Hi Friends!
A few weeks ago something tragic happened. I ran out of cereal for breakfast. If you know me at all, you know this is a major deal. However, I just didn’t have time to get to the store, and i NEED to eat breakfast, so I reached wayyyyyy back into the pantry and pulled out a bag of Bob’s Red Mill steel cut oats I got from one of my foodie penpals several months ago.
I’d never had steel cut oats and to be honest I was kind of afraid of them! But when I found out you could make them in the crockpot, I decided to give them a whirl. So I looked up some recipes, tossed some oats, milk, water, strawberries, peaches, vanilla and cinnamon in the crockpot and hoped for the best.
When I woke up, I ate them for breakfast. They were alright. But not great. Kinda lacking in flavor. And it made A LOT of extras.
Oh well, I moved on. Then this past week, the same thing happened. Out of cereal. Need my breakfast. Still had steelcut oats in the pantry. I decided to give them one more try. But this time I changed a few things up. I cut the amount in half so I wouldn’t have as many leftover. I used 1/2 milk, 1/2 water instead of mostly water. I added pumpkin! I used apples instead of strawberries and peaches. And I cooked them in a bowl, inside the crockpot.
The result? Much better! Much more flavor, and cooking them in the bowl AND adding them pumpkin made them creamier. I also added toppings which I didn’t do the first time!
Before cooking:
After cooking:
So here’ the winning recipe:
PrintApple Cinnamon Pumpkin Crockpot Steelcut Oats
Nothing says fall like this hearty breakfast recipe that’s a snap to prepare and as healthy as it is delicious.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 6 hours
- Total Time: 6 hours 5 minutes
- Yield: 3-4 1x
Ingredients
- 1 c skim milk
- 1 c water
- 3/4 c pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
- 1/2 c steelcut oats
- 1 apple, diced
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla
- nuts & agave or maple syrup for topping
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients except the nuts and agave in a heat proof bowl.
- Place the bowl in the crockpot.
- Fill the crockpot with water halfway up the side of the bowl.
- Cook on low for 6 hours.
- Serve topped with chopped nuts and a drizzle of agave or maple syrup.
So easy! You may be able to cook these longer. I just haven’t tried. If you’re cooking them straight in your crockpot without the bowl, beware that they will be very messy! And they will get brown around the edges so you’ll probably want to cook them less.
I store the leftovers in a Tupperware container and reheat in the microwave, adding a little milk if needed.
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Now for the fun part! Remember when I mentioned I used Bob’s Red Mill steel cut oats? They’re one of my favorite companies. I LOVE their garbanzo bean flour and use it in my favorite Gluten-Free Banana Bread
In addition to those two products, there are also several other Bob’s products that I love, including these three (which I received free samples of):
I LOVE using wheat berries in dishes that I usually serve with rice! You may remember my Mexican wheat berries from dinner a couple of weeks ago, or my Asian Style wheatberries that I make all the time.
As for the whole wheat pastry flour? I LOVE baking with it. Just used some to make these Pumpkin Bran muffins last week. Still perfecting that recipe before I share it with you!
And the pumpkin seeds? We all know how big of a fan I am of them in my yogurt bowls! I also add them to my salads and grind them up and put them in my burgers and sweet potato falafel!
The possibilites are endless! Plus, every time I make wheat berries, there’s always lots of people that have never had them or don’t know what they are. Well here’s your chance!
Wanna win the three Bob’s Red Mill products pictured above? {A bag of wheat berries, a bag of whole wheat pastry flour and a bag of pepitas}? Simply leave me a comment telling me your favorite Bob’s Red Mill product!
For an extra entry you can tweet the following:
I want to win some awesome @Bobs_Red_Mill products from @LeanGrnBeanBlog! Enter for your chance to win here: https://www.theleangreenbean.com/crockpot-steelcut-oats/
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I’ll pick a winner Friday, Sept 21, 2012 at 10pm EST. Giveaway open to US residents only.
