Cobbler-Style Oatmeal

It is no secret that I am an oats girl, and Cobbler-Style Oats is an oatmeal recipe I am excited to add to the formal-blog-roster! These cobbler oats have a quick-but-crumbly topping which sprinkles right on top of fruity, jammy oatmeal. There’s only a teaspoon of sweetener in the whole thing, but you’ll be surprised at how sweet and flavorful these oats turn out. Plus, you can do them with any fruit. Oatmeal cobbler for all!

Now, I usually make all kinds of oatmeal mix-ups at home and I never give a recipe, because I’m like, c’mon guys, it’s just humble oats and water. But sometimes a recipe and ratios for oatmeal is super helpful, and I find that’s the case here. The oatmeal gets naturally sweet because we cook down fruit with the oats, letting the fruit be the sweetener for the oatmeal base. The topping needs only a teaspoon of honey, which pairs so well with a pinch of salt and quickly turns into a crumbly, cobbler-style topping. It’s a healthy oatmeal recipe, but having the perfect ratios goes a long way.

What makes this oatmeal “cobbler-style”?

Simply put – the cobbler topping! But this isn’t a complicated cobbler topping, it’s just the perfect ratio of flax meal, honey, water and salt. And I am consistently shocked at how good it turns out every time I make it.

The only sweetener in this entire recipe is the honey, and that’s because just one teaspoon of it helps perfectly combine flax meal into a crumbly, nearly crisp-like cobbler topping that is oatmeal’s best friend. I want to put this cobbler topping on nearly every breakfast I make. I hope after trying it, you will too.

What ingredients do I need to make this oatmeal?

The more I make oatmeal, the simpler they get. But hey, it’s breakfast, and we love simple.

Here is everything you will need! With weights, because I’ve gotten Type-A like that:

• 1 medium peach, 240 grams / 8.5 ounces, or 240 grams of your fruit of choice, see Note for suggestions
• 2 cups water, separated, 480 grams / 17 ounces
• 2/3 cup old fashioned rolled oats, 65 grams / 2.3 ounces
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup flax meal, lightly packed, 30 grams / 1 ounce
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 teaspoon cool water
• 1/8 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt
• 1/3 cup milk of choice, for serving

How to make Cobbler-Style Oatmeal

I make this oatmeal on the stovetop to maximize how jammy the fruit can get.

Core and dice the peach into bite-sized pieces. Add the pieces to a pot and place the pot over medium heat.
Add 1 cup of water to the fruit and bring this to a gentle simmer, this gives the fruit a head start on getting softened and jammy with the oats.

When the pot is simmering, add the oats and the additional cup of water. Stir to combine. Let this come to a gentle simmer, then cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 5-6 minutes.

Season the oats with 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon and vanilla extract. Stir.

While the oats are cooking, to a small bowl add the 1/4 cup of flax meal, 1 teaspoon of honey, 1 teaspoon of cool water and 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt. Mix with your fingers until it turns into a crumbly, cobbler-topping-like texture. Taste and add more salt as you prefer.

When the oats have thickened, pour them into a serving bowl and let them cool for a few minutes.
Sprinkle the cobbler topping evenly over the oats. Drizzle some milk on the edge of the bowl for serving, if that’s your thing. Eat immediately!

Ingredient substitutions for this recipe

This recipe is easy to riff on and substitute. Here are a few of my favorite swaps for this recipe:

• PEACHES – can be swapped for nearly almost any fruit, but I love apples, pears, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, apricots, nectarines, or strawberries!
• OLD FASHIONED ROLLED OATS – can also be subbed for quick oats! Just don’t use steel cut, those need a much longer cooking time than what this recipe calls for.
• CINNAMON – swap for pumpkin pie spice or nutmeg, if you have it.
• VANILLA EXTRACT – swap for almond extract or you can omit it!
• FLAX MEAL – if you don’t have flax meal, almond flour, oat flour, or flax seeds that you can pulse in a spice grinder will work perfectly!
• HONEY – swap for agave, maple syrup, or any liquid sweetener you like.
• MILK – you can use any milk you like, or yogurt, or you can omit this.

Looking for more oatmeal recipes?

Here are a few blog favorites!

And that’s it for these Cobbler-Style oats!

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