Slow Cooker Irish Oatmeal

4.86 from 21 votes

Wake up to Slow Cooker Irish Oatmeal. Throw it all in the crockpot in less than 5 minutes and when you get up the morning drizzle on a little maple syrup.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine Slow Cooker, St. Patrick's Day

Prep Time 4

Cook Time 8

Total Time 8 4

Servings Servings

Calories 232kcal

Author Ginny McMeans

Ingredients

1 ½ cups Irish Oatmeal, steel cut oats
5 cups water
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Maple syrup for drizzling in the morning
dairy-free milk for drizzling in the morning, optional
apple chunks for adding to the oatmeal in the morning, optional

Instructions

To the slow cooker - add the oatmeal, water and cinnamon.
Stir well and cook on low for 7-8 hours.
If you have a timer on your crock pot and you can set the start time - that would be great. That is in case you want to sleep in and don't want to overcook the oatmeal.
Double the recipe if you like!
Spoon into a bowl and drizzle maple syrup over the top

Notes

TO FREEZE:

If you’ve made extra, it will keep in the fridge for three days or freeze once the oatmeal has cooled.

You may freeze it using any of the methods shown in my article Preparing Food for the Freezer

TO DEFROST:

Put into the refrigerator the night before and warm through in the microwave stirring every 15 seconds.

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