Good luck!
–Lindsay–
Bob’s Red Mill provided me with the box of products above for free. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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I tweeted!
I use the ground Flaxseed.
I see people make oats in crockpot and am so envious! They look fantastically creamy. Love that apple-pumpkin combo!
Yum! Oatmeal… Apples… reminiscent of fall coming this weekend. So pinning and trying this. Been meaning to try oatmeal in the crockpot.
yes, yes, yes. I love all of the above, as always. I have all these ingredients too! I love the Bob’s Red Mill hazelnut flour and rolled oats! Would love to try out the whole wheat pastry flour! I’m also tweeting too!
Ooooh! This all sounds delicious! I absolutely love everything pumpkin, so I’ll have to give the oats and the muffins a try.
I’ve only ever tried the quinoa, but I loved it!
Very cool! The almond meal is my favorite.
Very cool! My favorite is the almond meal.
OOOH WE LOVE APPLES FALL AND BOBS here!!
Newbie crockpot user… What kind of bowl are you using inside of your crockpot! I’m always only cooking for two and know the pot is huge! Is it just and oven-safe bowl?
I really love Bob’s flax seeds and garbanzo bean flour!
I just bought ground flaxseed yesterday to try. I really like the apple steel cut oats they make!
That crockpot steelcut oats sounds so amazing and delish. It looks like it would hit that warm spot right away on a cool autumn day!
Great eats.
p.s. Bob is awesome.
Oh my…I wish I had those warm oats right now…it’s a chilly morning! I’m pinning those so I can make them soon!
Oh my…I wish I had those warm oats right now…it’s a chilly morning! I’m pinning those so I can make them soon! My favorite Bob’s Mill product (right now) is the Flax Meal.
I haven’t actually tried this specific Bob Mills product but, because you had it pictured and I love them so much, pumpkin seeds!
The slow cooker is my favorite! Sometimes I can process steel cut oats, and other times not so much:( This recipe looks great, though!
I am a huge fan of their whole wheat pastry flour, too! Awesome for baking my favorite treats 🙂
What an AWESOME giveaway! Our favorite is the Ground Flax Meal, we put it in oatmeal and just about everything I bake!
I tweeted about the giveaway, too! https://twitter.com/Hopefulhels/status/248384985009098752
I also tweeted!
https://twitter.com/sipsandsteps/status/248385071235608576
I love Bob’s Steel Cut Oats for breakfast!
I tweeted too! https://twitter.com/Serene_streams/status/248386526034141184
Oh, man…where do I start?! Coconut flour, ground flax seed, low fat soy flour, brown rice flour, steel cut oats…
Lol! My cupboards are full! Love Bob’s Red Mill!
I love any of Bob’s G-Free items! I love mixing my own flour using his flours. I also love the garbanzo bean flour! (I’d love to win this just for those pepitas and then gift the other two wheat products to my mom, who would love to bake with them!)
I tweeted, too!
So many great recipes to add to my collection. Thanks!
I love Bob’s gluten free oats. I use them daily for oatmeal, smoothies, and occasionally to make protein bars.
I tweeted too!
@jillconyers
I love Bob’s steel cut oats. Great breakfast!
I love love love their ground flaxseed to make flax-eggs! That oatmeal looks deeelicious!!
My favourite Bob’s Red Mill product is their coconut flour. I’ve only started using it recently, but it’s just so versatile!! And for someone with a gluten intolerance, it allows me to enjoy foods that I typically wouldn’t be able to with real flour.
I never thought something that I hadn’t even tried two weeks ago could become a staple food in my life! And flour at that!! But it has, and I love it. 🙂
My favorite are the steel-cut oats. I use them in my steel-cut oat muffins – I’ve done blueberry and peach, and both are fantastic!
Favorite Bob’s Red Mill product? Probably gluten-free chocolate chip cookie mix! I’m not GF but they are AMAZING!!! I’ve never tried wheat berries before!
tweeted!
Those look amazing! I love baked apples with cinnamon! One of my favorite fall foods! I use bob’s red mill products all the time in my baking! I especially love their coconut flours, almond flours, and garbanzo bean flours!
I love coconut flour!
I love Bob’s Red Mill Wheat Pastry Flour! I use it in my favorite Caramel Apple Coffee Cake recipe (which I really need to make soon!!!!).
I have never tried any of Bob’s red mill products… but I always look at them in the store 🙂 I am just getting brave enough to start trying new, healthier, alternatives, and I would love to try wheat berries!! I’ll have to pick some up next time I am at the store
Favorite product is their 9 grain bread machine mix (i think it’s 9, maybe 12). So yummy!!!
I never thought of using a bowl INSIDE the crock pot! Great idea! Bob’s Red Mill was my introduction to quinoa. Not sure if they still carry it, but I loved it and still do. Found a “cheaper” source of it at BJ’s but I would love to try the wheatberries, especially. Thanks!
I love Bob’s Red Mill Steel Cut Oats with flax seeds and granola!
If you’re ever up in Oregon, you have to take the Mill Tour!
Another great product from Milwaukie, OR is Dave’s Killer Bread! You can order from the website: http://www.daveskillerbread.com/
I recommend Power Seed bread and the Sin Dawg is dangerous!
Steel cut oats are my absolute favorite!! I love everything about it–the texture is far superb compared to regular old fashion oats. I cannot wait to finish eating all the old fashion oats from my dads house so I can return to the steel! They are best with frozeb blueberries!
Bob’s Red Mill is one of my favorite brands – I go through their products like crazy. My absolute favorite is the gluten free pancake mix!! Tweeting now : )
I’ve never tried any of their products! Would love to win the box to check them out 🙂
I like Bob’s products too… can’t enter your giveaway but just wanted to say I loved this post. Great pictures and ideas!
I’m fascinated with Almond and Coconut Flour currently.
I love the Bob red mills Od Fashion Rolled oats. I want to try the steel cut oats but have never know how to ook them. I will be tying out the recpie you posted, for sure.
I tweeted! Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
http://twitter.com/starpulp/status/248415365825179648
I need to win because I don’t know if I’ve ever used Bob’s products! …actually, maybe ground flax seed? Either way, I need to try these! 🙂 Great giveaway
I love the almond flour! I haven’t tried all of their products, but it is definitely on my to do list! There are so many awesome recipes I want to try 🙂
I haven’t tried many of their products, but hope to soon! I’ve only used some of the oats. My daughter has share so many recipes with these products that I look forward to trying!
My favorite would have to be spelt flour!
I totally dig the coconut flour! mmmm. Coconut pancakes 🙂
I love their whole wheat pastry flour- I use it for all sort of healthy muffins and pancakes. And too funny on the oatmeal- I almost shared a very similar recipe today! Mine’s a baked oatmeal with rolled oats… crock pot is perfect for steel cut. Yum!
I tweeted 🙂 https://twitter.com/Paper_Jellyfish/status/248419868964171776
Bob’s ground flaxseed is great for fiber! I like to add it to my oatmeal too! Thanks!
Ah I love SO MANY of Bob’s products but one of my favorites is xanthan gum…it just makes the texture of my smoothies amazing! Whenever I make them without it they ar esimply not the same!
I use flaxseed meal in my protein pancakes, I’m so going to try those oats – thanks for the recipe
Ground flaxseed and their Museli. Would love to try the three products you show!
Wait, how do I pick just one? I guess I’d have to say the ground flaxseed as Bobs was the first I tried and got me hooked on using it to bake or other recipes.
And I tweeted!!
I tweeted
@SarahLou1976
I LOVE bob’s mill inn products!! my favorite is their oat bran and coconut flours..and I actually have an order in today to get their garbanzo bean flour!
