This year I'm participating in a bi weekly challenge with some blogging friends to post recipes using all of the letters in the alphabet. It can feature a food that begins with the letter of the week or the recipe name can begin with the week's letter.
I had Honeycrisp apples on hand and since January is National Slow Cooker Month and National Oatmeal Month I thought I'd kill 3 birds with one stone and make this Spiced Apple Oatmeal from Taste of Home.
Take the time to grate the spices fresh, it really makes a difference! I like to use my microplane zester or spice mill.
This recipe calls for steel cut oats and it's important not to substitute because you'll end up with a big bowl of mush. My personal favorites are the Quaker Oat or Flahavan's brands.
I used whole milk because that's what we buy and I replaced the vanilla
coffee creamer with some Gingerbread Cookie Dough creamer that I had
left over from the holidays.
Mine took 4 hours on low, be sure to watch it because newer slow cookers definitely run hotter than old models. You can do lots of fun add-ons like pecans, dried cranberries, a drizzle of maple syrup or you can stir in some more milk.
Thank you to Wendy from A Day in the Life on a Farm for hosting the Alphabet Challenge and to all of the other bloggers for sharing their recipes. You can check them out using the links down below!
Spiced Apple Oatmeal
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 medium apples, peeled and cut into 1-inch slices
- 2 cups steel-cut oats
- 2 large eggs
- 2-1/2 cups water
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup refrigerated Gingerbread Cookie Dough creamer
Instructions
- Mix the first 8 ingredients. Place apples in a greased 4-qt. slow cooker. Top with brown sugar mixture, then the oats.
- Whisk together eggs, water, milk and creamer; pour over oats. Cook, covered, on low until oats are tender, 4-1/2 to 5 hours.
- If desired, serve oatmeal with pecans, dried cranberries, maple syrup and additional milk.
Notes
Serving ideas: Chopped pecans, dried cranberries, maple syrup or additional milk
Source: https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/spiced-apple-oatmeal/
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