Make Ahead Hot Cereal

Directions

Simple Hot Cereal Toppers:

1. Maple syrup 2. Crunchy low fat granola 3. Apple butter 4. Dried mixed tropical fruit 5. Drained pineapple chunks 6. Sliced bananas & flaked coconut 7. Fruit preserves 8. Warmed cinnamon applesauce 9. Peanut butter and semisweet chocolate -- chips Special Toppers 1. Sauté sliced apples in butter and -- cinnamon 2. Toasted pecan pieces and caramel topping 3. Dried cranberries heated in cranberry juice until soft Cook a large batch of hot cereal and let it cool in the pot (it will becomequite stiff). Using an ice cream scoop, drop serving size mounds on a foil-lined cookied sheet. Freeze until hard; pop portions into a plastic freezer bag, seal and return to freezer. To serve, place cereal in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on high until hot, stirring occasionally. Top with your choice of suggested toppings.