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| Add your favorite toppings...I did apples and bananas. |
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| Spray an oven safe dish with non-stick cooking spray. Fill it up with the ingredients and place inside your slow cooker...no sticky mess in the morning just perfect oatmeal! |
1/4 cup pearl barley (regular not quick-cooking)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp brown sugar
1/8 tsp salt
2 3/4 cup water
Optional toppings: fresh fruit, milk, nuts, raisins etc.
1. Spray an oven safe dish (mine is corningware and it is about 1.7 quarts) that fits into your 5-7 quart slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray.
2. Place all ingredients inside dish and stir to combine.
3. Place dish directly inside slow cooker insert. Cover the slow cooker and cook on LOW for about 7-9 hours.
4. Remove dish carefully and serve with desired toppings.
Review:
I've been on a mission: To figure out how to cook steel-cut oats overnight without losing half of them because they stick to the sides and get all crusty. I figured it out, people. And I'm still excited.
Use a dish inside your slow cooker that is sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Without the oats touching the sides of the slow cooker you prevent the sticking. If you use a dish inside you also can extend the time that your breakfast can cook without getting overdone.
I especially loved this combination of the pearl barley and the steel-cut oats. It added a texture dimension and seemed extra hearty. I love to eat these after a long Saturday run when I'm so hungry. They stick with you and you can add all your favorite toppings. I will be using this method again and again and again!!! 4 stars.
7 COMMENTS (click here to comment):
If you put one cup steel cup oats in the crockpot with about 3 cups of water (give or take a little depending on how you like them) and turn the pot on before bed on WARM they are perfect everytime in the morning. You don't need a water bath or anything extra pot inside the crockpot.
Yum! I am going to try your version. I have a multi-grain hot cereal that I do in the slow cooker and we love it at our house. If interested, it's on my blog. www.mimisfitfoods.com. Thanks for your recipes!
I didn't know I could do that! Thanks so much for sharing!
I can't wait to try this... I just need to find a dish that will fit into my oval shaped crock pot.
Is the insert placed inside a water bath? If not, I didn't think it was good for your crockpot to be turned on "dry". I'm thinking you put the insert inside the crockpot dry and fill the insert with the oatmeal ingredients.
Alice
it's fine Alice! I know it seems weird but I do it all the time.
I am thrilled with this idea! Can't wait to try it!
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