Crock Pot Steel Cut Oatmeal

I freaking hate waiting for steel cut oats to cook. It's literally the worst. THE WORST! And it boils over no matter what I do. So pre-cooking it in a crock pot rocks. You can turn it on before bed and wake up to done (unmessy) oatmeal or you can let it cook, cool, and congeal and "slice" pieces to heat in the microwave as wanted.

And listen, you must use steel cut oats for this recipe, not regular rolled oats. You should be eating steel cut oats anyway, they're better for you because they're the least processed type of oat cereal.

Ingredients:

1 cup steel cut oats
4 cups water
1/2 cup milk (I use soy)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp maple extract
1 tbsp butter
1 tsp cinnamon (or nutmeg or pumpkin pie spice or whatever ever other spice you may prefer)

Directions:

Simple. Put all ingredients in crock pot and set on low for 8 hours. When done, mix.

More directions:

When ready to eat, spoon or slice out a serving size of oatmeal into a bowl. Add more milk and a little butter and brown sugar to taste. If re-heating, put oatmeal in a bowl and microwave for 1.5 minutes, remove from microwave and stir in milk. Heat for another 1.5 minutes and add butter and brown sugar. Serve.