Overnight Slow Cooker Steel Cut Oats
Steel cut oats cooked overnight in a slow cooker with mashed bananas, flaxseed, milk, and warm spices. Cook on LOW for 7–8 hours or on HIGH for 4 hours and serve with your favorite mix-ins.
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1.5 cupssteel cut oatsdo not substitute quick cooking instant, or rolled oats, gluten freeif needed
- 4 cupswater
- 2 cupsmilkany kind you like I used skim
- 2 large mashed ripe bananasplus additional banana slices for serving
- 3 tablespoonsground flaxseed meal*
- 2 teaspoonspure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 teaspoonsground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoonfreshly grated nutmegit’s an amazing flavor upgrade to grate your ownnutmeg. I usethis zesterto do it.
- 1/2 teaspoonkosher salt
- For serving: chopped toasted walnutsraisins chocolate chips, maple syrup, peanut butter, or any other mix-ins you enjoy with banana bread
Instructions
Instructions
- Place 1.5 cups steel cut oats (do not substitute quick, instant, or rolled oats), 4 cups water, 2 cups milk, 2 large mashed ripe bananas, 3 tablespoons ground flaxseed meal, 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract, 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg, and ½ teaspoon kosher salt into the bottom of a 4- to 6-quart slow cooker.
- Stir the mixture until ingredients are evenly combined and the mashed bananas are distributed throughout.
- Cover the slow cooker.
- Cook on LOW for 7–8 hours (overnight) or on HIGH for 4 hours, until the oats are soft but still have a bit of chew.
- Turn off the slow cooker, remove the lid, and stir the oats thoroughly to combine evenly.
- Serve warm with chopped toasted walnuts, additional banana slices, raisins, chocolate chips, maple syrup, peanut butter, or other mix-ins listed in the ingredient section as desired.
Equipment
- 4- to 6-quart slow cooker
Notes
Notes
Overnight steel cut oats can be refrigerated for up to 1 week or frozen for up to 2 months. To reheat, top desired amount with a few tablespoons of water or milk, then warm in the microwave or in a small saucepan until hot. If the oatmeal is frozen, let thaw overnight in the refrigerator first.
*The ground flaxseed meal I added for a nutritional boost. If you don’t have it or do not wish to add it, simply omit it. You can also substitute
chia seeds
or
hulled hemp seeds
.
Overnight steel cut oats can be refrigerated for up to 1 week or frozen for up to 2 months. To reheat, top desired amount with a few tablespoons of water or milk, then warm in the microwave or in a small saucepan until hot. If the oatmeal is frozen, let thaw overnight in the refrigerator first.
*The ground flaxseed meal I added for a nutritional boost. If you don’t have it or do not wish to add it, simply omit it. You can also substitute
chia seeds
or
hulled hemp seeds
.