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Slow Cooker Blueberry Oatmeal Recipe

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How many of you love to eat oatmeal in the morning? Honestly, I love oatmeal and have made it for years. Until the last few years though, I had made traditional oatmeal, trying a few recipes in the slow cooker but usually ending up cooking minute oatmeal on the stovetop. With us trying to eat healthier, however, I have been going out of my way to make our meals not only more nutritious but filled with fiber. To my surprise, finding high fiber breakfast food is challenging, leading me to try to modify some of our favorite, homemade breakfast foods. This meant not only moving to steel-cut oats but adding high fiber fruits to our oatmeal, allowing us to start our day on the best foot possible.

Luckily, I found an amazing recipe that not only taught me to cook these oats but inspired me in creating a delicious, high fiber breakfast for the entire week! Over time, I perfected what I think is the best slow cooker steel-cut oatmeal out there, using Rockin Mama’s Slow Cooker Blueberries and Cream Steel Cut Oatmeal Recipe as a starting point. After modifying the recipe to our liking, I am certain this is one of the best steel-cut oatmeal recipes out there and best of all, it is great for even novice cooks to make since it really is one of those recipes that anyone can make, so long as they can measure ingredients and stir things thoroughly before starting the slow cooker.

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What I have to say I love the most about this slow cooker blueberry oatmeal recipe is that it is not only flavorful, but heats up very well in the microwave, making it perfect for busy people like us – make on Sunday or Monday, and enjoy all week long! Just heat it as is, or for an extra treat, but in a tablespoon of heavy cream to give yourself creamy, delicious oatmeal that will keep you filled and satisfied through most of the day. Once we started making this slow cooker steel-cut oatmeal recipe, I found that modifying our portions throughout the day was so much easier since we were starting the day off right, to help make weight loss even easier!

What I have also learned is that this slow cooker blueberry oatmeal recipe is great with just about any type of fresh fruit. I regularly change out the fruit in this recipe, based on what is in season. We regularly eat it using blackberries, raspberries, and of course, blueberries. The only thing I have found that DOESN’T work well is using frozen fruit unless you are willing to let it thoroughly defrost and drain some water out of the fruit. Frozen fruit just seems to remove a lot of the natural flavor, making it a disappointment, so I recommend going with your favorite in-season berries.

Have questions about making our slow cooker blueberry oatmeal recipe? Feel free to ask us in the comments below. We are excited to be sharing our favorite high fiber breakfast recipes with you and hope you love it just as much as our own family!

 

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Slow Cooker Blueberry Oatmeal Recipe

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4.7 from 77 reviews

A high fiber, blueberry oat meal recipe with a wonderful, cinnamon flavor that will keep you from snacking all day!

  • Author: Susan Bewley
  • Category: breakfast

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups Steel Cut Oats
  • 1/2 cup Brown Sugar (tightly packed)
  • 2 Tablespoons Cinnamon
  • 1 Teaspoon Nutmeg
  • 1 Large Vanilla Bean
  • 32 oz Blueberries
  • 1/2 Stick Salted Sweet Cream Butter
  • 1 cup Heavy Cream
  • 6 cups of Water

Instructions

  1. Pour the steel cut oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in your slow cooker. Mix thoroughly.
  2. Pour the heavy cream and water in your slow cooker. Mix thoroughly and make sure the cinnamon isn’t clumping. If it is, mix more or it will stay clumped during cooking.
  3. In a microwave safe bowl, melt the butter. Pour into slow cooker and mix thoroughly.
  4. Cut the large vanilla bean in half and then with a sharp paring knife, split the bean in half long wise. With a spoon, scrape out the inside of the vanilla bean and add this to the pot. Repeat with the other half of the large bean. Once the seeds are in the oatmeal mixture in the slow cooker, place the bean husks in as well. Make sure to stir well.
  5. Pour the blueberries into the slow cooker and stir to spread them out evenly.
  6. Put the top on your slow cooker and cook for 8 hours on low. Before serving, make sure to discard the vanilla bean husks.

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Susan Bewley is a professional writer who has been writing content online & in print format for over 10 years. As well, she is an alumni of the University of Louisville with a Masters Degree in Special Education. When not working as an online business consultant or ghost writing, she can be found writing on Budget Earth, on her own novel, or working with various entities in the pet industry.

