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Slow Cooker Steel-Cut Oatmeal Recipe

Slow Cooker Steel-Cut Oatmeal
Difficulty: Easy | Total Time: | Makes: 6 to 8 servings

A bowl of creamy steel-cut oatmeal is a satisfying and healthy way to start the day, but the long cooking time makes these oats hard to execute on a weekday morning. Here, the slow cooker does all the work while you’re getting some shut-eye. Before bed, coat the inside of the cooker with butter to keep the oatmeal from sticking, then add in the oats, water, coconut or whole milk, and brown sugar. Stir it together, set the cooker to low, and wake up to a hot breakfast. Top it with dried fruit, nuts, or maple syrup, and blend up a fruit smoothie with all of your extra time.

INGREDIENTS
  • Unsalted butter
  • 8 1/2 cups water
  • 2 cups steel-cut oats
  • 1 (14-ounce) can unsweetened coconut milk or 1 3/4 cups whole milk
  • 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Coat the insert of the slow cooker with a thin layer of butter. Add the water, oats, coconut or whole milk, brown sugar, and salt and stir to combine.
  2. Cover and cook on low until the oats are cooked through and creamy, about 7 to 8 hours. Stir in the vanilla and serve immediately.
    Write a review | 5 Reviews
  • Slow Cooker Steel-Cut Oatmeal Recipe
    5

    I make "Overnight Steel Cut Oats" which means I bring 3 c. water with 1 c. steel cut oats plus a little salt to a boil but once it reaches a boil I turn it off and let it sit overnight. In the morning you can reheat on the stove top or what I do is divy it up into 4 servings and reheat them as needed in the microwave with whatever fixings I feel like that day. This way the oats don't burn to the bottom of the pan like always seems to happen when I cook them in the traditional method plus I don't have to haul out my gigantic slow cooker either.

  • Slow Cooker Steel-Cut Oatmeal Recipe
    5

    Lagatta, here is what I do. Soak 2 cup steel cut oats overnight with 4 cups water with 1/2 tsp cider vinegar. Bring 4 cups water to boil with 1/4 tsp cardamom and 1/4 tsp salt. Add soaked oats and bring to boil while stirring. Cover pot and place in 275 oven for 1 hour. Store in "icebox" and ladle out individual servicing daily. Adulterate with additions of your choice e.g. raisins, brown sugar, maple syrup, milk etc.

  • Slow Cooker Steel-Cut Oatmeal Recipe
    3

    Good recipe, with some tweaking. Unless you want really soft, creamy oatmeal, use less liquid; I didn't use the coconut milk at all. We like our porridge a bit crunchy. Apple or orange juice is a good alternative to all the water or to half the water, depending on your tastes.

  • Slow Cooker Steel-Cut Oatmeal Recipe
    5

    I've been making slow cooker steel cut oats for about six months now. I got the original recipe from Alton Brown's "Good Eats" cookbook, because he did it on his show I'm sure it's on the Good Food Network's website as well. I hesitated making it for quite a while because it makes about 2 quarts of oatmeal and there are only two of us. (And this is half as much as the recipe above). Once I realized it could be refrigerated and individual servings reheated in the microwave I started making it. The main difference between his recipe and the one above is the dried fruit is added at the beginning. I keep a collection of dried fruit in the pantry (cranberries, figs, prunes, plums and raisins" and mix it different each time. I make homemade yogurt so I use yogurt instead of half-and-half. It tastes just as good and it's something I always have in the fridge; I don't always have half-and-half. I like to use honey instead of A half of a cup to a third of a cup seems to be right for cup of the dry oats. I don't oil or butter the Crockpot and have never had a problem with it sticking. I also do not add salt to the Crockpot, Alton Brown claims it can toughen the oats. I add it to the individual servings. It improves the flavor but you must be careful not to be too heavy-handed with the salt. I usually make a fresh smoothie every morning and I use a little of it as a topping rather than milk or some other liquid. I've also discovered that the steel cut oats at Whole Foods are less expensive and better tasting than I've been able to find elsewhere because they're sold in bulk.

  • Slow Cooker Steel-Cut Oatmeal Recipe
    5

    This is very interesting (liked the butter touch, as I've always found it tiresome to soak and clean the ceramic liner when making slow-cooker porridge. I'd like to see a savoury version. No sugar, various aromatic spices or herbs, perhaps some onions and other savoury ingredients. And I'd add a bit less water.

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