Overnight Oatmeal

Overnight Crockpot Oatmeal

1 cup steel cut or regular oats (NOT Quick Oats!)
4 cups water
1/2 cup milk ****adjusted to 1 cup
1/4 cup brown sugar ****adjusted to 1/8 cup
1 TBS butter
1/2 tsp vanilla extract ****adjusted to to 1/4 tsp
1 tsp cinnamon **** adjusted to 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Combine all in crockpot and cook on low for 8hrs.  ****adjusted to 6 hours

I put out all sorts of things for the boys to add on their own....brown sugar (hence why I decreased the amount in the ingredients), rasins, crasins, honey, milk, cinnamon and sugar.

****I adjusted the original recipe because when made the original way, I had oatmeal stuck to my crockpot and I felt it was too dry. The new adjustments made it PERFECT! My kiddos ate it up!

Variations
Add up to 1 C raisins/dried fruit before cooking.
Add 1 chopped fresh apple before cooking.
Top with fresh fruit (in season) or canned fruit (drained).
Add a pat of butter or a dollop of jam/preserves.