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Hot Breakfast: Fuel for Cold Winter Mornings

Name: Overnight Slow Cooker Oatmeal
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 2 cups steel cut oats; 3 cups water; 1 cup milk; 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice; 2 teaspoons butter

Hot Breakfast: Fuel for Cold Winter Mornings

"Busy" is an understatement to describe the lives we live today. But we all remember mom's saying, "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." Why is that? It's simple, really. We need good fuel to get our engines restarted. The time between dinner or our late night snack and breakfast is generally 8-12 hours (that's why it's called "break fast"). And here's a big surprise: "Not having enough time" to make a hot breakfast is the number one reason given for not eating well in the morning.

Did you know that in the time it takes to set up your coffee maker at night, you can start a batch of slow cooker oatmeal that will be ready to dish out and enjoy when you get up? Set out bowls and spoons and voila - you'll wake to a homemade, hot meal.

Overnight Slow Cooker Oatmeal

Dori Fritzinger

Servings

4 servings

Prep Time:

5 minutes

Cook Time:

8 hours

Ingredients

2 cups steel cut oats
3 cups water
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
2 teaspoons butter

Instructions

Combine the oats, water, milk, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and butter in a slow cooker.
Cook on low overnight or 8 hours.
In the morning, serve in bowls and top with your favorite “stir-ins” like fresh or dried fruit, maple syrup, brown sugar, or nuts.