Crackling of the Oatz (Bran)
\\NOTE: FA Honey - 2 drops/30ml
\\Steep Time - 7-10 days.
MFG|Flavor|%
:--:|:--:|:--:
FA|Cream Fresh|2%
TPA|Graham Cracker Clear|3%
FA|Honey|0.2%
FA|Meringue|1%
RF|Oatmeal Cookie - SC|2.5%
CAP|Sugar Cookie|1.5%
When it came to cereal you had two types of parents when you were growing up; the kind that let you get Fruity Pebbles and Captain Crunch, or the kind that made you eat cardboard cereal. Luckily when I was a kid I found the magic of Cracklin Oat Bran (after much argument with my mom). It was by far my favorite cereal when I was a kid (when I couldn't sneak Lucky Charms). I wanted to try and relive that experience here and the recipe you see is the result.
TFA Graham Cracker Clear/CAP Sugar Cookie - I originally toyed around with using a combination of CAP Cereal 27 and TFA Graham Cracker Clear (Thanks MrBurgandy), but due to Cereal 27 tasting similar to "Life" cereal RF Oatmeal Cookie was kind of creating an off note with it. Thus we arrive to TFA Graham Cracker Clear and CAP Sugar Cookie. TFA Graham Cracker Clear provides the main note of the cereal base, with CAP Sugar Cookie to back it up, and it works much better with RF Oatmeal Cookie.
RF Oatmeal Cookie - I fell in love in this flavor when I started working on Ruby's Oatz, and though I do have many other recipes I'm working on, I have always wanted to come back to this flavor since I enjoyed it so much. Their isn't much of a cookie base with this flavor, but it has great oatmeal and brown sugar notes and is the heart of this recipe.
FA Honey - Cracklin Oat Bran always had a light honey note to me, and FA Honey is a great flavor, but quite strong. I would suggest only using 2 drops/30ml, but you might even be able to get away with 1 drop/30ml. I personally like the slightly boosted honey flavor in comparison to the actual cereal so it works quite well here.
FA Cream Fresh - This is basically the milk for our cereal, it provides some nice creamy notes to it without overwhelming anything else.
FA Meringue - FA Meringue is usually used for a frosting, and it works quite well here. Crackin Oat Bran didn't have frosting per say, but they definitely used something sweet to hold those little oat rectangles together so this flavor works well in this situation.
I have been a fan of making and working on bakery/desert type recipes for a long time, and this one is a welcome addition to the fold. I hope you enjoy it!