Breakfast · No. 10
Slow Cooker Steel Cut Oatmeal
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!
Serves 4Total time 2 hr 40 min230 calories per servingAmericanBreakfast
Ingredients
- 1 cup steel cut oats*
- 3 cups water
- 1 cup milk
- ¾ tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- ½ Tbsp butter (for greasing)
Method
- 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***.
Notes
- From the family list: about 2 hr 40 min (slow cooker), ~230 cal. Cook a batch and reheat all week.
- Recipe notes from the site:
- You can easily double this recipe if you’re making it for a larger family or to meal prep your breakfast for the week.
- Times from the recipe page: prep 10 min, cook 150 min, total 160 min.
- 230 calories per serving, from the recipe page (yield as listed: 4 servings).
- Recipe and photo from Budget Bytes (budgetbytes.com), by Marsha McDougal. Saved for personal use.