Closet Cooking: Slow Cooker Apple Pie Steel Cut Oatmeal

With the cold winter days here it is always nice to start the morning off with a warm, healthy and hearty breakfast and it is even better if that breakfast is fully cooked and waiting for you when you get up! If you are a fan of oatmeal and if you have a slow cooker this is it is super easy to do where all you need to do is place all of the ingredients for your oatmeal into the slow cooker before going to bed at night. A bowl of oatmeal certainly does not need to be boring and since it is easy to add flavours you can keep things interesting and have a different bowl of oatmeal for breakfast every morning. I have done a lot of experimenting with different flavours of oatmeal and one of my favourites has to be this oatmeal themed after apple pie; and who doesn't want a warm bowl of apple pie for breakfast? At its base, this apple pie oatmeal consists of the steel cut oats, apples, brown sugar and cinnamon and from there you can add what you like. I enjoy the addition of raisins and walnuts and of course a spoonful of caramel sauce works perfectly to sweeten things up a bit!

Tip: Place everything in your slow cooker before you go to bed at night and set it to cook for 4 hours. After it is done cooking, it will go into keep warm mode and keep your oatmeal perfectly cooked until you wake up in the morning.

What a great way to start the day!

Slow Cooker Apple Pie Steel Cut Oatmeal

All of the flavours of apple pie in an over night slow cooker steal cut oatmeal for breakfast!

Servings: makes 4 servings

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 4 hours
Total Time: 4 hours 10 minutes

Printable Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup steel cut oats
• 2 cups water or apple juice or apple cider
• 2 cups milk (or 2 more cups water)
• 2 apples, peeled, cored and cut into bite sized pieces
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 dash nutmeg, grated
• 1/4 cup raisins (optional)
• 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)
• milk to taste (optional)
• caramel sauce (optional)

Directions

1. Place the steel cut oats, water, milk, apple, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and raisins in a slow cooker and set it to cook on low for 4 hours.
2. Mix the oatmeal up, optionally adding milk to bring it to the desired consistency and sweetener to bring it to the desired sweetness and serve topped with any desired toppings.

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Source: http://www.closetcooking.com/2013/01/slow-cooker-apple-pie-steel-cut-oatmeal.html

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