
  
More of the same shots.  I like this bread.  I like it a lot.
 

Grab a pan and a bowl and go make this, it's quick, easy and exactly what you feel like.

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