Oat Porridge with Apple and Cinnamon
Oats cooked slow with milk until creamy, topped with a soft cinnamon apple. Pennies a bowl.

- Serves
- 4
- Total time
- 20 min
- Cost per serving (United States)
- $9.12
Ingredients
- 2 cup rolled oats
- 4 cup whole milk
- 1 lb apples
- 2 tbsp salted butter
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 cup raisins(optional)
Method
Put the oats, milk, and salt in a saucepan and bring to a gentle simmer.
Cook 10 to 12 minutes over low heat, stirring often, until the oats swell and the porridge pulls thickly off the spoon. Add a splash more milk if it stiffens too far.
While it cooks, dice the apples and cook them in the butter in a small pan for 6 minutes with the cinnamon and brown sugar, until soft and syrupy.
Spoon the porridge into bowls.
Top each with the warm apples, their syrup, and a scatter of raisins.
What this costs, country by country
Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.
| Country | Whole recipe | Per serving | Priced from |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $36.48 | $9.12 | 7 of 7 ingredients |
| United Kingdom | £26.02 | £6.51 | 7 of 7 ingredients |
| Australia | $48.29 | $12.07 | 7 of 7 ingredients |
| New Zealand | $53.07 | $13.27 | 7 of 7 ingredients |
| Greece | 32,89 € | 8,22 € | 7 of 7 ingredients |
| Egypt | ١٬١٥٢٫٦٩ ج.م. | ٢٨٨٫١٧ ج.م. | 7 of 7 ingredients |
| Canada | $86.86 | $21.72 | 7 of 7 ingredients |
| Spain | 22,67 € | 5,67 € | 7 of 7 ingredients |
| Austria | € 39,65 | € 9,91 | 7 of 7 ingredients |
| Germany | 27,22 € | 6,81 € | 6 of 7 ingredients |
| Mexico | $401.51 | $100.38 | 6 of 7 ingredients |
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