This post is sponsored by Celestial Seasonings
Long time favorite tea. (I think this post was the first time I had had Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride?)
Long time favorite breakfast.
How could I not!?
Your Christmas morning breakfast is served.
Start with one cup of rolled oats –
Add an 8 ounce mug of Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride tea, steeped for 4-6 minutes.
Add a cup milk
A pinch of salt
And sprinkles of cinnamon, ground cloves and nutmeg.
Because bananas were not involved, I added a teaspoon of maple syrup for a little sweetness. And a teaspoon of vanilla for an extra punch of aromatic flavor.
Set your heat to medium-low and stir, stir, stir. Do not stop stirring until your oatmeal is thick and creamy.
Pour into a bowl and top with coconut butter and toasted almonds. Coconut flakes too if you like! And while we’re at it, crushed gingerbread cookies would rock too.
Sugar Cookie Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 8- ounce mug of Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride tea brewed as directed
- 1 cup milk of your choice
- Pinch of kosher salt
- Sprinkle each of cinnamon ground cloves and nutmeg
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Coconut butter for serving
- Toasted sliced almonds for serving
Instructions
- Boil water and steep tea for 4-6 minutes.
- Combine all ingredients in a pot over medium-low heat.
- Stir continuously until oatmeal is thick and creamy.
- Pour into bowls and top with coconut butter and almonds.
Celestial Seasonings is king of holiday teas. Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride is my favorite of the holiday teas, but Candy Cane Lane and Gingerbread Spice are also perfect for this time of year. (See the whole list here!) Sip them. Cook with them. Put them in stockings. Gift them. Serve them on Christmas morning, steaming hot. Their teas are the perfect way to share the “warmth” of the holiday season with your loved ones. ( <—heh heh!) Oh, and on the topic of tea Caitlin recently made cupcakes with Candy Cane Lane!
This post was sponsored by Celestial Seasonings. Thanks for your support!
Sugar Cookie Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 8- ounce mug of Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride tea brewed as directed
- 1 cup milk of your choice
- Pinch of kosher salt
- Sprinkle each of cinnamon ground cloves and nutmeg
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Coconut butter for serving
- Toasted sliced almonds for serving
Instructions
- Boil water and steep tea for 4-6 minutes.
- Combine all ingredients in a pot over medium-low heat.
- Stir continuously until oatmeal is thick and creamy.
- Pour into bowls and top with coconut butter and almonds.
First off, I LOVE you nails!!! What nail polish is that!? Secondly, sugar cookie sleigh ride is one of my favorite teas! I can only imagine it would add delicious flavor to a bowl of oats. Must try this!
It’s an Essie gray with sparkles glitter on top!
I just bought sugar cookie sleigh ride for the first time this year and I can’t get enough! What a great idea putting it into oatmeal. The ultimate cozy breakfast!
Does it actually taste like sugar cookie slight ride, or is the flavour too faint? I’d love to try this!
(Does it contain any added sugars, by the way? The tea, not the oatmeal itself!)
The flavor does come through! No sweeteners in the tea.
That oatmeal looks so creamy! Does the constant stirring make it that way?
Yes!
Wow. I never thought of making oatmeal with tea. This is a must try! Sounds delicious.
neither did I. good suggestion.
Just the other day I thought about doing this as I drank this tea! How funny.
Using tea to make oatmeal is so simple, but I never would have thought to do that. I’ve got a cocoa mint mate at home that might make for a nifty twist. And now I’m hungry for second breakfast.
I’ve been so curious to try their holiday teas, but I’m nervous that I won’t like them. Their flavors sound so delicious. I just don’t know how that translates to tea. Guess I should just try it!
Oh yum! I make Similar oats with chia tea and pumpkin. Will certainly have to try this!
I feel like I can smell this through my computer, looks amazing!!
I brought some Caramel Apple Dream to work today that I bought at the beginning of fall. I’m up for anything that tastes like the holidays 🙂
I am curious as an RD why the nutritionals are not posted with your recipes? I would love to see how this recipes look from the nutritional side of things. thanks!
