Overnight Avena Slow Cooker Mexican Oatmeal
Created by NELady on May 2, 2023
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 5m
- Cook Time: 8h
- Recipe #40583
Ingredients
- FOR OATMEAL
- 2 cups steel cut oats (NOT quick cooking)
- 8 cups water
- 3-4 cinnamon sticks
- 1/4-1/2 cup brown sugar (or brown sugar substitute)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- FOR SERVING
- Vanilla almond milk, optional
- Brown sugar, optional
- Chopped pecans (or other nuts), optional
- Chopped apple (or other fruits), optional
How to Make
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Step 1: Place the oats, water, cinnamon sticks, brown sugar and vanilla in a slow cooker and stir to combine.
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Step 2: Cover the slow cooker; cook on low for 8 hours.
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Step 3: Discard cinnamon sticks and gently stir the oats (avoid over-stirring).
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Step 4: Serve with almond milk (this will thin the oatmeal to your desired consistency), chopped pecans and chopped apple (if using).
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (285.7 g)
- Calories 184.6
- Total Fat - 2.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.5 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 10.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 34.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5.7 g
- Sugars - 6.4 g
- Protein - 6.7 g
- Calcium - 57.6 mg
- Iron - 2.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg