Slow Cooker Apple Cinnamon Steel Cut Oatmeal with Whipped Maple Cream.
Hugs in a bowl! Hugs in a short little bowl.
That’s what’s on the menu today. A cinnamon apple-y hug in a bowl. I don’t hate it!
It’s also kind of like dessert in a bowl, depending on how you look at it. This is one of the most comforting breakfasts I’ve made in a long time (that doesn’t include bacon, of course) and we can’t.stop.eating.it.
But wait! How was your weekend? What kind of horsing around did you do? What did you get in to? And most importantly, did you consume apple cider, pumpkin beer or cheese soup because OCTOBER.
It’s just like the best month ever. I can’t help it.
So. I have rambled on here approximately 874 times about my love for the quaker instant oatmeal packets when I was a kid. Yeah yeah, I know. Broken record. Seriously, I probably ate them for ten plus years straight, often enjoying them for an after school snack or dinner. And, biggest secret that isn’t even a secret? After I had a Max, I had a few weeks of loving on them because 1. I was hungrier than I’d ever been in my life and 2. I was craving all sorts of nostalgic flavors from my youth.
I know I know, I just told you this.
And that’s kind of why I made these. And Max is more of the reason too! I usually save this sort of thing for the baby page, but all of a sudden Max has become SO insanely excited about all food. He’s been eating finger foods since he was six months old, but in the last few weeks he has started getting ridiculously excited about any and all foods – to the point where if you’re eating something and you don’t give him a bite, he gets MAD.
We find it hilarious, as most obnoxious first time parents would. But all gushing about our first born aside, I made these oats because breakfast is my favorite meal to share with Max. We usually have scrambled eggs and toast and blueberries or something.
But with the chillier weather (um, hello, we saw SNOW FLAKES yesterday!!), I’ve been craving something warm. And since I don’t have the unlimited amount of time to make a wild and crazy breakfast (oh trust me, I still THINK I have the unlimited time until I get in the moment), something overnight sounded incredibly appealing.
And also like it would free up my hands for a few minutes in the morn.
Plus, I adore steel cut oats in all of their chewy glory. So much texture!! If you’re a texture freak like me, I know they’ve gotta be your thing too. Right?! They are kind of maybe definitely the only oats worth eating that aren’t in cookie form.
Therefore, into the slow cooker went many current obsessions: apple chunks, coconut milk, tons of cinnamon, coconut oil, coconut butter. In fact, I think that these accidentally turned out vegan?? Oops oops. Happy accidents, all the way.
But no fear, if you don’t have all those ingredients, you can totally use regular milk, regular butter, all the things that might be hanging out in your fridge. It’s cool. Do your thang.
I allowed my oats to sit in the slow cooker on low for exactly eight hours. I stirred only once, because the reality is that if you are making these overnight, are you really going to wake up and stir once or twice to prevent some crispy edges? I doubt it. If you decide to make these during the day and then reheat in batches (completely doable and still delish), stir a handful of times if you’re around.
If you aren’t around or want to let them cook overnight, you might end up with some oats sticking to the sides. I did, but I don’t mind a little texture. This also heavily depends on the intensity of your slow cooker and if it acts like a bad ass and it’s low setting gets super hot, I’d recommend cooking during the day. Some cookers are wacky and have minds of their own.
Oh oh oh and we NEED to talk about what is drizzle on top here. It’s maple syrup, boiled until bubbly and then WHIPPED. Homemade maple cream, if you will. We love the maple cream from american spoon so so so much and buy a jar every summer. It gets drizzled on pancakes and waffles and in general, most breakfast foods. Obviously, I had to try making my own annnnd… basically now my life is over.
If you find me head-first in a jar of maple cream, you know what happened.
Since we always talk about toppings for life, I doused my bowl in toasted almonds, hemp seeds, more apples, crunchy shredded coconut AND coconut chips and that whipped maple situation.
It is certainly a situation I can’t get enough of.
