Pumpkin Pie Steel Cut Oats/oatmeal For Slow Cooker

Total Time: 8 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 cup steel cut oats
• 1 cup low-fat milk
• 3 cups water
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3/8 teaspoon cinnamon, divided (1/4 in with oats, 1/8 in with pumpkin)
• 1/8 teaspoon ginger
• 1/16 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 pinch clove
• 1/4 cup canned pumpkin puree
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 combine oats, milk, water, salt and 1/4 tsp cinnamon in a crock pot or slow cooker.
• 2 cook on low overnight or until thickened. if it still looks a bit watery, it will thicken more as it cools.
• 3 stir the remaining 1/8 tsp cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves into the pumpkin puree, then stir into oatmeal along with the brown sugar.
• 4 top with blueberries or other fruit, and additional brown sugar or cinnamon sugar if desired.
• 5 note: i'm not sure where my notes went (entered in "recipe description" in 'zaar) but this is the recipe as given to me. definitely adjust spices & sugar to your taste. i use more than double the recommended spice amounts, and top with additional brown sugar!