Cherry Vanilla Oatmeal

• 1 cup milk
• 3/4 cups water
• 1 and 1/4 cup quick cooking oats
• 1/4 cups dried cherries
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 drops almond extract
• 2 Tablespoons cherry jam
• slivered almonds or crunchy almond granola - for garnish

This oatmeal is loaded with cherry and vanilla flavor. It's gets a cherry infusion 3 ways: dried cherries, cherry jam and almond extract (which often tastes more like cherries than almonds.) I like my oatmeal a little on the thicker side. If you like it a little more soupy, reduce the amount of oats to 1 cup. I opted to top my servings with crunchy almond granola so I'd get a nice differential in texture. I've also had this with a few slivered almonds on top and that was great too.