Morning Oatmeal With Cherries and Pistachios Recipe (2024)

Bettina: We live in Central Florida, and we leave the oatmeal out overnight. We cook the oatmeal on a cast iron diffuser over that stove's gas burner. We boil the water, stir in the oatmeal, let it co*ck for four minutes, turn off the gas, cover the pan, and let it slowly cook as the diffuser cools down. In the morning, we reheat, adding more water as needed. We typically make four servings, place the leftovers in the refrigerator, and reheat in the microwave.

You can also cook steel cut oatmeal in a rice cooker. If you set it for morning, you'll wake up to fresh oatmeal.

I saved this recipe for the cooking method, and it came out perfectly. Didn’t use the cherries or pistachios as did not have those items. Added raisins for some sweetness during cooking and a little milk and cinnamon. Perfect!

This works. Go heavier on good maple syrup and top the oats with a little extra of the milk (I use oat milk). Dates and golden raisins are my only mix ins. Refrigerate in smaller mason jars-I double the recipe and can make 6 small jars. Top with fresh fruit in the morning.

Prepped oatmeal night before. Used 1/4c or so of apricot syrup to sweeten.Needs pinch of salt, not to much if using salty nuts.Frozen cherries worked great for this.

I followed this recipe exactly (except for adding some cinnamon). Overall, I found it pretty bland, and the oatmeal boiled over during the final minute in the microwave, which was a hassle. I might make this again, but would add more spices and use less water and/or monitor the microwaving process very closely!

I found it bland too. Won’t make it again. I had to cook it about 10 minutes.

This was so great! I had some fresh cherries too past-their-prime to eat as-is. I used the method for Genevieve Ko's Overnight Oats (also on NYT Cooking) but subbed the cherries for Ms Ko's dried fruit. As I used milk, I put the oatmeal in the fridge over night. In the morning I added the pistachios, and was so glad I'd doubled everything because then I could have it right away again for lunch! Mmm! And so easy.

Made this morning and found it a bit bland. It seemed to be lacking a spice, but I can't think what to add. Maybe because i didn't measure anything. I used up all the fresh cherries, 3-4 cups, 2 handfuls of pistachios and a few squirts of honey, to the preferred sweetness for each of us. It looked similar to the picture, as far as ratios. My spouse and mother enjoyed it.

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! Covered the container, put it in the micro for 5 min. Made coffee, alarm sounded, 50% of the liquid was on the rotating micro plate! 15 min. to clean up the mess. Could have just as well put it in a pot and cooked it there! Tasted good. Used 20 dried cherries (winter, who has fresh cherries?), no sweetener (cherries are sweet enough) or salt (pistachios already salted). Oats were fully cooked. I will make this again with WAY less water! And a loose fitting lid.

You can also cook steel cut oatmeal in a rice cooker. If you set it for morning, you'll wake up to fresh oatmeal.

In Step 1, is it okay to leave the oatmeal on the counter overnight? Or do you need to put it in the refrigerator. Where I live in the South I'm afraid it might start to ferment overnight!