LOVED this recipe. Have to admit, I have never liked oatmeal, hate the mushy texture and lack of flavor. This recipe is full of so much good 'stuff'. I used a mix of dried cherries, blueberries and strawberries, added flax seeds and meusli. Topped with brown sugar and milk, was to die for. Followed directions to a T, cooked on warm for 8-8.5 hrs Thanks for sharing, its a keeper!!

I make my "steel cut" oatmeal like this all the time. Remember this is for "steel cut" oatmeal. Usually you need to buy that at a health food store or a food coop. It is a nutty grain oatmeal and it very different than regular oatmeal. It is very nutritious for you and if you cook this recipe with that kind, this recipe works. I did find that the amount of liquid in the recipe needs to be almost doubled. This is a nice basic slow cooker recipe but when you add apples, it makes applesauce also which will make it mushy as some have stated. I usually do not make my oatmeal with apples but with lots of different dried fruits and nuts. I also like to add my nuts in when the oatmeal is cooked and not during. I made this adding 1/2 cup of canned pumpkin and used raisins with that. I always make this during the day and not over night and then you can check on the consistency. I make a big batch like this on weekends and then I eat it all week long for a quick healthy breakfast before going to work. I cook on low and start with boiling hot water in my slow cooker and then it only takes a couple of hours to cook and you do not have to worry about it boiling over on the stove and stirring a lot. I spray the cooker with Pam and stir mine 3-4 times while cooking. If you have not tried the slow cooker for "steel cut" oatmeal, you will enjoy making it this way. Remember to only use "steel cut" though.

Really tasty! I made it with apple cider instead of water, as others have suggested, but I won't next time. It was good, but you couldn't taste the other ingredients over the apple flavor, and I think this made it almost too sweet as well. I did have some problems with scorching on the bottom (had the crock pot set on low), but I used a crock pot liner, so cleanup was easy.

I used a brand new temp controlled slow cooker and followed the directions EXACTLY. After only 6 hours the oatmeal was overcooked, this recipe does not work as written, I had my friend try the recipe just to make sure, she had the same disappointing results. Great idea but needs some major tweaking!

I think the concept is great, but I didn't like this particular recipe. I think it was the pumpkin spice (which I usually love btw), but the flavors just didnt jive for me at all. It did cook perfectly overnight (about 9 hours) on the warm setting.

This is very good! Here's my modifications: I sprayed my slow cooker first and used only 1 cup of oats and 3 cups of water(no milk or butter). I put in the apples and cinnamon and turned it on warm overnight. In the morning I added the craisins and nuts and then turned it off after about half an hour to let it thicken. I had none stuck to the side! We add hot milk and a little maple syrup to it in our bowls.

I made this and it was so good and so yummy. Left the nuts to be mixed later and I did not have Pumpkin pie spice. I used WARM on my crock-pot.

Absolutely delicious! Will add sugar next time because my family complained about the lack of it, but I thought it had a nice natural sweetness! Will make again...and again...and again!

This was great! The fruit makes it sweet with no added sugar. I read the comments and started it at 11PM on low. Got up at 5:30AM to check on it and it was too dry so I added 1 cup of milk and 1 cup of water. By 7AM, I stirred in the nuts and it was perfect! Will definately make this again.

My kids age 5 & 6 Loved this. We put milk & maple syrup on it. They asked for seconds. Good one!