Oh and P.S. these do NOT taste like coconut (even with the milk, butter and oil), they are just wonderfully creamy and smooth and your ideal October breakfast. Don’t stop, get it get it.
Slow Cooker Apple Cinnamon Steel Cut Oatmeal with Whipped Maple Cream
Ingredients
- 1 cup steel cut oats
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 (14-ounce) cans light coconut milk
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups cubed apples
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons coconut butter
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch of cardamom
- for topping: toasted almonds, hemp seeds, toasted coconut chips, shredded coconut, apple chunks, cinnamon sprinkle, whipped maple cream
maple cream
- 1 1/2 cups pure maple syrup
Instructions
- Spray your slow cooker with nonstick spray. Stir all ingredients together in the slow cooker and set on low for 6 to 8 hours. Stir once or twice if you can. If not, the mixture might stick to the edges a bit. Serve hot with extra milk drizzled on top and a variety of toppings!
- You can store this in the fridge for a few days and reheat with a bit of milk.
maple cream
- Place the maple syrup in a saucepan fitted with a candy thermometer. Fill a large bowl with ice water and place another saucepan on top of the ice. Heat the maple syrup over medium heat until boiling (do not stir, but do not walk away because you don’t want it to boil over! if it boils up, lower the heat.) and cook until it reaches 235 degrees F. Once at 235 degrees F, remove from the heat and pour the syrup into the saucepan that is sitting in the ice water bath. Let it cook for 5 to 10 minutes. Once slightly cooler, begin to stir the syrup with a wooden spoon until it’s creamy. This can take about 15 minutes, so instead, I poured my syrup into my stand mixer and beat it on low speed with the paddle attachment! Again, about 10ish minutes, until it’s light in color. Once it’s light and pourable, stop beating because it can thicken quickly.
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79 Comments on “Slow Cooker Apple Cinnamon Steel Cut Oatmeal with Whipped Maple Cream.”
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Oh dear, this was a disaster! I used the non-coconut option: plain milk and butter. Instead of waking up to a lovely apple cinnamon smell, my whole kitchen smelled vile. The porridge was an unappetising brown with a dark brown skin over it. And the taste was somewhat how I imagine Clag glue would taste. It went in the bin. I’m sure the coconut version is much better, though.
I will stick to the microwave version of Apple porridge with instant oats, milk, grated Apple, cinnamon and apple sauce. Or overnight Oats with Apple juice, milk, grated Apple and yoghurt. No more slow cooker porridge for me, I’m afraid.
My first attempt with overnight oatmeal was also a disaster. I later realized my slow cooker cooks higher than some (most?) so I have to leave mine on warm (NOT low!) or it turns out the way you described.
The easiest way to make overnight oats with one small and one large crock pot. Put everything from the recipe liquid and oats
Etc. into a small crock pot.
Cover with foil and place the small crock pot in side the center of the larger one.
fill halfway up the larger crockpot with water.
Now turn the large crock pot on low and cook for about 6 hours. No scum on top no crusty side .
just yummy oatmeal
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I made this over the weekend and YUM! It tastes just like the Quaker instant oatmeal…except even BETTER! My husband declared his love for it too. Super easy to make the night before and wake up to the next morning, with everything prepared. I admit, I didn’t make the maple cream, but even without it, these oats are delish. A new fall staple for me.
The recipe makes quite a bit, and where there is just the two of us, there were plenty of leftovers, but the oatmeal re-warmed wonderfully in the microwave. I had it for breakfast 3 mornings in a row (and I still wasn’t sick of it)! Thanks for the great recipe :)
Too much liquid. It was the consistency of milk with a little oatmeal. I added half cup oatmeal to 1 cup mixture. Mocrowaved for 90 seconds and now it looks like oatmeal. I did drizzle maple syrup over the final version and very good. Will use my combination and store in fridge for future breakfast.
I tried it out and it was delicious, but I didnt had all of the needed ingredients actually,
so I think next time Ill do it, will be more delicious for sure!
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Does anyone know if the maple-whip can be made at another time and used later?