Carrot Cake Oatmeal

Bring water to a boil in a heavy large saucepan and stir in the oats. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook oats until they begin to thicken about 10 minutes; mix in the apple carrot raisins cinnamon nutmeg ginger and salt. Let the oats simmer until tender about 20 more minutes.

While the oats are simmering melt butter in a skillet over medium-low heat and stir in the pecans. Toast the nuts until fragrant and lightly browned 2 to 5 minutes then sprinkle with brown sugar and stir until sugar has melted and coated the pecans.

Serve in bowls each topped with about 2 tablespoons of the pecan mixture and a dollop of yogurt.