Apparently, when I want to feel fancy, I reach for a vanilla bean and a kitchen torch. Again and again. I hope my friends and loved ones don’t mind the repetition. A kitchen torch never fails to impress, and a vanilla bean never fails to deliver its intoxicating aroma. Add cute little ramekins to the mix and I believe world peace could be attained right here in this kitchen.
I fought my instinct to add some kirsch or amaretto to this baked oatmeal. If it’s a lazy Saturday or Sunday morning, I think you should add the booze. I pulled this recipe together one Friday morning when we decided it was too foggy to drive into work. The school buses racing by on the county road outside prevented me from glugging it in with reckless abandon. Even when I take a day off, I rarely fail to relax. I treat it as a day to accomplish as much as possible: laundry, mopping, baking, photographing, grocery shopping, weeding, making stock with the vegetable odds and ends I throw in the freezer while I cook each night, and the list goes on and on. I’m hoping these decadent breakfasts we’ve been enjoying lately will make me pause and savor the moments before the sun peaks through the fog.
Other recipes in the 2012 Valentine’s Day Breakfast in Bed series so far:
Cheddar Biscuit Breakfast Sandwiches
Pina Colada Smoothie
Creme Brulee French Toast
To browse all of my small breakfast recipes, click here.
A delicious cherry dessert.Cherry Vanilla Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
2
Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 675Total Fat: 30gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 223mgSodium: 396mgCarbohydrates: 87gFiber: 7gSugar: 43gProtein: 18g
Lauren at Keep It Sweet says
I really need a kitchen torch! I love this way of dressing up oatmeal.
Lindsay @ biking before bed says
What an awesome way of making your blah bowl of oatmeal fancy! This looks like a perfect valentines day breakfast. I can't wait to dust off my long forgotten kitchen torch.
Kathryn says
Vanilla is one of my favourite ingredients too and I find it hard to not use it in everything! The idea of bruleeing the top of the oatmeal is wonderful too. What a perfect little breakfast bowl.
Heather (Heather's Dish) says
vanilla beans and fire are most definitely fancy...i've always wanted to jump on board with those but can't stomach the $12 per vanilla bean. i may have to make an exception though...
Julie @ Table for Two says
but kitchen torches are FUN to play with! haha I don't blame ya one bit ;) i love your wooden spoons!! so stinkin' cute!!
Bev Weidner says
What a lovely picture, my dear. :)
Maria says
Great way to start any day!
Tara @ Chip Chip Hooray says
Ohhh, baked oatmeal, how I love thee. And while I am not lucky enough to be in possession of a kitchen torch (yet), I love the oh-so-fancy tops of your ramekins! Breakfast just seems yummier when it's cute. :)
Gina @ Running to the Kitchen says
This further affirms that I need a kitchen torch. I kid you not that I asked the husband a few months back if he'd let me borrow his welder torch thing for a creme brulee recipe I wanted to try. Needless to say, the creme brulee didn't happen. I'm thinking he wanted the house to still be standing.
Natalie says
Great minds think alike :) I love that you bust out your torch. I do it, too, but I've never used it on oatmeal! Next time my kids are getting a "fancy" breakfast. They like fancy things :)