Apple Pie Oatmeal in the crockpot
3 cups rolled oats (not quick oats)
3 cups water
1/2 cup brown sugar (THM sub sweetener)
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 can apple pie filling (THM use fresh fruit or no sugar added pie filling)
1/2 cup raisins & craisins (optional)
THM - substitute brown sugar for plan approved sweetener and use no sugar added apple pie filling or fresh fruit for a scrumptious E meal, omit raisins. Non-sweet cranberries add a tasty zing.
Mix oats with liquids.
Combine all dry ingredients in a small bowl then mix into wet oats.
Lastly I cut the apple pie filling into small bite size pieces and fold into the mixture.
Pour the oatmeal into a casserole dish that will fit in your slow cooker, place in slow cooker, add about a cup of water in bottom. Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours.
Enjoy!
10/18/14 THM update. See substitutions below recipe.
My husband was buying those expensive oatmeal cups to take to work for breakfast. I had such a hard time spending $2.50 Per serving for oatmeal!
So I asked him if I could start making baked oatmeal for him. He ate it but didn't love it...until one 104 degree summer day to keep from heating up the oven I decided to bake it in the crockpot.
I mixed up the oatmeal and "baked" it in a round casserole dish to fit inside the crockpot. To keep it from burning I placed about an inch of water in the bottom and just let it cook away all day Sunday for his weekly meals.
Hubby loved the new texture. He says its much more moist and creamy. Now I make it every other week and freeze the individual servings. He seems happy.
Personally I'd need more variety like pumpkin or peanutbutter or anything...but he likes apple cinnamon so that's what I make for him.