Slow Cooker Steel Cut Oatmeal Recipe
Make meal-prep a breeze with this easy Slow Cooker Steel Cut Oatmeal recipe. It's a hearty, fiber-packed breakfast that will keep you full until lunchtime!
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup steel cut oats* $0.99
- 3 cups water $0.00
- 1 cup milk $0.21
- ¾ tsp salt $0.03
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon $0.05
- 1 tsp vanilla $0.30
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar $0.08
- ½ Tbsp butter (for greasing) $0.07
Instructions
- Gather all of the ingredients together. Grease the bottom and sides of a 4-6 quart slow cooker with butter.**
- Add the steel cut oats, water, milk, salt, cinnamon, vanilla, and brown sugar to the slow cooker. Stir everything together until combined and sugar is dissolved.
- Cover and cook on high for 2.5 to 3 hours or on low for 5 to 6 hours. Stir the oatmeal halfway through and quickly return the top to finish cooking. Serve immediately with maple syrup and your favorite toppings***.
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Notes
*Steel cut oats require a lot more liquid than regular old-fashioned oats to cook. I used a combination of water and milk to give the oatmeal a creamy texture. For this reason, I don't recommend swapping the steel cut oats for any other kind of oat in this recipe. Quick-cook or old-fashioned (rolled) oats are much softer and can become mushy in the crockpot.
**It's important to grease your crockpot well. Otherwise, the steel cut oats can stick during cooking.
***Top with any of your favorite toppings! I love maple syrup and an extra sprinkle of cinnamon, but diced apples and chopped walnuts are a close second. Some other topping ideas include bananas, berries (fresh or frozen and thawed), strawberry jam, pumpkin butter, slivered almonds, dried cherries or cranberries, granola, or sunflower seeds.
- You can easily double this recipe if you're making it for a larger family or to meal prep your breakfast for the week.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 230kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 6g | Sodium: 481mg | Fiber: 5g