Cinnamon-Sugar Strawberry Steel Cut Oat Loaf {Naptime Everyday}
What’s Going on Today: Typical crazy day at home followed by sledding after school!
Naptime Goals: Meetings and catching up on writing, slow cooker lasagna already simmering away for dinner.
Tonight’s Menu: Lasagna, Salad and Wine. After the kiddo goes to sleep prep breakfast tomorrow!
Until recently my daughter would finish her substantial plate of cinnamon waffles while I was still clutching hot tea and waiting for my oatmeal to cook. I’ve recently remedied this problem by preparing my steel cut oats in the slow-cooker the night before after my daughter was asleep, enabling us to eat breakfast together every morning. Prepping steel cut oats in the slow cooker overnight is an extremely popular winter breakfast, but I hadn’t tried it myself until this month. Once I realized how well the method works I started doing it weekly, piling in the oats after bedtime and digging into my hot cereal alongside my daughter the next morning. The leftovers of each batch were stored in a loaf pan so all week I could cut out a big slice and warm it up in an instant each morning.
Naturally, once I got in this rhythm I also began playing with the flavors. At first I only flavored the cereal post-cooking, but then I got braver and started adding flavors the night before. My recent favorite is this strawberry version. I swirl in a generous dollop of strawberry jam and a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar before it cooks, and top it with fresh strawberries right breakfast. I love the way it tastes like a creamy strawberry oatmeal cookie. I think next time I might try swirling in shredded apples to see if it tastes like apple pie!
Recipe
Cinnamon-Sugar Strawberry Steel Cut Oat Loaf
Ingredients
| 1 | cup steel cut oats |
| 2 | cups water |
| 2 | cups 2% milk |
| 1 | teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| 1 | teaspoon granulated sugar |
| 2 | tablespoons strawberry jam |
| ½ | cup sliced fresh strawberries |
Instructions
Combine the oats, water, milk, cinnamon, sugar and strawberry jam in the slow cooker and cook it on low heat for eight hours. Once it is finished cooking scoop a fresh bowl and top it with fresh berries. Scoop the rest into a 9×5 loaf pan and store it covered in the fridge until the next meal.
Naptime Notes
Naptime Recipe Serving ideas
There are nearly endless ways to flavor steel cut oats, try adding different jams or fruits!
Naptime Stopwatch
5 minutes prep time, 8 hours
Naptime Reviews
I adore this, though my daughter still prefers her waffles!
This looks like a decadent and comforting bfast!
This looks like a decadent and comforting bfast!
YUM, I bet swirling in some peanut butter and then slicing some bananas in before eating would be good. Blue berries and vanilla sugar, dried cranberries and walnuts…
I am adding this onto my breakfast menu for next week. My kids love steel cut oats (and so do I) and I love this recipe! Looking forward to trying this!
Enjoy, Jennifer!!
I am adding this onto my breakfast menu for next week. My kids love steel cut oats (and so do I) and I love this recipe! Looking forward to trying this!
What a great idea! I haven’t tried making steel cut oats in a slow cooker, but I’ve one it in my rice cooker. I soaked them overnight in the rice cooker bowl, then just hit the button in the morning.
That’s an interesting idea, Jeanette. I don’t have a rice cooker but I could see how that would have the same effect!
Sounds delicious! Do you think using soy instead of 2% milk would still work ok?
Hi! Yes! I think soy milk will work perfectly.
This was really good and soy worked just fine. Thanks for the recipe! Any reason doubling/tripling the recipe would be an issue? I’m excited to try some variations too.
Hi! I think doubling or tripling would work just fine. Have fun with it! 🙂