Overnight Slow Cooker Steel Cut Oats with Banana

Overnight Slow Cooker Steel Cut Oats with Banana

from wellplated.com
Breakfast
490 min
190 kcal / serving

Overnight slow cooker steel cut oats that cook while you sleep! With banana, cinnamon, and warm spices, this easy crock pot oatmeal tastes like your favorite banana bread. Just put the ingredients in your slow cooker and in the morning, breakfast is served!

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cupssteel cut oats
  • 4 cupswater
  • 2 cupsmilk (any kind you like (i used skim))
  • 2 largemashed ripe bananas (plus additional banana slices for serving)
  • 3 tablespoonsground flaxseed meal
  • 2 teaspoonspure vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ teaspoonsground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoonfreshly grated nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoonkosher salt
  • for serving: chopped toasted walnuts

Directions

  1. 1

    Place all of the ingredients except the toppings in the bottom of a 4-to-6-quart slow cooker and stir to combine: Steel cut oats, water, milk, mashed bananas, flaxseed meal, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.

  2. 2

    Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours (overnight) or on high for 4 hours, until the oats are soft but maintain a bit of chew. Remove cover and stir to evenly combine the ingredients. Enjoy warm with desired toppings.