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Overnight Oats Deluxe

December 28, 2015 by JennifersKitchen

Steel-Cut Oats in the CrockPot - Healthy Breakfast IdeasMy slow cooker gets a lot of use at my house. Canned beans or beans cooked on the stove top are no comparison to a crockpot of tender, slow-cooked beans. And a healthy breakfast can’t get much easier! I just put ingredients like whole grains and dried fruit, in the crockpot, turn it on, and in the morning we have a delicious, filling, hot breakfast waiting for us.

The slow cooker is your secret weapon in the kitchen.  It’s one of the best – and least expensive – time-saving tools you can own.

Steel-Cut Oats

Crockpot Oatmeal Recipe
If you’ve never tried steel cut oats before, you’re in for a treat!

Steel cut oats also have a richer flavor than do regular rolled oats. In fact, most people, once they’ve tried steel-cut oats, say they’ll never go back to regular rolled oats again.

What Are Steel-Cut Oats?

Steel-Cut Oats in the CrockPot - healthy breakfast ideas

Steel cut oats are oat grains that have been cut into pieces rather than rolled like old-fashioned oats or quick oats. This method leaves steel-cut oats with a texture that’s chewier and heartier than rolled oats.

Because they are cut pieces rather than rolled, they hold up better in a crockpot than do rolled oats.

Where to Buy Steel-Cut Oats?

I’ve occasionally seen steel-cut oats at some major grocery stores, but I find it most convenient to buy them from Amazon.

Overnight Oats Deluxe

I cook this Overnight Oats Deluxe recipe in my little 2-quart slow cooker and it makes enough to serve 3 or 4.  But no worries if you’re cooking for only one or two. Leftovers go in the frig, reheat the next morning, and you have instant breakfast!

More Overnight Cereal Recipes – Healthy Breakfast Ideas!

Here’s how to make lots of different kinds of cereal in a crock pot overnight.

How to cook grains in a crockpot

More Crock Pot Cooking

Here’s a super helpful tutorial for cooking beans in a crock pot.

Crock Pot Oatmeal
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Overnight Oats Deluxe (Sugar-Free)

Prep 7 mins

Cook 7 hours

Total 7 hours, 7 mins

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Yield 3 to 4 servings

Make this delicious, hearty, sugar-free breakfast in your sleep.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups non-dairy milk
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/4 cup shredded coconut
  • 1 tablespoon flax seed
  • 1 tablespoon raw, hulled sunflower seeds – optional
  • 1 cup steel-cut oats (use gluten-free steel-cut oats if desired)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt, scant
  • 2 apples, peeled and diced
  • 1/3 cup raisins
  • 1/2 cup raw walnuts
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup pure maple syrup – optional

Instructions

  1. Place all ingredients, except raisins, walnuts, maple syrup, and vanilla in slow cooker in order listed. Gently stir.
  2. Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours. (An appliance timer is useful for limiting length of cooking time. See note #3.)
  3. When cereal is done, remove lid and stir in remaining ingredients. Cereal may be thin, but will thicken when stirred.

Notes

1. This recipe is for a small (2-quart) slow cooker. Recipe may be adjusted for different size slow cookers.

2. All slow cookers cook differently. The amount of liquid given works well for most slow cookers. If your cooker tends to lose more or less liquid than most, you may need to adjust the liquid amount in the recipe.

3. If you would like your slow cooker to turn on and off automatically, you can plug it into an appliance timer. Click here for more information about successfully cooking cereal in a slow cooker.

4. For best results, do not remove lid during cooking process.

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Comments

  1. Faith

    December 28, 2015 at 12:53 pm

    It would be nice if your recipes were on a separate page apart from comments etc. so we do not have to print out material that we do not want printed and are wasted pages.

    Reply
  2. KimS

    December 31, 2015 at 8:15 am

    I made this last night. I’ve been wanting to try steel cut oats for a while now. It was a less than perfect apple that pushed me into action. They were great! Thank you for this recipe. I read a tip on another blog to freeze the extras in cupcake liners, heating up in the microwave for 30 secs or so, when you’re ready to use. I’m going to try it.

    Reply
    • Jennifer's Kitchen

      January 1, 2016 at 2:13 pm

      You’re very welcome, Kim. Thanks for your comment. Glad you liked it.

      And thank you for the great tip on freezing the extras. If we can ever manage to have any leftovers, I’ll have to try that!

      Reply
  3. Nancy

    January 5, 2016 at 8:42 am

    What is non dairy milk. Do you mean powdered?

    Reply
    • Jennifer's Kitchen

      January 5, 2016 at 11:10 am

      Hi Nancy,
      Almond milk, soy milk, coconut milk, rice milk, cashew milk, and hazelnut milk are the most common varieties of non-dairy milk. (You can click on the links to see examples and purchase some if you’d like.)

      I tested this recipe with almond milk and with soy milk and it turned out great. I think it would also taste good with hazelnut milk and cashew milk.

      Hope this helps.

      Jennifer

      Reply
  4. Mikkel Magnuson

    January 5, 2016 at 9:18 am

    Hello Jennifer! This is new for me but it prefer to go for it first then say something regarding this recipe. But with your description it appears yummy, delicious one.I want to know one thing Can I use some other fruit other than apple in this recipe?

    Reply
    • Jennifer's Kitchen

      January 5, 2016 at 11:17 am

      Hi Mikkel,

      I haven’t tried any other kind of fruit in this recipe. I’m thinking that I would stick with the apple since its flavor holds up well in the crock pot. You may be able to use pears, but I don’t think the end result would be as sweet and flavorful.

      Jennifer

      Reply
  5. Dorian

    January 19, 2016 at 8:24 pm

    Should I blend (ground) the flaxseeds if they are whole? Thanks for the yummy, easy, healthy recipes–exactly what I have been looking for– answer to my prayers!

    Reply
    • Jennifer's Kitchen

      January 19, 2016 at 8:49 pm

      Hi Dorian,

      I use whole flaxseeds. After they’ve cooked several hours in the crock pot, they are somewhat soft and easy to chew.

      So glad you like the recipes! Thank you for your comment.

      Jennifer

      Reply
  6. Malin Andersson

    March 21, 2016 at 7:41 am

    Hey Jennifers. Can we use chocolate in place of vanilla? Because, I do not like the vanilla flavor.

    Reply
    • Jennifer's Kitchen

      March 21, 2016 at 11:42 am

      Hi Malin,
      I personally would just leave the vanilla out and not replace it with chocolate. (Here’s why.) But of course, you can feel free to experiment with the recipe as you would like.

      Enjoy 🙂

      Reply
  7. Larry Skinner

    April 28, 2020 at 6:44 pm

    Hi everyone. I printed off the steel cut oats recipe but it only printed the recipe and nothing else, but if it does , look in the preview of what is printing and select only the pages you want. That works well for me.

    Reply

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