Apricot Cranberry Oatmeal With Walnuts Recipes

APRICOT, ORANGE, CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl. Beat in the orange zest and eggs, 1 at a time. Add the orange juice and milk and beat until mixed thoroughly. It will appear curdled.
• Add the flour mixture and beat until it is just moistened. Stir in the apricots, walnuts, and cranberries.
• Place baking rack in middle of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour five 5 3/4- by 2 1/4-inch loaf pans.
• Pour the batter into the pans. Bake for 45 minutes. Test for doneness with a toothpick - it should come out clean. Remove the bread from the pans, transfer to a wire rack, and let them cool on their sides.

OATMEAL WITH APRICOTS, CRANBERRIES, AND WALNUTS

Steps:

• Bring 1 cup soy milk or nonfat milk to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir in 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats, 2 Tbsp dried cranberries, 4 dried apricot halves (sliced), and 2 Tbsp chopped toasted walnuts; reduce heat to low. Cook, stirring occasionally, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand 2 to 3 minutes.

CRANBERRY APPLE OATMEAL

Steps:

• Combine water, apple, and cranberries together in a bowl; bring to a boil. Cook mixture until cranberries burst and apple is tender, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and stir oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt into apple mixture. Cook, stirring continuously, until water is absorbed and oatmeal thickens, 2 to 3 minutes. Top oatmeal with walnuts.

CRANBERRY SAUCE WITH WALNUTS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, bring sugar and water to a boil. Simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Stir in the cranberries. Cook until berries pop, about 15 minutes. , Remove from the heat. Stir in preserves and lemon juice. Transfer to a bowl. Serve warm, at room temperature or chilled. Stir in walnuts just before serving.

BAKED CRANBERRY OATMEAL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x8-inch baking dish.
• Bring milk, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves to a boil in a saucepan; remove from heat. Combine oats, apples, dried cranberries, and walnuts in a bowl; transfer to the prepared baking dish. Pour milk mixture over oat mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 30 to 35 minutes.

CRANBERRY-WALNUT OATMEAL

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring water and salt to a boil. Stir in oats. Cook 1 minute over medium heat, stirring occasionally., Remove from heat; stir in sugar and vanilla. Top servings with cinnamon-sugar, cranberry sauce and walnuts.

APRICOT, CRANBERRY AND WALNUT PIE

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375°F. Whisk brown sugar, eggs and vanilla extract in large bowl to blend. Whisk in cream, melted butter, cinnamon and salt. Stir in chopped walnuts, apricot pieces and 1 cup cranberries.
• Transfer filling to prepared crust. Bake until filling is set and crust is golden, tenting pie with foil if crust browns too quickly, about 1 hour. Transfer pie to rack; cool pie completely. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover pie and store at room temperature.)
• Garnish pie with additional dried apricots, cranberries and walnuts. Serve pie at room temperature.

OATMEAL SCONES WITH DRIED APRICOTS AND CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Adjust the oven rack to center position and heat oven to 375 degrees.
• Spread the oats in an even layer onto a jelly roll pan or cookie sheet.
• Place in the oven and toast until golden brown and fragrant, about 8 to 10 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and cool completely.
• Wipe the sheet, line with some parchment paper and increase oven temperature to 400 degrees.
• Place the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade.
• Blend briefly to combine.
• Evenly distribute the butter over the dry ingredients and process for a half-dozen 1-second pulses.
• Add the oats and fruit and pulse an additional 6 times, or until the largest piece of butter is about the size of a pea.
• Transfer to a large bowl.
• Stir the buttermilk and egg together in a small bowl or large measuring cup until well-combined.
• Add the mixture to the dry ingredients and mix with a fork or rubber spatula until dough begins to form large wet clumps.
• Turn onto the countertop and knead by hand, incorporating any dry floury bits until it comes together into a rough, sticky ball.
• Pat down into a 6- to 7-inch disk and cut into 8 wedges.
• Transfer the scones onto a prepared baking sheet and bake until dark golden brown, about 15 minutes.
• Cool on a rack for at least 10 minutes before serving.

OATMEAL APRICOT WALNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, mix shortening, brown sugar, granulated sugar, egg, milk, and vanilla until smooth. Add the flour, salt, and baking soda and mix well.
• Stir in the mashed banana, apricots, and walnuts. Stir in oats,.
• Drop by heaping tablespoons onto a cookie sheet. For a softer chewy cookie, bake for 12 minutes; for a crunchy cookies bake for 14-15 minutes.
• Cool on the cookie sheet for a minute before placing on a wire rack to cool.