Overnight Steel-Cut Oatmeal
This recipe is SO DANG GOOD. And I have now upgraded it to give you THREE WAYS to make this oatmeal! I always do option 1: the double boiler method, but you can do option 2 or 3.
No matter the method, YOU WILL NEED:
Overnight Steel Cut Oatmeal Ingredients:
- 3 cups water
- 3 cups milk (I used unsweet vanilla almond milk)
- 1 ½ cups steel-cut oats (must be steel-cut; normal oats won’t work the same)
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tbs chia seeds
- ¼ c coconut oil (optional)
Optional Add-Ins
3/4 c raisins or 3 small apples, peeled and diced (or 2 large)
Optional Toppings
Chopped nuts, peaches, blueberries, peanut butter, whatever sounds good to you!
OPTION 1: CROCK-POT DOUBLE BOILER METHOD
TO MAKE
Step one: Combine all ingredients in an 8 cup heatproof glass bowl. I have a giant glass measuring cup that works perfect for this.
Step Two: Set bowl in a 6 quart slow cooker (this is mine). Add cold water to slow cooker (NOT THE MEASURING CUP/BOWL), filling until water comes ¾ of the way up of bowl.
Step Three: Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours.
Makes about 8 – 1 cup servings and lasts in the fridge at least a week (I let it go longer sometimes).To reheat just microwave for about 1 ½ minutes; if it seems too hard/thick, add a little extra coconut oil to and stir it through. Top with whatever you like! Fresh fruit, PB, nuts, etc.
OPTION 2: CROCK POT METHOD
Combine all ingredients in the crock pot and stir well. Cook on low for 8 hours. Come back and stir well. Some of the oatmeal will likely stick to the sides and the bottom of the crock pot; this is normal!
OPTION 3: STOVE TOP METHOD
Combine all ingredients in a large pot on the stove. Bring everything to a boil and then lower to simmer. For quick-cooking steel cut oats, it took around 10 minutes. For regular steel cut oats it takes longer, around 20 minutes.
They do seem a little thick/congealed at the end, or when stored in the fridge, but a splash of milk or water when microwaved brings them back to life.
Overnight Steel-Cut Oatmeal
Ingredients
3 cups water
3 cups milk (I used unsweet vanilla almond milk)
1 ½ cups steel-cut oats (must be steel-cut; normal oats won’t work the same)
½ cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon kosher salt
2 tbs chia seeds
¼ c coconut oil (optional)
- Optional Add-Ins:
3/4 c raisins, or 3 small apples, peeled and diced (or 2 large)
- Optional Toppings:
Chopped nuts, peaches, blueberries, peanut butter, whatever sounds good to you!
Directions
- OPTION 1: CROCK-POT DOUBLE BOILER METHOD
- Combine all ingredients in an 8 cup heatproof glass bowl. I have a giant glass pyrex measuring cup that works perfect for this.
- Set bowl in a 6 quart slow cooker (this is mine) and this is a link for one super similar but slightly less expensive; add cold water to slow cooker (NOT THE PYREX), filling until water comes ¾ of the way up of bowl.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours.
Makes about 8 – 1 cup servings and lasts in the fridge at least a week (I let it go longer sometimes).To reheat just microwave for about 1 ½ minutes; if it seems too hard/thick, add a little extra coconut oil to and stir it through. Top with whatever you like! Fresh fruit, PB, nuts, etc. - OPTION 2: CROCK POT METHOD
- Combine all ingredients in the crock pot and stir well. Cook on low for 8 hours. Come back and stir well. Some of the oatmeal will likely stick to the sides and the bottom of the crock pot; this is normal!
- OPTION 3: STOVE TOP METHOD
- Combine all ingredients in a large pot on the stove. Bring everything to a boil and then lower to simmer. For quick-cooking steel cut oats, it took around 10 minutes. For regular steel cut oats it takes longer, around 20 minutes.
Notes
- They do seem a little thick/congealed at the end, or when stored in the fridge, but a splash of milk or water when microwaved brings them back to life.
Can these be quick cook steel oats or no?
It will definitely change the texture, with it cooking so long it really should be regular steel cut oats
Thank you – waited and got the regular steel cut oats. Made it last night in the double boiled crock pot method – delicious and super easy for a school morning!
Just in case anyone was wondering I halved this recipe with apples and put in a 4 cup Pyrex measuring cup. It turned out fantastic!
Thanks for this info!
What about dates instead of raisins?
Sure! I would chop them up into smaller pieces but that sounds delish!
Could you do this in your instapot using the slow cooker option? My crockpot recently died and so here we are. Instapot has the option so we haven’t purchased another crockpot. We’ve used it for crockpot recipes.
You know I have not tried this so I cannot personally attest. I’m sorry! maybe try the stovetop method instead?
Might be a silly question, but do you measure the coconut oil before it’s melted, or do you buy some that’s already liquid?
I measure it before I melt it!
This seems like a silly question, but does the 3 cups of water go in the Pyrex? Or is that the water to fill in the crockpot?
Not silly! This goes into the pyrex. I didn’t give liquid measurements for what goes in the crockpot, just fill it until is covers enough.
Hi. The 3 cups of water at the top of the ingredients. Is that for the oats? Or is that the water you put into the crock pot?? Thanks
That’s for the oats!
Sorry. One more thing. Water plus milk is 6 cups of liquid to 1.5 cup of oats????
Yes, trust me!
Does the lid of your crockpot fit over the Pyrex?? My crockpot is 6 qt but the lid doesn’t fit with the Pyrex, wondering if that’ll mess things up?
It does but it’s not super important!
Is there an easy way to make this high protein?
Sure! Stir in peanut butter or greek yogurt when you go to plate it! And top with almonds or walnuts.
Cows milk OK?
Yes!