Steel Cut Oats

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Originally Posted by mariogolbee

Isn't the crock pot a royal pain to clean afterward?

Not if you quit being like me and break down and go buy one that isn't 30+ years old. They've been making them with the crock that can be removed for cleaning for the last 20 or so years. You just take the crock out, fill it with water and leave it in the sink while you are at work or overnight and all the crap comes off. If you have an old one like I do, you are fighting with trying to keep the controls and coil from getting wet.

I forget what company it is, but there are disposable crock pot liners out now too. I've never tried them though.

Originally Posted by T.G

Not if you quit being like me and break down and go buy one that isn't 30+ years old. They've been making them with the crock that can be removed for cleaning for the last 20 or so years. You just take the crock out, fill it with water and leave it in the sink while you are at work or overnight and all the crap comes off. If you have an old one like I do, you are fighting with trying to keep the controls and coil from getting wet.

I forget what company it is, but there are disposable crock pot liners out now too. I've never tried them though.

Got a newer removable crock thingy over here, Adam. I do like your story. It's still a pain to get some stuff cleaned from the surface of the pot itself. I know oatmeal, steel cut or otherwise, usually ends up having at least some of it stuck painfully when cooked in a regular pot.

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Originally Posted by mariogolbee

Got a newer removable crock thingy over here, Adam. I do like your story. It's still a pain to get some stuff cleaned from the surface of the pot itself. I know oatmeal, steel cut or otherwise, usually ends up having at least some of it stuck painfully when cooked in a regular pot.

Right, but keep in mind that the heat is typically higher and more concentrated in a saucepan or pot than with a crock. All I've ever needed to do is just soak overnight in cold water and it would release from the porcelain. And there are always those liners.

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no matter what goes in mine I give it a quick spray of PAM....cleans up in a snap!...

Here's oatmeal in crock....

2 cups steel cut oats (not instant or rolled oats)
6-8 cups water, depending on how long the oatmeal will cook (can sub some lowfat milk in for some water)
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 apples, peeled and diced
1 cup raisins
1 cup sliced bananas
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Spray crockpot with nonstick cooking spray. If you're planning to cook the oatmeal 8 hours or longer, use 8 cups of water. If you want to cook it less than 8 hours, use 6 cups of water. Put first seven ingredients (through raisins) in slow cooker and cook on low. Just before serving, Stir in bananas and walnuts. Sprinkle with additional brown sugar if desired.

You can break these down into 8 individual servings and freeze. Take a serving out the night before and heat in microwave in the morning.