steel-cut oats crock-pot recipe

Just_Scott

Crock-pot oatmeal

Makes about 6 cups


2 cups steel-cut oats
7-8 cups water (or a combination of milk and water)
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 large, firm apple, peeled and chopped
1 cup dried cranberries or raisins
Spray the inside of the slow cooker with non-stick spray.

Add all ingredients except dried fruit.

If you plan to cook the oatmeal for 8 hours or less you can use less water. Every slow cooker is different, so you may need to play around with the amount of liquid until you find what you like best. I used 7 cups and it came out fine, but I had some stuck-on oatmeal.

Cook on low overnight.

Add the dried fruit in the morning and cook for another half hour. You can add the dried fruit at night as well, but it gets pretty soft. The texture is better if you only cook it for a shorter time.

Taste your oatmeal before adding any sugar—you might find that it is sweet enough on its own. Enjoy.

Pelly57

As that is a lot of oatmeal, how does warm up in the microwave after being refrigerated?

littlelaura

thank you love this, I pre make a lot too and either keep in serving size in fridge and just add a bit of water to reheat in microwave or portion out and this freezes very well.

Just_Scott

it warms up really well; the garage is the frig lately, so it doesn't crowd out other items

mockchoc

That's sounds lovely Scott!

LessJos

You can also freeze it for later. Holds up very well.

KANGOOJUMPS

yum, I have a real goodone too, but um, snow day, many white Russians, and shoveling, so will get back at this

Phrick

Scott, what size crockpot do you use for this? I have 3 of them and would like to make this in my smallest one (3 quart) so don't know if I need to reduce measurements to make it fit!

Just_Scott

I need to be honest, haven't been asked the size of my crock-pot lately. But on this site...well, let me give it to you. 6...6 quarts I believe. Hope this helps.:noway:

Phrick

I need to be honest, haven't been asked the size of my crock-pot lately. But on this site...well, let me give it to you. 6...6 quarts I believe. Hope this helps.:noway:

LOL

Thanks that does help, I can halve it and be in good shape then.

Just_Scott

true. Enjoy it, it's easy to store for use throughout a week.

Pandora_King

My take on that:

3 apples, diced
3 cups water
1 cup steel cut oats
1 cup apple juice

cinnamon, honey, nutmeg

Cook high 4 hours, low 2 hours.

Just_Scott

steel-cut bump

Just_Scott

steel cut bump

mockchoc

I'd have to eat it for lunch since I do IF and don't have breakfast but I'm ok with that. Chocolate protein powder is a good addition in oats by the way.