Instant Oatmeal Packets
1
Servings
6
Ingredients
32
Comments
Store-bought instant packets are definitely handy to have around, but did you know making your own packets to store in the pantry is super simple?
1
Servings
6
Ingredients
32
Comments
Ingredients
- ¼ cups Rolled Oats, Quick Cooking
- 1 teaspoon Dry Milk, Whole
- ⅛ teaspoons Salt
- 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- ½ cups Water, Hot
Containers
Supplies
Cooking Instructions
Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions
Easy Assembly/Dump and Go
These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).
Why would I want to freeze this?
- Combine oats, powdered milk, salt, brown sugar and cinnamon and divide into indicated number of pint bags.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions
Easy Assembly/Ready to Eat
These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.
- Thaw: N/A
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Make It Now Cooking Directions
These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.
- Combine oats, powdered milk, salt, brown sugar and cinnamon into bowl.
- Mix with boiling water.
- Stir and let stand for 2 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
- Servings Per Recipe
- 1 Servings
- Serving Size
- 1 packet Amount Per Serving
- Calories
- 154
- Total Fat
- 2g
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 3mg
- Sodium
- 238mg
- Total Carbohydrates
- 31g
- Fiber
- 4g
- Sugar
- 14g
- Protein
- 4g
- WW Freestyle
- 6
32 Comments
Join the discussionThanks! Im going to try this for February
Only one of my 4 kids really like oatmeal and others will occasionally eat it but I LOVE it. I’ve been making my own for a few months now using various recipes trying to find my favorite. Since it’s mostly me eating it I make up a huge batch to keep in the pantry and scoop out 1/2c or so. My favorite is with brown sugar and a little maple syrup!
That’s a great idea to just scoop it out from a container!!
Does the powdered milk and sugar and stuff separate to the bottom after awhile and oats to the top?
I haven’t really noticed that, but you could just give your bag or container a good shake before opening to be sure.
The other option is to cook oatmeal in the crock pot the night before. Your kitchen will smell yummy (especially if you add cinnamon). If you use a crock pot liner, you can also minimize clean up!
I’ve been wanting to do this for my husband to take to work for breakfast. Thanks for the recipe!
We will definitely try – the think I DON’T like about the store-bought packs is the outrageous sugar content. What I don’t like about “cooked” oatmeal in the morning is the pan cleanup. Looks like we can have our oatmeal and eat it too (mess free). Here I can control how much sugar we use (and visually show the kids). We will be trying right away. Thanks again!
Great idea! I’ll have to make some of my own instant oatmeal packets this weekend.
I do this every Sunday – but I put a weeks worth in individual tupperwares, add the almond milk and keep them in the fridge. Your way would save me a lot of space!
I used to do the individual baggie thing, but have since moved to just a large container and it is SOOOOO much easier. I leave the measuring cup in there and hubby can add his blueberries to it, I can add my dried apples, the kids can add dried cherries or even chocolate chips if I’m feeling generous. Plus I don’t have to rewash the plastic bags all the time!
Great idea!
Using a large container saves on landfill of plastic bags
I ♥ this recipe and have now made it twice (since I was lucky enough to be a test cook for OAMM!). I added some vanilla protein powder to add some protein to our oatmeal. Everyone in my family loves these – my 3 year old, the college kids, and my hubbie too! Great idea!!!
Oh so glad to hear that! And thanks again for being a test cook.
This turned out great! All of the kids liked it! Hooray
Thanks for the recipe, unfortunately my kids are teenagers. I’ll keep this for my nieces.
Just tried this and loved it. My kids eats tons of oatmeal in the fall and this is a great alternative to the packet oatmeal. I added in 1/4 tsp cinnamon and it was delicious.
Could I make these using old fashioned oats??
Yes they’ll just take a little longer to set.
This is a huge life saver for me! I love oatmeal and it keeps me from being starving until lunch but as a poor college student I can’t afford those prepackaged instant ones all the time. I just ran accross this on Pinterest and quick made one this morning. I added 1/2 cup oatmeal (too much), 1 T brown sugar and 1 T flax seed meal (also to help me from being “starving”). Might also try some cinnamon! Thank you, thank you!
So, I switched the recipe to serve 20 and did it all in one big container and it was SUPER salty????? Did I miss something??? I ended up adding a TON more oats to make it edible……
I’m sorry! I’m not sure why it would be that way.
Could the calculations have been off? 20 servings would only need 2 1/2 teaspoons of salt!?!
That’s correct. Each serving requires 1/8 teaspoon of salt.
Why the powdered milk? Has anyone tried without?
Powdered milk just adds some creaminess to the texture. You can definitely make it without.
If you need it to be dairy free, I’ve had great success using Native Forest Instant Coconut Milk Powder from vitacost.com
I made this twice. 1 tsp of cinnamon is WAY too much. I recommend 1/8 -1/4 tsp of cinnamon. Otherwise, it is delicious!
Thanks for your feedback!
Did anyone make using non-fat powdered milk? I’m having difficulty finding whole
You can use non-fat, however, the end result may be less thick so please be mindful when adding water.