Slow Cooker Cranberry Orange Steel Cut Oatmeal is easy to make and super delicious too. When I first tried steel cut oats I could barely eat them. They were the most bland food I had ever put in my mouth. I think I tried to sweeten it up with some brown sugar and cinnamon but I just couldn’t stomach it. I learned how to make them in a slow cooker with flavors and spices and now they are a part of my regular breakfast menu. This recipe makes enough for me to eat breakfast throughout the entire week. I just throw everything in the slow cooker and wake up to a delicious hot breakfast.
Check out my recipe for Slow Cooker Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal too!
Slow Cooker Cranberry Orange Steel Cut Oatmeal
Make oatmeal overnight in your slow cooker!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 5 minutes
Servings 16
Ingredients
- 2 cups steel cut oats
- 7 cups water
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- zest and juice of 1 orange
- 1 T vanilla extract
- 1 T cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- almond slices and extra dried cranberries for topping, optional
Instructions
- Place all of the ingredients into a slow cooker and stir to combine.
- Cook on the WARM setting overnight or 8 hours.
Nutrition
Calories: 451kcal | Carbohydrates: 78g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 42mg | Fiber: 13g | Sugar: 3g | Calcium: 6.5% | Iron: 26.3%
Carrie says
02/17/2019 at 10:47 amI just made this in the oven and baked 1 hour at 350 degrees. It turned out great. I did cut back on the cinnamon and served with toasted slivered almonds. I don’t like getting up in the wee hours of the morning to start in my crockpot to have ready by 8 or 9 am (later breakfast eaters), so the oven method is preferable to me. Plus, steel cut oats really do need to be stirred everyone once in a while as it cooks/bakes. From past experience with crockpot overnight steel cut oat recipes, they got done much quicker than recipe indicated. Didn’t take long to assemble. Will definitely make again. Thanks for a great recipe.
Carrie K says
11/06/2018 at 5:14 pmCan this be made in the oven, baked for 1 hour at 350 degrees? I have done that with other slow cooker steel cut oatmeal recipes and that worked fine. Gave me a chance to stir periodically.
Amy says
11/12/2018 at 8:09 amI haven’t tried it but now I’m very curious. I think I’ll give it a go and get back to you!
Serra says
12/06/2017 at 7:15 pmVery disappointed in this. Too much cinnamon and I only used 1 teaspoon. I don’t think I can salvage it.
Amy says
12/06/2017 at 7:20 pmHi Serra, I’m sorry to hear that the recipe didn’t work out well for you. Is it just that it had too much cinnamon or was is something else besides that?
Serra says
12/06/2017 at 1:27 pmMaking this now, but with fresh cranberries. Can not wait to try it. Cranberry orange anything is my favorite.
Amy says
12/06/2017 at 3:15 pmLet me know how it turns out!
Emily says
05/22/2017 at 2:16 amMy crockpot only has low and high setting.. never heard of a warm setting.
Amy says
05/22/2017 at 11:56 amYou can use the low setting but make sure you stir it a few times during cooking and only cook it for a few hours.
Gwen says
11/06/2016 at 1:47 pmIt was tasty, but if I make it again, I’ll double maybe even triple the amount of cranberries!
Joanna says
11/04/2016 at 10:22 pmHands down my favorite steel cut oatmeal recipe. We make it all the time!!!
Amy says
11/11/2016 at 9:06 amThanks Joanna! 🙂
Anne says
10/01/2016 at 12:15 pmAm I reading it correc – cook on the keep warm setting or should it be low. I sounds great! Thanks
Amy says
10/01/2016 at 12:37 pmHi Anne. Yes cook it on the warm setting. ?
Amy says
10/03/2016 at 4:59 pmHi Anne, yes cook it on warm. I’ve tried cooking it on low but it didn’t turn out as nice as the warm setting.
Helen Brady says
02/07/2016 at 8:42 amDoes the recipe call doe 3 TABLESPOONS(?) of vanilla?
Amy says
02/07/2016 at 8:46 amNo, it should be 1 tablespoon. I will make sure to correct that! Thank you.
Lou says
04/06/2015 at 1:45 amIt’s just me and my guy at my house and we can’t eat 8 cups of deliciousness for breakfast. Do you think that these would reheat well on consecutive mornings? Should I halve the recipe instead? Thanks!
Amy says
04/06/2015 at 9:32 amHi Lou, I always make a big batch at the beginning of the week and then reheat in the microwave every morning for breakfast. I hope you enjoy how delicious and how convenient it is!
Amy says
03/22/2015 at 8:02 amThank you Thao!
Thalia @ butter and brioche says
03/22/2015 at 12:04 amI’ve never made oatmeal in a slow cooker before but think I definitely have to now. I love how you can prepare it the night before and wake up to a hot bowl of delicious oats!
Amy says
03/22/2015 at 8:03 amIt’s so healthy too!
Alison @Food by Mars says
03/21/2015 at 11:05 pmYum and so easyyy! Love it.
Donna says
03/19/2015 at 8:58 pmLooks yummy!!! I have been eating oatmeal to lower my cholesterol and it worked!!
Amy says
03/19/2015 at 10:04 pmThanks Donna. Try the pumpkin pie flavored oatmeal. It’s my favorite