Overnight Slow-Cooker Apple Cinnamon Groatmeal recipe (oatmeal made with oat groats)

This is so good! 

For easy clean-up, make half the recipe and place the ingredients inside a heat resistant bowl that fits inside your slow-cooker. Just fill up the slow-cooker with water halfway up the bowl that you insert. 

 

For the instant pot version, use 3 cups of liquid total. Put on high pressure 40 minutes and do a 30-minute natural release.

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups oat groats
• 2 tablespoons chia seeds or flaxseed meal
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce OR 2 apples grated with skins on (discard cores)
• 2 cups milk (dairy or non-dairy)*
• 3 cups water
• optional sweetener: 1/4 cup brown sugar, maple syrup, or other preferred sweetener

Directions:

Coat the inside of a 4-quart (or larger) slow cooker with cooking spray or oil. Add the groats, chia or flaxseed, cinnamon, and salt and give them a stir. (If you don't stir them and distribute the ingredients, the chia/flaxseed and cinnamon tend to clump together as they cook.) Add the applesauce or shredded apples, milk, water and optional sweetener. Stir to combine, cover, and cook on low for approximately 6-7 hours. (NOTE: slow cooker times and temperatures vary, so you may need to adjust the cooking time.)

*For a creamier, softer texture, add 1 (or more) additional cup(s) of milk to the cooking ingredients and extend the cooking time by 30-60 minutes.

Stir cooked groatmeal before spooning into serving bowls. May be topped with additional milk, syrup, brown sugar, cinnamon, dried or fresh fruit, or nuts.

Freezes well. Recipe may be halved or doubled.

To reheat single 3/4 cup servings: Put cooked groatmeal in microwave proof bowl. Add 1/3 cup milk. Microwave on high for 1 minute; stir. Continue cooking for another minute, or until hot.

Nutritional Information (for one 3/4 cup serving using whole milk without sweetener): 169 calories, 3.9g fat, 142mg sodium, 28.3g carbs, 4.1g fiber, 5.5g sugars, 7.5g protein; Weight Watchers PointsPlus: 4

Recipe from:

https://www.theyummylife.com/Slow_Cooker_Oat_Groats#EmbedRecipe_350