Crock Pot Apple Cinnamon Steel Cut Oatmeal!

I purchased steel cut oats a while back and finally decided to attempt to cook them.  I found a crock pot recipe online and did my own variation of it. Maybe I should have stuck to the original recipe!  It didn't taste horrible, but it definitely was off.  Here's what I did and I'll let you know what I would change.  Let's break it down:

Here's what I used the first time around:

Ingredients
3 cups steel cut oats (also called Irish oats) 

1/3 cup brown sugar
8 cups water

4 cups fat free milk

2 tsps cinnamon
1 apple peeled and diced

Honey for drizzling



1.  Spray the crock pot with cooking spray to avoid a disaster clean up later.
2.  Throw everything except the honey in the crock pot, stir, and cook on low or warm for 8-12 hours.

3.  Drizzle with honey.  That's it!

So, that is what I did last night.  I woke up this morning to some beautiful looking oatmeal!  It wasn't gross, but it could definitely use some tweaking.  Here's what I would change:

1.  I would add a little more brown sugar.  Maybe 1/2 to 3/4 of a cup instead of 1/3.  The original recipe called for 1 full cup and I was trying to be healthy.  If it's still not sweet enough, add a little Truvia (Stevia).  That's what a did this morning and it was fine. 

2.  Get rid of the honey.  It made it taste weird.  I enjoy honey, so this surprised me.  If you're into honey, maybe try a little and see what you think!

3.  Add more apples!  I only used one because I only had one.  I would add like 3 or 4.  The more the merrier!  The original recipe said to add the apples about an hour before it's done and I made the mistake of adding them in the beginning, but it didn't matter.  So, you can do it either way.

4.  It had too much cinnamon.  That's all I could taste.  I would do just 1 tsp.  I think it would be more than enough.

SO..here is my revised recipe.  I haven't tried it this way yet, but like I said..the first way wasn't horrible either, so I don't think you can really go wrong. 

Revised recipe:

Ingredients
3 cups steel cut oats (also called Irish oats)
1/2-3/4 cup brown sugar (It's your call. You can use up to 1 cup)
8 cups water
4 cups fat free milk
1 tsp cinnamon
3-4 apple peeled and diced


1. Spray the crock pot with cooking spray to avoid a disaster clean up later.
2. Throw everything in the crock pot, stir, and cook on low for 8 hours. That's it!

Also, if you don't want or need this much, you can cut the recipe in half.  I wanted to make enough to last Matt and I all week.  Do you have a good steel cut oatmeal recipe you'd like to share?

Bon Appetit!
Missy Picky Pants