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					Originally Posted by barely_legal  Can you or GWNC share your recipe for slow cooker oatmeal?  This sounds like something I would like to try.  I already have steel-cut oats, but I hardly ever make them bc the cooking time is so long and annoying. | 
	
 This is for a 2 quart cooker:
1 cup steel cut oats 
4 1/2 cups water 
1/2 teaspoon salt 
2-3 tablespoons butter (optional, but I like it)
1/2 cup dried fruit (raisins, prunes, apricots, dates) (optional) 
Sometimes I throw in some cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice
Place all ingredients in a 2 quart slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW 6-8 hours. It might form a "crust" around the outside. Just scrape it down with a spoon and stir.
Serve with whatever you like to eat oatmeal with -- on its own, or with milk, maple syrup, cinnamon etc.
I make it at night and wake up to yummy oatmeal.