3 cups water
1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
(optional)
Spices like cinnamon, nutmeg or ground cloves
Maple syrup or brown sugar
Fruit such as berries, chopped apples, or chopped bananas
Basic Stovetop Steel-Cut Oatmeal
Boil the water. Add the steel-cut oats to the pot, along with a pinch of salt, and bring back to a boil. Stir (traditionally done with a wooden spoon.) Reduce the heat to medium low and cook uncovered for about 20 to 30 minutes. Start checking for doneness at about the 20-minute mark. For chewier oats, cook less. For more done oats, cook more. Do not stir the oats as they simmer. Allow them to rest in place as the water cooks them. Turn the heat lower if the oats seem to be drying out too quickly.
Add the milk to the oats. Stir the mixture well using a wooden spoon. Let the oatmeal simmer for another 5 to 10 minutes. Remove the oatmeal from heat. Spoon into bowls for serving. Sprinkle with cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar, maple syrup, or fruit.
Boil the water. Add the steel-cut oats to the pot, along with a pinch of salt, and bring back to a boil. Stir (traditionally done with a wooden spoon.) Reduce the heat to medium low and cook uncovered for about 20 to 30 minutes. Start checking for doneness at about the 20-minute mark. For chewier oats, cook less. For more done oats, cook more. Do not stir the oats as they simmer. Allow them to rest in place as the water cooks them. Turn the heat lower if the oats seem to be drying out too quickly.
Add the milk to the oats. Stir the mixture well using a wooden spoon. Let the oatmeal simmer for another 5 to 10 minutes. Remove the oatmeal from heat. Spoon into bowls for serving. Sprinkle with cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar, maple syrup, or fruit.
Baked Steel-Cut Oatmeal
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
In a medium pot on the stove over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the steel-cut oats. Use a wooden spoon to toss the oats with the butter. Toast the oats, stirring occasionally, for about three minutes or until brown.
Pour 3 - 3 1/4 cups boiling water into the pot with the oats. Stir the water into the oats with a wooden spoon. Stir in milk, salt, and optional ingredients such as cinnamon, apples, raisins, craisins, other dried fruits, etc. Scoop the mixture into a buttered glass baking dish. Place the dish in the preheated oven. Bake the oatmeal for 50 - 60 minutes. Check on it after 30 minutes to make sure it isn't burning. The oatmeal is ready when the top has browned. Serve with cream, fresh apples, or the toppings of your choice.
In a medium pot on the stove over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the steel-cut oats. Use a wooden spoon to toss the oats with the butter. Toast the oats, stirring occasionally, for about three minutes or until brown.
Pour 3 - 3 1/4 cups boiling water into the pot with the oats. Stir the water into the oats with a wooden spoon. Stir in milk, salt, and optional ingredients such as cinnamon, apples, raisins, craisins, other dried fruits, etc. Scoop the mixture into a buttered glass baking dish. Place the dish in the preheated oven. Bake the oatmeal for 50 - 60 minutes. Check on it after 30 minutes to make sure it isn't burning. The oatmeal is ready when the top has browned. Serve with cream, fresh apples, or the toppings of your choice.
Overnight Steel-Cut Oatmeal
Butter your slow-cooker insert or crock. If you don't butter your crock first, you'll have a tough time extracting the oats from the slow-cooker in the morning. Place the steel-cut oats, salt, milk, and water in the crock pot or slow-cooker. Optional: Place the apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, butter, and/or nuts in the crock pot or slow-cooker as well. Mix all the ingredients together until incorporated.
Put the lid on the slow cooker and turn the setting to low. Let the oatmeal cook overnight. If possible, check for doneness after five hours.
In the morning, remove the container from the slow cooker and stir the oatmeal. Spoon into bowls and stir in the toppings of your choice.
Butter your slow-cooker insert or crock. If you don't butter your crock first, you'll have a tough time extracting the oats from the slow-cooker in the morning. Place the steel-cut oats, salt, milk, and water in the crock pot or slow-cooker. Optional: Place the apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, butter, and/or nuts in the crock pot or slow-cooker as well. Mix all the ingredients together until incorporated.
Put the lid on the slow cooker and turn the setting to low. Let the oatmeal cook overnight. If possible, check for doneness after five hours.
In the morning, remove the container from the slow cooker and stir the oatmeal. Spoon into bowls and stir in the toppings of your choice.
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