I love the Bob’s Red Mill whole oats. They are my favorite oats on the market! Those wheatberry dishes look great.
A bowl in the crock pot…genius! I made Alton Brown’s overnight steel cut oats in the crock pot before, and it came out a mess. I need to try this.
OMG, I’m with you on the bowl, brilliant! Was I the only moron that had never heard of this?! I think I’m about to use my crock pot twice as often now that I know a way to make smaller quantities!
I love the Bob’s Steel Cut Oats that you used. I make pumpkin and banana oatmeal all winter and never get tired of it!
I really love the flax seeds and the chia seeds I put them both in my yogurt breakfast bowls!
I love BRM products. I own a lot of them, and it’s hard to say what my favorite is, but I do love their oats both rolled and steel cut. I’ve never tried wheat berries so I would love to try those.
My favorite is their ground flaxseed! I’d love to try the pepitas, I didn’t know they made them!
Tweeted: https://twitter.com/GoddessFoodie/status/248439553688477696
I love the Bob’s Red Mill Oats. Thanks for the giveaway!
I love Bob Red Mill’s Gluten Free Shortbread cookie mix!
I love Bob’s Red Mill coconut flour! so versatile
I also tweeted!
My favorite is the Bob’s Red Mill ground flaxseed!
Just tweeted as well. 🙂
I never knew you could put a bowl in a crockpot! that is a neat invention!
First of all – trying the bowl IN the crock pot method. Everytime I make steel cut oats in the crockpot it takes DAYS of soaking to clean that puppy out!
Second.. I have to pick a FAVORITE?! Not possible. I love Bob’s Red Mill products way too much to just pick one. But I do go through the ground flaxseed the fastest so I’ll go with that one!
I love the gluten free oats in both hot and cold oatmeal.
I love Bob’s steel cut oats. I actually make them for breakfast several times a week but I put them in my rice cooker on the delay setting. Apple cinnamon is my favorite with a dollop of home canned apple butter when they are done!
I love their coconut flour and have been dying to try their other flours! Those bars sound amazing!! I think all their products look great!
Love the quinoa! So versatile and a great size!
i tweeted!
I haven’t tried all their products (yet) but I love the gluten free oats! My current obssession is overnight oats with chia seeds, almond milk, and fresh fruits! Yum!
Rolled Oats! I love making chocolate overnight oats! YUM!
YUM! So tragic, but such a good recipe as a result 😉 teehee!
I am in Canada so not eligible for the contest, however I just wanted to post and say thanks for the idea about putting the bowl in the slow cooker. I never would have thought of that! I love the texture of steel cut oats but I usually just cook them in the morning, before work, on the stove top with water & soy milk. I add in whatever strikes my fancy (or whatever’s in the cupboard!). I like walnuts with maple syrup best currently.
I love using their Xanathan Gum in my smoothies- it makes it thicker and creamier!
I love their ground flax seed 🙂
I tweeted!
https://twitter.com/pace_of_laurel/status/248510751269068801
I love the Bob’s Red Mill Oats!
I love their flaxseed. I usually buy the whole seeds then grind them myself.
I buy Bob’s Red Mill flax and add it to all my baked goods.
I have only tried the oats so I would love to win this 🙂
I tweeted the giveaway
I just discovered that my store has this brand!!! I bought myself some oats to try. 🙂
Oh and I just tweeted about it from my account (@MissElephantine).
I love Bob’s couscous and 5 grain oatmeal!
I tweeted from @denajeanneb
My favorite product is Bob’s Red Mill Gluten and Wheat Free Pizza Crust Mix
i love using their steel cut oats, make such thick oatmeal… gonna have it for B-fast tomorrow!
matthew b
I want to win some awesome @Bobs_Red_Mill products from @LeanGrnBeanBlog! Enter for your chance to win here: https://www.theleangreenbean.com/crockpot-steelcut-oats/
tweetted @mignusb
matthew b
I haven’t tried anything from Bob’s yet, but I plan on it, even if I don’t win!!