The more I learned about nutrition the more I decided that quality was more important than quantity. Thus, I don’t count fat grams, protein or carbs but focus on eating a diverse diet full of real food. While portion size does matter (especially for weight loss), I put my focus on ingredients and listening to your body. It’s fairly easy to calculate nutrition stats in calculators like these, so I leave that up to those who are interested to do. Thanks for asking!
Thank you so much for this, it is refreshing to read.
This oatmeal looks delicious! I love a hot bowl of oatmeal on a chilly morning. If only we could stay cuddled up under the covers too 😀 coconut butter on top sounds amazing. I can eat that stuff by the spoonful!
I love the Candycane and the Gingerbread but have not spotted the sugar cookie flavour here in Ontario….I will keep my eyes peeled, it sounds delish!
I love the idea of cooking with tea! So much fun. Personally I think some cookie butter would go well with this one, even if it wouldn’t be the healthiest. I’m really enjoying the Celestial Seasoning posts you’ve done. What a fun partnership!
Cookie butter would be awesome on top!
Celestial Seasonings holiday teas are my favorite teas! I really like the new Caramel Apple one, too. I hoard them this time of year!
Gosh it was fun to read that old post!! I’ve been reading since back then 🙂
That is crazy and I heart you!
I was so stoked to try this tea because I usually like Celestial Seasonings, but I’ve been so disappointed with it. I’ve tried it so many ways, double bagged, sugared, straight, with cream. No matter what I do it just tastes like water to me even though it smells great. So I checked Steepster (tea review site) and found folks seem pretty strongly divided on this tea. They either adore it, or think it tastes like water. So interesting! Kind of like how you either love cilantro or think it tastes like soap!
Anyway, I’m jealous you get to enjoy sugar cookie flavor in tea form!
I can see that. I think some 2% milk makes a huge difference in flavor and body
That sounds delicious! I will definitely have to try this combination out!
What an awesome idea to use tea in oatmeal! I would have never thought to do that!
I am vegan and I cook my oatsmeal with tea (or apple juice).
Thank you, Kath, for sharing this recipe.
I saw this tea at the store the other day and thought… I wonder what a Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride tastes like? I love tea.. maybe I’ll have to try.
Neat idea!
Kind of distracted by HOW PRETTY your nails are, though 😉
Haha thanks!
I can’t wait for breakfast, so I think I’m going to make this for dinner, haha. I would have never in my life thought of this, but it sounds amazing! I love your little mug bowls too!
This sounds wonderful! Do you think the tea/milk combo would work for overnight oats?
I don’t see why not!
Wow. I never thought of making oatmeal with tea either, very clever
I’m reading about this on my very cold and rainy business trip and I definitely think oatmeal is in order tomorrow morning! Can’t wait to try and recreate this recipe when I’m back at home.
Hey Kath,
Thanks for the fun recipe! I was also wondering where you got your beautiful pottery? We’re collectors in our house, always on the lookout for new “functional art”. 🙂
this one is from a market in Asheville North Carolina. I got it many years ago but it is very cute 🙂
This is not a criticism just a question! I am a bit cautious of how this tea could be all natural and I remember that you visited their facility (I think?) so do you know what Natural Sugar Cookie Flavoring actually is?
I don’t, but I will email them and ask!
This looks tasty, but ever since my mom opened up a tea business, I can’t go back to bagged tea. It’s loose leaf all the way for me! I have used her chai to make oatmeal before, which was wonderful. This post has inspired me to try one of her holiday flavors….
This looks delicious! I have all of the ingredients just waiting for me in my pantry, so I’ll definitely be whipping this up soon. Love that tea! Pinned!
We have different flavours of celestial seasonings here in Canada, but I really love incorporating the Sugar Plum Fairy one into recipes. So yummy – can’t wait to try it with oatmeal…topped with biscoff spread of course!