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What a great idea @doctorjohn I hadn't heard of doing that. Do you buy them like that or dry them yourself?

I buy them. There ar very few Fruit trees in Oklahoma

That's a shame! So you substitute the cherries for the oats or add them to the oats? If substituting that'd mean a lot of fructose right?

Add them! just a few. If you are cooking your oats, you can add the dried fruit before cooking wit just a bit of extra water.

Sounds delicious. Now you mention it, we do have packets of dried apricot that we suppliment meals with or eat alone. They're in a sealed plasic bag. Perhaps similar to what you prurchase.