Overnight Steel Cut Oatmeal
A wonderful chocolate oatmeal, or make it plain with maple and brown sugar. I found the chocolate version first, on Happy Healthy, and made up the plain version when I needed a change. Both are wonderful with berries on top. I add walnuts and chia to the chocolate version, and flax seeds to the maple and brown sugar version. I also tend to use more water and less almond milk for the plain version. Sometimes I make extra and freeze muffin-size portions like Trader Joes does, to microwave during the week.
Ingredients
- 1 cup steel-cut oats
- 2 cups water
- 3 cups vanilla almond milk
- 2 T maple syrup
Chocolate Version
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Plain Version
- 2 T brown sugar
- *I use more water, less almond milk here
Toppings
- Berries (Strawberries, blueberries, etc.)
- Walnuts
- Chia seeds
- Flax seeds
Instructions
For the chocolate version, heat 1 cup of the water in the microwave, 1 minute. Slowly mix the cocoa in the water to pre-dissolve it.
Combine all ingredients in the slower cooker. Stir.
Set the slow-cooker to low. Cook about 6 hours.
Note: I plug the power cord into a timer set to turn on around 2 am and off around 7 am.