Overnight Peach Oatmeal

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups water
  • 1 cup steel-cut oats
  • 1 cup vanilla soy milk or vanilla almond milk
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
  • 2 medium peaches, sliced or 3 cups frozen unsweetened sliced peaches, thawed
  • Optional toppings: Sliced almonds, brown sugar, cinnamon and additional peaches

Instructions

  1. In a well-greased 3-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 6 ingredients. Cook, covered, on low until oats are tender, 7-8 hours. Stir in peaches just before serving. Pressure cooker option: Decrease water to 3 cups. Add to a 6-qt. electric pressure cooker coated with cooking spray. Stir in oats, soy milk, brown sugar, salt and vanilla. Lock lid; close pressure-release valve. Adjust to pressure cook on high for 4 minutes. Let pressure release naturally. Stir in peaches just before serving. Oatmeal will thicken upon standing. If desired, top with optional toppings.
  2. Pressure cooker option: Decrease water to 3 cups. Add to a 6-qt. electric pressure cooker coated with cooking spray. Stir in oats, soy milk, brown sugar, salt and vanilla. Lock lid; close pressure-release valve. Adjust to pressure cook on high for 4 minutes. Let pressure release naturally. Stir in peaches just before serving. Oatmeal will thicken upon standing. If desired, top with optional toppings.
  3. Health tip: Steel-cut oats are 100 percent whole grain. They are slowly absorbed, giving you energy that will last.
  4. Editor's Note: Steel-cut oats are also known as Scotch oats or Irish oatmeal.

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Prep: 10 min. Cook: 7 hours Total: 7 hours and 10 min

Nutrition

  • Per Serving
    • Nutrition Facts: 3/4 cup: 163 calories, 2g fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 116mg sodium, 31g carbohydrate (13g sugars, 4g fiber), 5g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 starch, 1/2 fruit.