I’m reposting one of the biggest hits on this blog and one of the biggest hits in my household. Crock Pot Steel Cut Oats.
Since I first published this post, I have received all kinds of feedback. Some people use only water, to keep the calories down. Some use all skim milk. Others use all apple juice to make a sweet apple flavored oatmeal.
Here’s the thing folks. You can’t go wrong. Just use 4.5 cups of liquid and 1 cup of steel cut oats. Make sure you always use a bowl to cook it in, rather than cooking it straight in the crock pot dish. Season it/flavor it how ever you like. Pure vanilla extract is my favorite, but any other extracts would be yummy too. We also used maple syrup and honey instead of brown sugar, and there are other times when we have used no sugar at all. Last night I used nutmeg and cinnamon. If I had pumpkin pie spice in my cabinet, you can bet your chilly autumn butts that there would have been a good heaping amount of that in there.
The table is set with sugar, syrup and berries. Each kid makes their breakfast to their liking and I get the morning off (beyond scooping out oats into a bowl). Happy, excited children leave for school and happy, relaxed mom throws empty bowls into the dishwasher. There is oatmeal left over for tomorrow’s breakfast. You just can’t go wrong.
So here it is again. And some day, I will take better pictures.
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http://vsgmom.com/2011/12/the-breakfast-…mpions-sort-of/ Originally published 12/6/11
My mommy and daddy read my blog (hooray) and realized that I actually USE my crock pot, so they upgraded me to a brand new Kitchen Aid Crock Pot. It was love at first sight. I squealed! I ooohed and Ahhhhed and OHHH pretty! It came at 4PM. I HAD to use it right away! I was itching to! So, I figured crock pot oatmeal would be a brilliant idea!
In the past I’ve made crock pot Steel Cut Oats. I’ve made them in the crock pot over night and they’ve been sticky and brown, I’ve made them in a bowl with in the crock pot and that worked well, but they were too watery. Last night I knew I wanted to do the bowl with in the crock pot method but straight water wasn’t going to do it. I had little milk (BAD MOM!), but I had half and half (REALLY BAD MOM! Always prepared for coffee, not so much for kids!). If I had SILK I would have used that. If I had enough 1% milk I’d have used that. But I had half & half and damn it I’m GLAD I did! It was DELICIOUS!
MY INGREDIENTS: 1 cup steel cut oats (AKA Irish Oatmeal), 2 cups half and half, 2.5 cups water. A pinch of sea salt. Brown sugar to taste (I don’t use much at all, I prefer to let everybody make it as they like it later), vanilla extract to taste (about 2tsp), cinnamon to taste (i like a lot!). Mix it all together in a bowel that will fit with in your crock pot. Put some water in your crock pot, place bowl of oatmeal mixture in croack pot, fill crock pot with water up to the top sides of your bowl, cover and cook on low for 9 hours.
Wake up to a bowl of beautiful oatmeal, dress as desired. TJ likes his with strawberries and sugar. I like mine with blackberries and almonds, Kailey likes hers with pure maple syrup, little Kevin likes brown sugar & a variety of berries, big Kev likes his plain with some splenda, and Alison is simply not touching “that stuffs”
I loved this crock pot so much that my split chicken thighs are in there right now! Dinner is about to be served. I’ve been cleaning and loving my house all day and I’ve not had to worry a damn about whats for dinner! I LOVE IT!
