The ultimate breakfast meal prep, make your steel cut oatmeal in the slow cooker or crock pot and then freeze in muffin tins for the BEST way to start your day!
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time4 hourshrs
2 hourshrs
Total Time4 hourshrs5 minutesmins
Course: Breakfast, brunch
Cuisine: American
Keyword: oats, slow cooker, steel cut oatmeal
Servings: 8
Calories: 154kcal
Author: Kellie
Cost: $5
Equipment
1 slow cooker
Ingredients
8cupswater
2cups steel cut oatmeal
pinchsalt
various toppings like brown sugar, walnuts, blueberries, dried fruit and chocolate
Instructions
Combine the water, oats and salt in a slow cooker.
Cover the slow cooker and cook on low for 4-6 hours.
How to Freeze
Ladle 1 cup of cooked oats into the wells of a jumbo muffin tin.
Top with desired toppings.
Transfer the muffin tin to the freezer and freeze for 4 hours or overnight.
Remove the oat "muffins" from the muffin tin and transfer to individual zip top bags. Press out the air and seal the bags.
Return the oats to the freezer to store for up to 2 months.
How to Reheat Frozen Oats
Remove the oats from the freezer bag.
Place the oats in a microwave safe container and heat in the microwave for 2 minutes.
Stir in a few tablespoons of cream or milk and return to the microwave for 20 seconds.