Fruited Irish Oatmeal
- Ready In:
- 7hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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9
ingredients
- 5 cups water
- 2 cups steel cut oats
- 1 cup apple juice
- 1⁄4 cup dried cranberries
- 1⁄4 cup golden raisin
- 1⁄4 cup snipped dried apricot
- 1⁄4 cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- brown sugar or maple syrup
- chopped walnuts or pecans, toasted
- milk
directions
- Add the water, oats, apple juice, cranberries, raisins, apricots, 1/4 cup maple syrup, cinnamon, and salt to a 4-quart slow-cooker; stir to combine.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 6-7 hours.
- Serve with brown sugar or additional maple syrup, chopped nuts and milk.
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Reviews
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I really enjoyed this. I followed the recipe exactly, and it turned out perfectly after 6 hours in my crock pot. I did use my very old one, so a newer one would probably be done in less time. Hubby wasn't terribly impressed, but then he didn't put full fat 1/2 & 1/2 on it, like I did. Yummy, warming, and filling.
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This oatmeal is awesome! We had expected bad weather, and i decided I'd make this for the kids to have something hot and filling before trudging out into the snow. They LOVED it! I couldn't find steel cut oats in my grocery store, so I used regular old fashioned oats. I put everything except the oatmeal into the pot the night before, to let that all simmer together and added the oats in the morning about an hour before waking everyone. it was perfect! I topped each bowl with toasted walnuts, and brown sugar, and to be extra decadent, I poured on just a splash of cream..The only sound I heard as they ate, was "mmmmmmmm"..Thank you for sharing this recipe!
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I made this recipe last night to serve this morning to a houseful of guests. I followed the directions but I subbed mixed dried berries for the cranberries and raisins and dried apples for the apricots. I used Spenda brown sugar instead of the syrup (b/c I didn't have any). I turned on the crockpot at 11:30pm and checked it when I got up at 7:45am. The oatmeal was very dry (most likely b/c it cooked longer than 6-7 hours) but added about 1/2 c water and it was perfect.... thick, but perfect consistency for adding milk on top. I put out chopped walnuts for folks as well as demara sugar, and milk, for folks to help themselves as they got up. Everyone enjoyed it as did I. While this recipe makes too much for one, I will make this again when I have company... it is SO nice to have breakfast ready when you get up. I like being able to sit and talk with folks rather than slave in the kitchen preparing breakfast all morning! The only thing I will change next time is to add a little more water at the start and double the cinnamon (we LOVE cinnamon!). Thanks for sharing this excellent recipe... definitely a keeper!
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I made this recipe last night to serve this morning to a houseful of guests. I followed the directions but I subbed mixed dried berries for the cranberries and raisins and dried apples for the apricots. I used Spenda brown sugar instead of the syrup (b/c I didn't have any). I turned on the crockpot at 11:30pm and checked it when I got up at 7:45am. The oatmeal was very dry (most likely b/c it cooked longer than 6-7 hours) but added about 1/2 c water and it was perfect.... thick, but perfect consistency for adding milk on top. I put out chopped walnuts for folks as well as demara sugar, and milk, for folks to help themselves as they got up. Everyone enjoyed it as did I. While this recipe makes too much for one, I will make this again when I have company... it is SO nice to have breakfast ready when you get up. I like being able to sit and talk with folks rather than slave in the kitchen preparing breakfast all morning! The only thing I will change next time is to add a little more water at the start and double the cinnamon (we LOVE cinnamon!). Thanks for sharing this excellent recipe... definitely a keeper!
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This is a really good recipe. I substituted brown sugar for the maple syrup because that is what I had on hand and I added chopped up granny smith apples as recommended by another reviewer. It took five hours in my slow cooker but that is probably because it is a six quart one and so it was just under half full. Luckily, I had anticipated this and only programmed it for that long. Definitely a keeper.