Creamy, warmly-spiced Apple Cinnamon Crock Pot Steel Cut Oatmeal is a marvelous make-ahead breakfast to share with family. Set it up the night before and have delicious oatmeal in the morning!
Have you ever made steel cut oatmeal in your crock pot?
If you’ve made steel cut oats, you know it can be time-consuming to prepare it on the stove top. It requires 30 to 40 minutes of cook time, and because it can boil over easily, it needs to be monitored. My solution to this? Preparing steel cut oats in the crock pot!
The major benefit to this recipe is you simply put all the ingredients in a crock pot, give it a stir, and let it sit on low heat. You’ll end up with plenty of oatmeal that you can bring to work for breakfast throughout the week, or you can make this for friends and/or family when you’re entertaining overnight guests.
Recipe Notes:
- I will say, you’ll definitely want to use full-fat canned coconut milk in this recipe to ensure the oatmeal doesn’t stick to the sides of your crock pot. The coconut milk will make the steel cut oatmeal super thick and creamy and delicious!
- While you can serve the steel cut oatmeal with almond milk, I don’t recommend using almond milk for the cooking portion of this recipe, as it has a tendency to separate.
- You can replace the pure maple syrup with honey or brown sugar if that’s your preference over pure maple syrup.
- If you’re looking to serve more than 4 people, simply double the recipe!
Enjoy your morning porridge!
Apple Cinnamon Crock Pot Steel Cut Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 1 cup steel cut oats see note*
- 4 cups water
- 1 cup full-fat canned coconut milk*
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup to taste
- 3 tablespoons ghee see note**
- 1 apple peeled, cored and chopped
- 1/3 cup raisins
- ½ cup raw walnuts chopped
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a crock pot and stir well.
- Place crock pot on the low setting for 7 to 9 hours, until the liquid has been absorbed. If possible, stir the oatmeal part of the way through.
- Serve generous portions of oatmeal with your sweetener of choice (honey or pure maple syrup recommended), almond milk, coconut milk, or regular milk, plus additional raisins and walnuts.
Carol
Saturday 5th of October 2019
Nutrition informations?
juice
Tuesday 8th of December 2015
can I use quick cook steel cut oatmeal...it's all i have in the pantry?
Julia
Wednesday 9th of December 2015
Hi there! I've never tested the recipe using quick cook. My guess is you'd be better off making the recipe on the stove top with the quick cook versus the crock pot. Let me know if you try either method!
Jennie @themessybakerblog
Monday 6th of January 2014
Um, I need those boot cuffs. How adorb. Also, I need a bowl of oats for breakfast. Going over to visit Stephie.
Heather @ The Soulful Spoon
Sunday 5th of January 2014
This looks AMAZING. I just found your blog today and I'm hooked! I adore oatmeal, so of course, checked out your oatmeal recipes first:) I just adore your style of blogging and your tastes in food.I can't wait to see what's up next! You're very talented:)
Julie
Thursday 2nd of January 2014
Ok. Here's a real question. I'm planning on this for our breakfast Sunday. We'll get up around 7:30 for church, but I'm a light weight as far as staying up late, so it's 10:30 PM when we turn out the light (at the latest). That's right at 9 hours. If it goes a little over, is that a big deal, or should I make it the day before and then re-heat it? Thoughts??
Julia
Thursday 2nd of January 2014
You should be fine, but maybe add a little extra liquid. Mine came out pretty thick, so I'd go liberal on the liquid and you'll be good to go. Yaaay, I'm glad you're making this! :)