gingerbread oatmeal

Ingredients

• 1/2
  
  cup Irish oatmeal
  
• 1
  
  cup skim milk
  
• 4
  
  tablespoons chopped medjool dates or raisins
  
• 1
  
  teaspoon molasses
  
• 1
  
  tablespoon chopped crystallized ginger
  
• .25
  
  teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  
• .25
  
  teaspoons ground ginger
  
• 2
  
  tablespoons chopped pecans
  

Directions

1. bring milk to a medium boil in a small pot, and add spices. then add the oats and stir, simmer on low.
2. add the chopped dates, molasses after about 2 minutes, stir the oats occasionally. once the oats start to thicken up after about 5 minutes, add to bowl and top with chopped pecans and crystallized ginger.