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Honeyed Fig Topping with Vanilla and Cinnamon

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on August 22, 2007

Time

10 minutes

Yield

Serves 4 (Makes 1 cup, for 4 oatmeals)

Honeyed Fig Topping with Vanilla and Cinnamon

Ingredients

5 ounces dried figs (about 1 cup), each fig quartered and stemmed1 ½ tablespoons honey ⅛ teaspoon vanilla extract ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Bring figs, honey, 1 ½ tablespoons water, vanilla, and cinnamon to simmer in small saucepan over medium-high heat; cook until liquid reduces to glaze, about 4 minutes. Spoon a portion over individual bowls of hot oatmeal; serve immediately.
Honeyed Fig Topping with Vanilla and Cinnamon

Honeyed Fig Topping with Vanilla and Cinnamon

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Time

10 minutes

Yield

Serves 4 (Makes 1 cup, for 4 oatmeals)

Ingredients

5 ounces dried figs (about 1 cup), each fig quartered and stemmed
1 ½ tablespoons honey
⅛ teaspoon vanilla extract
⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Ingredients

5 ounces dried figs (about 1 cup), each fig quartered and stemmed
1 ½ tablespoons honey
⅛ teaspoon vanilla extract
⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Ingredients

5 ounces dried figs (about 1 cup), each fig quartered and stemmed
1 ½ tablespoons honey
⅛ teaspoon vanilla extract
⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Why This Recipe Works

We set out to see which variety of oats, cooked in what particular way, would give us the best oatmeal recipe. We found that first toasting steel-cut oats with a small amount of butter in a skillet accented their nutty flavor and then cooking them uncovered in three cups water to one cup milk at a steady simmer, without stirring, gave the oatmeal recipe a creamy (not mushy) texture.

Instructions

  1. Bring figs, honey, 1 ½ tablespoons water, vanilla, and cinnamon to simmer in small saucepan over medium-high heat; cook until liquid reduces to glaze, about 4 minutes. Spoon a portion over individual bowls of hot oatmeal; serve immediately.

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