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Home » Slow-Cooker Irish Oatmeal

Slow-Cooker Irish Oatmeal

By Marybeth Feutz 5 Comments

I love breakfast. And there is just something about waking up to a hot breakfast (that you don’t have to cook)! Enter Slow Cooker Irish Oats, made with steel-cut oats.

I love waking up to a hot breakfast. Cooking steel cut oats in your slow cooker is a great way to have hot, tasty oatmeal ready as soon as you get out of bed!

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Slow Cooker Irish Oatmeal

Slow cooking is a great way to cook steel-cut oats. This type of oat is less processed than the old-fashioned or quick-cooking oatmeal you might be used to, and they need to cook a lot longer. (Sort of like the difference between white rice and brown rice.) Using a slow cooker means you can have steel-cut oatmeal ready as soon as you get up, instead of having to cook it for an hour!

Add 1 cup of raisins, or your favorite dried fruit. (If you’re using something bigger, like cherries, you’ll want to give them a rough chop first.) Feel free to use those old raisins from the back of your pantry. Even if they start off a bit dry and hard, they’ll soften right up after an overnight soak!

We had this for breakfast on January 1. I mixed everything up before we went out on New Year’s Eve and stuck it in the refrigerator. When we got home I popped the crock in the slow cooker and turned it on. (I could even manage this after a few beers!)

The next morning, the oatmeal won’t look very beautiful… The half-and-half will give everything a light brown color after being cooked all night long, and the top might look a little dry. Just give it a good stir, and you’re in business.

I love waking up to a hot breakfast. Cooking steel cut oats in your slow cooker is a great way to have hot, tasty oatmeal ready as soon as you get out of bed!

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Top with whatever you like. I used brown sugar, slivered almonds, and pecans. Pick your favorites!

This recipe is adapted from “Slow Cooking All Year Round” by Gooseberry Patch.

Enjoy!

Slow-Cooker Irish Oatmeal

From "Slow Cooking All Year 'Round" by Gooseberry Patch.
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Irish steel-cut oats uncooked
  • 1 cup dried fruit chopped
  • 4 cups water
  • 1/2 cup half-and-half or whole milk
  • Garnish - cinnamon butter, brown sugar, walnuts, etc

Instructions
 

  • Combine all ingredients except garnishes in slow cooker
  • Cover and cook on low for 8-9 hours.
  • Garnish as desired.
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Comments

  1. crisgoode says

    01/18/2013 at 12:32 am

    I haven’t tried slow cooker oats yet… gonna have to give it a whirl.

  2. Marybeth @ Alarm Clock Wars says

    01/18/2013 at 9:01 pm

    You will love it! I forget and don’t make them enough… Going to have to get back in the habit for this cold winter!

  3. Lana Wallpe says

    04/11/2013 at 1:09 am

    Seriously, where do you find steel cut oats? I’m going to have to go to the big town, WL, to find them.

  4. Marybeth @ Alarm Clock Wars says

    04/11/2013 at 1:28 am

    Check the organic section of your grocery store. They usually come in a plastic bag, about 1 pound. I can find them in Princeton, so all hope is not lost!

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