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Slow Cooker Steel Cut Oats Fruit Crumble

You'll wake up and think you are at a bed and breakfast. Steel cut oats are simmered all night in a slow cooker, and then topped with a scrumptious crumble topping and fresh fruit.

Ingredients

Slow Cooked Oats

  • 1 cup steel cut oats (Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free)
  • 4 cups water
  • salt, dash
  • butter for coating slow cooker
  • 1 Tablespoon roasted Flax Seed (optional)
  • 1 cup almond milk (or your choice of milk)

Sweet Crumble Topping

  • 1 Tablespoon chopped pecans
  • 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 Tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon butter

Fresh Fruit

  • 1 banana, sliced
  • 4 ounces blackberries

Instructions

  1. in a small bowl, mix all of the crumble topping ingredients together. Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter to form a crumbly mixture. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use.

  2. Coat the insert of the slow cooker with a thin layer of butter. Add the water, oats, and salt and stir to combine.


  3. Cover and cook on low until the oats are cooked through and creamy, about 7 to 8 hours. 

  4. Stir the oats and then add the milk. 

  5. Divide oats evenly between 4 bowls. Top each with a spoon full of topping and fresh fruit, serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

To prevent the oatmeal from sticking to the sides of the slow cooker, I have found coating the sides with butter and then spraying generously with cooking spray works the best.