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Single Serve Oatmeal in the Slow Cooker

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Prep these easy single-serve slow cooker oatmeal jars at night and wake up to a delicious breakfast! Choose your favorite mix-ins and toppings for a classic hearty breakfast that you can eat at home or take on the go.

Ingredients

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Instructions

Step 1. Line up your jars on the kitchen counter and layer your ingredients.

1. fruit #1 (chopped apples)
2. ¼ cup oats
3. fruit #2 or seeds (raisins)
4. spices and sweetener (cinnamon and maple syrup)
5. ¼ cup oats

You don’t HAVE to layer it all, but it makes it a bit more pleasant to eat in the morning. You can also just dump in everything but the nuts.

Step 2. Add enough water JUST to cover the oats. If you like thick slow cooker oatmeal, you want the water just to cover the oats. If you like runnier oats, add an extra tablespoon or two.

Step 3. Place all your jars in the slow cooker. Fill the slow cooker – not the jars – with water so that the water line is at the top of the oats in the jar.

Step 4. Put on the cover and set the slow cooker on low for 4 hours. It’s totally fine for your slow cooker to turn off OR kick over to the keep warm setting. It won’t affect the oatmeal in any way. In fact, it’ll still be warm when you wake up!

Step 5. Serve the overnight slow cooker oatmeal. Remember that the jar has been sitting in a bowl full of fairly warm water, so be careful when you take the jar out. Use a towel just in case and wipe down the sides and bottom so you don’t get wet as you’re eating breakfast.

Notes

  • Alternatively, you can prep this at night but cook it in the morning instead. Assemble the oatmeal and jars in the slow cooker and add water to the slow cooker but NOT to the oats. Add that water in the morning and cook on high for 60-90 minutes.
  • Add nuts to your slow cooked oatmeal just before serving. They tend to get soggy if you add them right away.
  • If your slow cooker oats are a little bit dense after cooking, add a tablespoon or two of your milk of choice.

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