Slow Cooker Apple Pie Oats

Ingredients

• 1 cup steel cut oats (no substitutes!)
• 2 medium apples, peeled & diced (about 2 1/2 cups)
• 2 cups apple juice
• 2 cups milk
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Optional garnishes: cream, maple syrup, cinnamon, chopped nut

Instructions

1. Locate an oven-safe, not-too-shallow baking dish (such as Corningware or Pyrex) that will fit in your slow cooker. In the baking dish, place oats, diced apples, apple juice, milk, maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt; stir to combine. Carefully place baking dish down in slow cooker and slowly pour water into the bottom of the slow cooker until its level is about 1 inch below the top of the baking dish. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours. Stir before serving.

Healthy Ingredients

Whole Grain 
A diet containing foods with a low glycemic index (GI) can help reduce your risk for age-related macular degeneration. Swap refined carbohydrates for quinoa, brown rice, whole oats and whole-wheat breads and pasta. The vitamin E, zinc and niacin found in whole grains also help promote overall eye health.

Credit: www.fivehearthome.com/overnight-slow-cooker-apple-pie-steel-cut-oatmeal-recipe-no-burnt-edges