Carrot Cake Oatmeal–Slow Cooker Method
Recipe type: Breakfast
 
Ingredients
  • 1 Cup Steel Cut Oats
  • 2 Cups Water
  • 2½ Cups Milk (I’ve tried skim and soy – both good)
  • 2 cups of carrots finely grated (2-3 good sized carrots, I have used a coarse grate and it was fine, just not as good)
  • 1 Tsp Cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ground ginger
  • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup walnuts/pecans (I always substitute pecans, I find them less bitter)
  • ¼ cup raisins
  • top with milk and maple syrup
  • I think a little cream cheese mixed in would be great, but I haven’t had a chance to try it.
Instructions
  1. Place the first 8 ingredients in a crock pot and stir to combine.
  2. Cook the oatmeal on “warm” for 6-9 hours (If I put it on low overnight half of it sticks to the side of the crockpot, you may be able to put yours on low overnight if yours doesn’t run quite as hot as mine. If you don’t have a warm setting reduce the cooking time or just deal with it).
  3. When you get up, pop in the raisins and walnuts.and turn the heat up to low. Cook for 20-30 more minutes and serve with milk and maple syrup.
Recipe by Talking in ALL CAPS at https://talkinginallcaps.com/2011/03/carrot-cake-oatmeal-slow-cooker-method.html