The Oatmeal Is Ready!

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What better way to start the day than with some hot oatmeal!  And even better is that this oatmeal cooks while you are sleeping in your crock pot.  My Aunt shared this recipe with us and I made it for the first time Sunday morning – when the snow was on the ground and something warm was needed to get the chill out after getting out of a warm bed.  I do not have a timer on my crock pot, but I invested in a timer that I can plug it into .  The original recipe said to cook for 7 – 9 hours, but I found that was too long in my crock pot and that about 4 1/2 hours was perfect.

Slow and Delicious Oatmeal

Ingredients

2 cups milk
1/4 c maple syrup or brown sugar (optional – we used brown sugar – not packed)
1 Tbl melted butter or coconut oil (we used butter,  but once I can replenish our supply of coconut oil – will use that – having a hard time finding it)
1/4 tsp salt (used sea salt)
1/2 t cinnamon (I don’t measure and just shake on)
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup chopped apple (we do some with the skin)
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (I substituted dried, unsulfered apricots)

1. Grease your crock pot – I use butter.

2. Measure out all the ingredients and cut the apple – mix together in the crock pot.

3. Cook on low (I do about 4 1/2 hours, but the time will depend on your crock pot – recipe states 7 – 9 hours or overnight). Set the timer. Don’t forget to unplug the timer once you are done – it will keep drawing electricity.

4. Enjoy some extra time in the morning and a hot breakfast!

This recipe makes enough for Stella and me to have it for 2 days.  The leftover from day one is placed in a bowl in the fridge – the next morning I put it in the steamer and heat up.

Stella LOVES this oatmeal.  In the winter we switch over to oatmeal – usually I soak it overnight, cook in the morning, add flax meal, a little bit of cinnamon, brown sugar and some dried fruit (nuts in mine) – but I think this will be the new recipe we use for the winter.  I am going to try throwing in some of the dried blueberries that I preserved this summer – probably when I get up in the morning, which is an hour before we eat.  Will also try some flax added to it.  Highly recommend this one!

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