Slow Cooker Maple Oatmeal Recipe with Fruit & Nuts

I remember, as a small child, visiting my grandparent’s house on Tower Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. My grandmother was a Riley, and they lived in a stately white Victorian that resembles the Palmer House Inn. My mother, brother Bill and I would enter through the kitchen door. In this house, the kitchen truly was the heart of the home. There was a large white table with matching white chairs, and a white porcelain sink, but the central feature of that kitchen, was a black cast iron stove. The most wonderful aromas would meet us as we entered that magical room. One of grandmother’s recipes that I have adapted for the Palmer House Inn is this Maple Oatmeal.

Serves 8

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups of milk
• 1/4 Cup Pure New England Maple Syrup
• 1 Tsp. butter, melted
• 1 Cup McCann’s Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal
• 1 Cup of peeled and chopped apple
• 1/2 Cup of raisins or dried cranberries
• 1/2 Cup of chopped walnuts or pecans
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch of salt

Directions:

The evening before heading to bed, combine all of the ingredients in a slow cooker and mix well. Cover, turn the dial to low and cook for 8-9 hours. The following morning, stir, serve and enjoy with slices of fresh apple and a hole walnuts or pecans as garnish on the top.

Notes

Local cooks share a bounty of breakfast recipes by B. Lowney, Cape Cod Times

 

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