Does anyone use a crockpot for making steel cut oats?

I make steel cut oats all the time overnight. There's a couple of different ways. I used to put the oats + water in a pan and soak all night. If you do that, they cook up in about 7-10 minutes in the morning.

The other way is to put oats + water into a saucepan, bring it to a boil, cook 3 minutes, cover and turn off and let sit over night. They are ready to go in the morning after a quick nuke in the microwave.

I didn't like the consistency of the oats when I cooked them in the crockpot. I used both a large and small crockpot. Clean up was a mess and the small crockpot boiled over. I quit using a crockpot mainly because of the consistency; too mushy for me.

I make steel cut oats all the time overnight. There's a couple of different ways. I used to put the oats + water in a pan and soak all night. If you do that, they cook up in about 7-10 minutes in the morning.

The other way is to put oats + water into a saucepan, bring it to a boil, cook 3 minutes, cover and turn off and let sit over night. They are ready to go in the morning after a quick nuke in the microwave.

I didn't like the consistency of the oats when I cooked them in the crockpot. I used both a large and small crockpot. Clean up was a mess and the small crockpot boiled over. I quit using a crockpot mainly because of the consistency; too mushy for me.

Thank you for this ...... I've only tried crockpot steel cut once & didn't like the texture. This looks like a good alternative for me.

Wow! Never thought about doing this! I'm going to have to tell my husband about this (he eats steal cut oats)

Yes!!! Super-easy, too.

The basic recipe is:
1 cup steel cut oats
4 cups water

Cook on low for 8-10 hours.

I use a small crock for this. If you want to use a big one, then double the recipe or only cook it for 6 hours, otherwise you'll end up with burnt crusty oatmeal.


You can mix it up however you want to! Sometimes I'll switch part of the water for orange juice. I usually add cinnamon and raisins, diced apple is good, too. Almost any kind of dried fruit would be good in it. I don't usually add sweetener when it's cooking, we just add it to the bowl, but this weekend I did add 1/4 cup maple syrup and that was a nice addition.


OH! And spray the crock first. Trust me on this. LOL

I use this recipe, with the Slow Cooker Liner bags. I actually start in the morning, on med heat, and after 1-2 hours its r4eady.

I line some cookie sheets with heavy duty foil (thinner foil tears) spray with some cooking spray. Scoop 1/2 cup of oats out onto sheets to make "cookies" (or you can use more). Put all the cookies on your cookie sheets, and freeze.

After freezing remove, fill zip bags and put bag in the freezer.

For breakfast. take a cookie out- microwave for 3 minutes. Then add sweetner, etc and eat.

I'm not sure if anyone's posted this yet - but it's floating all over Pinterest and looks divine! Have yet to try.
http://www.cookingwithjax.com/2011/01/apple-pie-breakfast.html

It's VERY good

We use the crockpot to make steel cut oats regularly you can add whatever you like but the basic receipe is

1 cup steel cut oats,
4 cups of water
I put a bit of salt in

Mix in a pyrex bowl or oven wear container
Set on a trivet or something to keep the bottom of the container off the liner of the crock pot
fill the crock pot with water approx 3/4 of the way up the container the oats are in ( making a water bath)
set on low cook 10 - 12 hrs

Great for breakfast I usually throw a handful of raisins in ours because we love them and in the morning a teaspoon of honey and a teaspoon of peanut butter per bowl.. with some milk Enjoy

Someone on OPRA talked about that when she was really in to steel cut oats. Maybe it is on her recipe board.

And it is finished in only 6 hrs! Swooning over this recipe