American · Breakfast

Slow Cooker Oatmeal

Steel-cut oats cooked on low for seven hours in water and milk with cinnamon, ready and creamy when you wake.

7 hr 5 min total Serves 4 servings Easy
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Slow Cooker Oatmeal

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What to Put on the Table With Slow Cooker Oatmeal

  • Sliced banana
  • Berries
  • Chopped nuts
  • Maple syrup

How to Cook Slow Cooker Oatmeal

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  1. Grease the slow cooker. Add the oats, water, milk, sugar, cinnamon and salt and stir.

  2. Cover and cook on low for 7 hours.

  3. Stir well, stir in the vanilla and loosen with a splash of warm milk if needed. Serve hot.

A Few Notes

Use steel-cut oats, not rolled; rolled oats turn to mush.

Grease the pot generously.

Stir in the morning before serving.

Keeping What's Left

Keeps in the fridge for 4 days. Reheat with a splash of milk.

What's in a Serving

Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.

328Calories
11gProtein
53gCarbs
8gFat
5gFibre
19gSugar
350mgSodium

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