Crock Pot Steel Cut Oats

Ingredients

1 cup steel cut oats
4 cups water
1/2 cup milk (I use 1% but you could use almond or oat milk)
1 apple, peeled and chopped
1/4 cup sugar (I use sugar in the raw, but you could use regular or brown sugar)
1 Tablespoon butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
*heat proof bowl that will hold 4 cups of liquid and fit inside your slow cooker with the crock pot lid on

Directions

1. Place the heatproof bowl in the crock pot.

2. In the heatproof bowl, mix the steel cut oats, water, milk, sugar, vanilla, butter, and cinnamon.

3. Add the chopped apple and mix gently.

4. Carefully pour water around the edges of the crock pot until the water level is just below the contents of the inner bowl.

5. Place the lid on your crock pot.  Turn it on low and go to bed.

6. The next morning gently remove the inner bowl onto a kitchen towel.  Gently stir.

7. Scoop up a serving and add toppings.

Oatmeal toppings:  craisins, raisins, other dried fruit; almonds, walnuts, other nuts; peanut butter; dark chocolate chips; honey; etc.