Oatmeal is a common quick fix meal in our home. If you frequently read my menu plan’s you have seen Crock Pot Apple Oatmeal countless times. Usually it’s for breakfast, but sometimes we eat it for dinner. Like tonight, I just didn’t feel like making the dinner I had planned.
Well, that and I’d just purchased some steel cut oats and was dying to try those less processed oat groats out. Oat groats…isn’t that hilarious! It seriously makes me laugh out loud.
My oat loving self took a long time to try out steel cut oats. I didn’t have anything against the less processed oat groats I was just buried in a massive amount of Quaker oats that I needed to use up first.
Wondering what in the world steel cut oats are? Well, to make steel cut oats, the oat groat is cut into only about 2 0r 3 pieces. To make rolled oats, however, the oat groat is steamed and flattened with a roller. Quick oats are flattened even more. This means that you have a longer cooking time with steel cut, but the good thing about them is that it takes your body longer to break it down.
I was surprised at just how delicious they are. They don’t have that gummy or mushy consistency that regular oats sometimes have. They still had some chew to them-and chew is good in oats.
If you aren’t covered in a mountain of Quaker Quick oats, as I was, I would encourage you to TRY. THEM. OUT!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup steel cut oats
- 3 cups boiling water
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon low-fat buttermilk
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Toppings: brown sugar, craisins
Instructions
- In a large saucepaun, melt the butter and add the oats. Stir for 2 minutes to toast. Add the boiling water and reduce heat to a simmer. Keep at a low simmer for 25 minutes, without stirring.
- Combine the milk and half of the buttermilk with the oatmeal. Stir gently to combine and cook for an additional 10 minutes. Add in cinnamon and vanilla and stir. Spoon into a serving bowl and top with remaining buttermilk. Sprinkle with brown sugar and craisins.
What type of oats do you like to make?
Slightly adapted from: Alton Brown
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Thank you so much for this post. I have been hearing steel cut oats everywhere and did have the 1st clue. Heading to Kroger later for some so I can try it out. Your crock pot oatmeal is one of my favorites
They sure are popular right now…they even have them at Panera for a whopping $3.99!! But…of course you already knew that
I love steel cut oats too. I tried them for the first time about a year ago and there really is a difference, a yummy one!