I tweeted too!
I love BRM Coconut Flour!
Hi Lindsay! I can’t wait to try your recipes 🙂 I’m trying to help my boyfriend expand his crockpot skills, so you post definitely helps! I truly enjoy Bob’s Red Mill products (flaxseeds, coconut flour, chia seeds…), but I love using their Garbanzo/Fava Bean flour to make vegan/gluten free pizza crusts yum!
My overall favorite product is the chia seeds!!
Ive never had any of their products, but I have always wanted to buy some, they look sooo good 🙂
I love their coconut flour! I use a combo of that and all purpose flour to make pancakes every weekend 🙂
The chia seeds are fantastic! Thanks so much!
I love, love, love their ground flaxseed! Perfect on cereal, yogurts, smoothies, and baked goods 🙂
My favorite Bob’s Product is the flaxseed meal!
I tweeted about the giveaway! @cait58TIU
Love those crockpot oats!
I’m a fan of all their products, especially the wheatberries.
I love and use a lot of their products. I use the chia seeds all the time. I am really enjoying the muesli right now. So filling! Great on yogurt!
I tweeted! https://twitter.com/JenKurka/status/248757965954367488
I love the flax seeds!
I LOVE their grits! And I’m not even a true southerner. Looks great!
I’ve never tried them before, but I would love to 🙂
Tweeted!
I definitely LOVE the whole wheat pastry flour! It makes baked goods come out so fluffy and light 🙂
Btw, the oatmeal looks AMAZING
I LOVE them all but my favorite that I use regularly are the ground flaxseed, almond meal, and whole wheat party flour! YUM
Can’t wait to try the pumpkin oatmeal!
I love Bob’s red mill products! I eat their oat bran or oats pretty much every morning ad always bake with their flours (such as whole wheat pastry, garbanzo bean, spelt) and flaxseed!
I tweeted!
YAY!!!!! Can’t wait to try this! Cooking time 5-6 hours? Do you think if I left them on for 8 on low they would be OK? I get over 6 hours of sleep every night and need it, but if necessary I can set an alarm to wake up and throw everything in the crockpot for breakfast. LOL!
i think if you did them in a bowl within the crockpot they’d be fine for 8 hours but if you did them just in the crockpot they might get a little overdone.
Thanks! I’ll try that!
I love their steel cut oats and ground flaxseed–both are a great deal!
just tweeted about the giveaway! (@Danica_ipnp)
I tweeted about the giveaway! 🙂
I’m a huge fan of their flaxseed, but would really love to try their steel cut outs! Thanks for a great giveaway! 🙂
I need to try oats in the crockpot!! That would save so much time in the am!
Awesome idea on the Steel Cut Oats in the crockpot. I have the Bob’s Steel Cut Oats & love them. Also a fan of Bob’s FlaxSeed. I really need to branch out & try some other flours, etc. Thanks for a fun giveaway opportunity!
Love that you can make this in a crockpot! And what an awesome giveaway. I love Bob’s cornmeal!
Love Bob! I’ve never seen the pumpkin seeds in my area stores!
HUGE fan of Bob’s stuff! Love their chickpea flour and 10-grain hot cereal! YUM
whole grain cornbread mix – saves so much time!!
I love so many of their products. It’s hard to choose! I do have a love their cornbread recipe. Thanks for the chance to win!
I love their coconut flour! Love that pumpkin oatmeal 🙂
And I just tweeted about the giveaway!
the buckwheat pancake mix, chia seeds & pizza crust are my favorites!
when i lived in portland, or ; they had a flagship store a few miles away so every single bobs product ever made was in the shop ; it was amazing!!
Yum! I like the Bob’s ground flaxseed
Was wondering how to just make a batch of plain old steel cut oats in the crock pot. I would love to have them ready and on hand and be able to doctor them up differently every day.