Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 crisp apple, such as Braeburn or Crispin, cored and diced with skin
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar, plus more to taste
• 3 cups water
• 2 cup quick-cooking oats
• 1/2 cup wheat germ
• 1/4 cup ground/milled or whole flax seed (or a combination of both)
• 1/4 cup chopped dried apples
• 1/4 cup golden raisins
• 3/4 cup 1 percent milk

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Instructions

1. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat, and the apple and cook until lightly brown and soft, 2 minutes. Add cinnamon and sugar and cook until dissolved. Add the water and bring to a boil. Add the oats, wheat germ, flax, dried apples and raisins. Stir constantly for 2 minutes until oats are cooked and dried fruit is slightly plumped. Divide into 4 bowls, sprinkle each bowl with more brown sugar, a drizzle of milk and a dried apple ring.