These slow cooker oatmeal recipes are as easy as they are tasty! Breakfast becomes almost effortless when your crockpot makes the meal for you. Fill your home with a delicious aroma of homemade cooking without needing to stand by in the kitchen – what a great way to wake up and start the day.
Meal Prep Easy Comfort Food in the Morning
For many, oatmeal is the ultimate comfort cereal in the morning. What better time to enjoy it once the weather turns cold?
These recipes are perfect fall or winter breakfast ideas that will make the house smell so nice. Waking up to a hot breakfast, ready as soon as you roll out of bed, is a very welcome experience.
Meal prep your slow cooker oatmeal the night before and serve hot in the morning. It’s so easy!
Save leftovers in the fridge, packed in single-serve containers. Then you can grab one each day during the week to grab quickly throughout the week.
Reheat the pre-made porridge with a splash of milk or water over medium heat in a small saucepan. Chow down, and you’re done!
This is a very suitable alternative for cold cereal that doesn’t take any special skills to make, a lot of prep time, or attention. There is a minimal number of ingredients too. I know you can do it!
How to Make Slow Cooker Oatmeal
Skip the mess in the morning and scoop your hot breakfast straight from the slow cooker!
Crockpot oatmeal is so easy; even children can make it. Many younger ones are also able to reheat leftovers and serve themselves. What a great way to foster independence in the kitchen as well as a sense of self-responsibility.
What you need:
- Oats
- Milk (coconut or nut milk also works)
- Water
- Brown sugar or maple syrup
- Cinnamon
Use these ingredients as a base for homemade oatmeal.
Once the meal finishes cooking, mix and match dried fruit, nuts, shredded coconut, as a garnish on top.
Then, stirring a generous spoon of peanut butter or other nut butter doesn’t hurt either!
If you want to highlight the best fall flavors, dust the top of your breakfast bowl with ground nutmeg or allspice. YUM!
You can crank out so many variations from the same basic recipe over and over again.
Add these recipes to your meal plan app and stay on track with your planning!
Slow Cooker Oatmeal Porridge Recipes for Cold Weather Mornings
Enjoy these healthy homemade breakfasts that are completely free of preservatives, artificial flavor, and food color. Porridge recipes are so nice on cold weather mornings! Plus, what’s easier than cooking breakfast while you sleep?
In case the falling leaves and chilly mornings didn’t tip you off to the change of season, the luscious combination of maple and cinnamon in your morning oatmeal sure will!
Once this porridge finishes cooking, you can customize it however you need. It’s easy to adapt for picky eaters by garnishing the top with any of their favorite dried nuts, seeds, or fruit. Plain is also yummy!
Cook a hearty, stick to your ribs, kind of breakfast while you sleep. With flavors that never fail, banana and cinnamon infuse every bite!
Take advantage of squash season by picking up a nice butternut squash from your farmer’s market and adding it to your oatmeal. This oatmeal is everything you already know and love, plus a fun fall twist.
Simmering the apples in apple juice, oats, brown sugar, and cinnamon leaves you with a super delicious breakfast the following day. It’s worth jumping out of bed for!
More Easy Breakfast Ideas for Fall
- 6 Quick Everyday Breakfast Ideas for Busy Mornings
- 5 Super Easy Brunch Ideas for Fall
- 5 Make-Ahead Breakfasts For Weekly Meal Prep
Meet Jessica Haggard
Jessica Haggard created Easy Homemade Life to share no-fail ideas with thrifty creative homemakers. As a busy homeschooling, homesteading, entrepreneurial mom herself, she strives to curate a collection of only the BEST tried-and-true homemade ideas so you can make memorable and meaningful things in your home.
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