Slow Cooker Cinnamon Apple Steel Cut Oats

By sandiB2010

"Another yummy way to eat oatmeal. The house smells wonderful while this is cooking." — DebbieKat

Ingredients

• cooking spray
• 8 cups water (Reviewers suggest 7 cups)
• 23 ounces unsweetened applesauce
• 1 1/2 cups steel cut oats
• 2 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored, and diced
• 1/4 cup ground cinnamon, or to taste
• 1/3 cup granular no-calorie sucralose sweetener (such as Splenda®) (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

Lightly spray a 5-quart or larger slow cooker crock with cooking spray.

Combine water, applesauce, oats, diced apple, cinnamon, and sweetener in prepared slow cooker.

Cook on Low for 6 hours.