Overnight Oatmeal

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A few years ago, someone decided that crockpots (aka slowcookers cooked food too slowly and were a potential "danger" to their users, thus they made them with a higher temp and they take a much, much shorter time to cook things than the older ones. So, those of us with much older crockpots (mine are circa 1992 & 1995 have the ones that cook nice and slow - thus ensuring the recipe will not burn. Those with the newer ones need to use the idea that someone else suggested with the bowl set in water within the crockpot and put your oats to cook in the bowl. It will act as an insulator. HTH!

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Alton, thanks for taking the mystery out of irish oats. I used a small 3 qt slow cooker. I used 1/2 cup of steel oats and added 1/2 cup of dried cranberries. 2 Cups of filtered water and 1/4 cup of Silk Vanilla Soy Milk. I mixed it up in the slow cooker and set on low for 4 hrs. Perfect. Coated with brown sugar when its done, YUM! My husband is going to love it. Thanks, this is much easier than the stovetop.

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I always have. I would like to like the stuff and try a bowl from time to time and always vow never to try it again. But I did anyway with this recipe and I am now a believer. I cooked it exactly to recipe (except for the figs; I used a whole cup of cranberries instead in an old (low/high crock pot purchased from Kmart around 1976. It came out perfect and unlike any other oatmeal I ever tried. What a winner of a recipe!

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We have been making this recipe for years now and love it! You must used steel cut oats and an average size slow cooker (3qt for this to turn out great without modifications. If you are like me and have one of the large 6qt slow cookers, cut the time in half. Fresh fruit does not do well (which is why Alton specifically adds dried. The dried fruit absorbs the water and plumps for fantastic flavor. We change up the fruit selection and sometimes even add nuts instead. Our favorite combo's are dried apples and walnuts, dried cherries and blueberries, and raisins and craisins.

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This recipe did not work for me on any level. I had it on the lowest setting and the edges burned. And what didn't burn was so sweet from all of the dried fruit it was inedible. It was a total waste of oats and fruit.

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My husband and I just love this recipe! We use dried cranberries and raisins, and put it in the slow cooker for 3 1/2 hours (overnight burns the oatmeal. I make it on Sundays, put it in the refrigerator, and heat it in the microwave in the morning before work. Using 3 1/2 cups of water would probably work better as I noticed it's a little watery and I like mine a bit more solid. Thanks, Professor Brown!

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like other reviewers said, the timing can be off. You cant make a smaller portion easily either.

My crock pot cooks too fast for the 8 hrs, I can do it in 4, actually. I dont liek the figs in it, but have used nearly any other dried fruit - my favorites being blueberries and cherries for a cinnamon and brown sugar topped breakfast, and apricots, cranberries, and golden raisins to top with honey.

It can also be a little thick or gluey, just add some milk - and I prefer soy milk.

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We made it for years as a half recipe in a smaller crockpot, washing it every day. Now, our four year old insists on her own big bowl, so we're making a triple batch in a six quart crock pot so it lasts for several days. I make it with 3 cups of steel cut oats, 9 3/4 cups of water and 2 cups of half and half. I give the pan a little spray of cooking spray before I put everything in. I cook it for 8 hours on low. No burning, and it's easy to clean. We heat it up with a little milk after the first day. (We omitted the fruit after the first time, and we dress it up to our liking with brown sugar and various dry fruits.

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I followed the recipe substituting rolled oats for the steel cut and replacing the dried fruit with a diced apple. This morning, the oats had completely dissolved into the water and the whole thing was just a tasteless soup. Did this happen because I used the rolled oats?

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I cant stop making this stuff...The wife and I had to buy a smaller crocpot to make smaller portions. We tried cut, dried apricots. They werent bad, it gave you something to bite into. I took a big batch to work last week and didnt bring any home.