This is a super easy breakfast!
A perfect fall recipe for your slow cooker using pumpkin and healthy steel cut oats. Made without added sugars and cooked overnight so you can wake up to the fantastic smell of Pumpkin Pie in your kitchen, only without the guilt of eating pie for breakfast!
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Overnight Slow Cooker Pumpkin Pie Steel Cut Oats: No Sugar Added
Ingredients
- 1 cup steel cut oats
- 3 1/2 cups water almond or regular milk can be substituted
- 1 cup pumpkin puree canned
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 cup honey or 2 teaspoons vanilla liquid stevia OPTIONAL
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in your slow cooker and cook on low for 8 hours. Enjoy!
Notes
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Tried this recipe twice, it did NOT work for me. First time, admittedly I was missing a couple things. Second time did it exactly to the directions and all the edges were burned. So, I tried to salvage what was in the middle. SO GROSS and tasted nothing like pumpkin. Weird.
Katie, I would recommend liquid by 1/2 cup. Almond milk is a delicious substitute for water.
Cook time on low for 8 hrs was too long because mine also turned out burned, both along the edges and top, but the flavor was pretty good. Although this is a much easier way to cook steel cut oats, I'd still prefer to take the time to cook it using my dutch oven instead and toasting the oats first.
I was wondering, do you use regular steel cut oats or can you use instant steel cut oats? Thank you! 🙂
Jayna, Regular steel cut oats. I’ve never seen instant.
Thank you! I made this with regular and it was absolutely delicious! 🙂
Jayna, Great! Thanks for letting us know.
And BTW, I LOVE your site! I have made so many delicious recipes!
Jayna, Thanks so much! 🙂
DO NOT USE QUICK COOK STEEL CUT OATS. Woke up to a watery mess. 🙁
Oh no too late:( no quick cook huh??? What about high?
Shannon, I recommend cooking on low.
The point system on this is all wrong. a 1/4 of just steel oats by itself is 4 points. So how could 1 cup of this recipe be only 2 points???
The point system on this is all wrong. a 1/4 of just steel oats by itself is 4 points. So how could 1 cup of this recipe be only 2 points???
Judy, I recalculated and the points came out the same.
Hi there! Love this simple, healthy recipe and want to say thanks for posting. I am curious though, is the protein of only 1g accurate? 1 cup of dry oats have around 24 to 28 grams of protein and 30 to 32 grams of fiber. It looks like you might be calculating with 1 cup of cooked oats.
You're welcome! We will doublecheck the protein, and adjust accordingly if necessary:)
I made mine in a bain marie on low for 8 hours. I added about 4 pureed Medjool Dates to the mix for sweetener.
Has anybody tried freezing the extra? It's only good for maintenance and Phase 1 and I am the only one that'll eat this.
Freezing works fine. I make a version of this frequently with a mix of water and almond milk. I also add some almond meal for aome added protein.
I had the same problem as some of the others as far as it sticking and burning to the sides. I just stirred it after about an hour two, and then I only cooked it for about 4 or 5 hours. The oats were cooked thoroughly, and it tasted delicious! Perfect fall breakfast for the week!
Definitely try the water bath trick. Place a Pyrex or other oven safe bowl inside your crock pot. Put all the ingredients in the bowl then fill the crockpot with water until its about an inch from the top of the outside of the bowl. My crockpot works well on low for 7 to 8 hours for this. Some people have to use the 'keep
warm' setting instead.
My old crock pot works but not my new ones. The water baths or less time should work well on the new crockpots.
is this gluten free?
Kelly, Be sure to use GF oats in the recipe.
Can I ask how you got only 15gr of carbs per cup? I calculated mine and it shows 35gr per cup!
We did not include the optional ingredients in our nutritional analysis.
Is there a stovetop method to cook this?
Yes, Hemna, you can make this on the stovetop. Cook the oats according to the instructions on the package, then stir in the vanilla, salt, and pumpkin spice, and then stir in the pumpkin puree.
Thanks!
Great looking recipe there. I am pre-diabetic, and have had to cut back considerably on my sugar intake. Love this
Glad you could find our recipe helpful!
I have been really searching for healthy breakfast material for my 2 daughters. They are super picky and i’d really like to have something other than toast or cheerios for them. I’m going to try this!! thanks for the recipe!
Awesome, Donny! If they enjoy this recipe, we have plenty of others that are similar to it! Check out our 55 Healthy Overnight Oats Recipes.