Name: Overnight porridge
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 480 min
Total time: 490 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 cups wholegrain steel-cut oats; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1L milk; 1L water; 2 apples, unpeeled, cored and roughly chopped; Brown sugar, nuts, yoghurt and fresh fruit, to serve

Overnight porridge

Put this porridge on to cook just before you go to sleep and wake up to brekkie done.

Serves 8

Prep

10M

Cook

Total

8H 10M

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Feeding a crowd? Put this porridge on to cook just before you go to sleep and wake up to brekkie done.

Looking for more warming slow-cooker recipes?

Ingredients

2 cups wholegrain steel-cut oats

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1L milk

1L water

2 apples, unpeeled, cored and roughly chopped

Brown sugar, nuts, yoghurt and fresh fruit, to serve

Method

Put all ingredients in the bowl of a 5L slow cooker.

Stir to roughly mix together, then place bowl in appliance. Cover with lid and cook on the low setting for 8 hours.

Remove bowl from appliance and remove lid. Serve with sugar, nuts, yoghurt and fruit.

Cook’s tips

Any leftover porridge can be reheated the next day in the microwave, adding a little milk to help loosen the oats.
Steel-cut oats are available from health food stores and the health food aisle of large supermarkets. Do not use quick oats or plain wholegrain rolled oats for this recipe.

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