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  3. Looks like a great recipe. I’ve never tried cooking oatmeal in my slow cooker but it’s easy enough.


  4. I’ve never tried slow cooker oatmeal. I bet it tastes amazing since it cooks so long. Thank you for the idea.

  6. We eat so much oatmeal in our family. I think I will try this!! It sounds delish! You had me at blueberry 🙂

  7. wow this sounds delish , a must try , i love oatmeal , i have never cooked it in the slow cooker before , thanks for sharing the recipe 🙂

  9. This oatmeal sounds amazing! I have never thought about using my slow cooker to make oatmeal, but I love it! I can’t wait to make some, thank you for sharing! 🙂

  11. Oh that looks so good! I have not yet tried the Steel cut oats…but have heard such great things about them. I have to try this!

  12. I have not tried oatmeal in my slow cooker but this sounds really good.I’m going to try this.

  13. I love oatmeal in any way. I have never made it in the slow cooker and will try it this way very soon. I love the idea of changing out the fruits.

  14. I have made individual serving in the oven.It does not take that much power.You heat the oven up to 450 F,mix your ingredients together,place into oven for about 5 minutes.Turn the oven off.Let it slow cook while it cools down!

  19. Recipe looks awesome- oatmeal in the morning keeps me full throughout the morning. Love the fresh berry idea.

  20. Lately my parents have been oatmeal fiends. I appreciate when there are new ideas for what and how to make oatmeal. They both love blueberries. This is all good items for nutrition.

  22. You really learn something new everyday! I have oatmeal at least 3 times a week but I never even thought of using the slow cooker on it. This recipe looks like something I would definitely want to try, Thank you! 🙂

  24. I love blueberries; this looks like a delicious recipe! Thanks a lot for posting.

  26. This looks so delicious, I could start it late at night so it’ll be ready in the morning for my kids.

  29. I must try this! Our family loves oatmeal and blueberries and can’t wait to try it in the Crockpot.

  30. This sounds so good and so healthy. This will be great for the grandchildren before leaving for school. I love that it heats up easily in the microwave. Thank you for sharing

  31. You had me at Slow Cooker! I love making anything in the slow cooker as it gives me time to get other things done. This is a perfect breakfast idea! Thanks for sharing

  32. I’ve head of making oatmeal in a slow cooker but haven’t tried it yet. I love your recipe and might give it a try!

  33. I have got to try this! It combines two of my favorite flavors-oatmeal and blueberry. What a perfect late night or comfort food snack!

  34. Wow… This sounds amazingly good. My kids love oatmeal and fresh fruit. It’s so easy to make and being able to reheat without making it icky is a plus.

  35. Love oatmeal and had always used instant. Well long story but I switch to steel cut oat really love them………… but hate how long it takes each day and then you have the clean up. Never though of using the slow cooker and making enough for the week…… GREAT IDEAL

  36. I have never made oatmeal in the slowcooker. I will have to try this recipe.

  38. I’ve never used steel cut oats before, I might have to try them. Thanks for the tip about not using frozen berries, I probably would’ve done that.

  40. Great slow cooker breakfast idea! I can’t wait to give it a try! Grocery list is ready!

  41. I haven’t had oatmeal in quite a while and this recipe makes me want it right now. It looks amazing and easy to make. I can’t wait to try it….

  46. I’ve never thought about making oatmeal in my slow cooker but that is a wonderful idea. And this recipe sounds SO good!

  47. I would love to try this, never heard of this recipe before but I am loving everything that goes into making this yummy! oat breakfast .. @tisonlyme143

  49. Wow. I love this recipe. I love that it’s fruity and cooked in a slow cooker. Any breakfast that can be make using this method has my support!! Thank you for the recipe, I will make it tonight!!

  50. This looks yummy. I pinned it to my Breakfast board. Could you sub vanilla extract for the vanilla bean?

  52. I don’t make oatmeal frequently, and usually only do if I load it with brown sugar (not healthy) But I will definitely try this version!

  53. I haven’t yet tried oatmeal in the slow cooker. This definitely sounds like a recipe I will try. Thanks for sharing.

  54. One thing that I need and don’t have yet, but really want, is a slow-cooker!!

  55. I could easily make this at night and eat it in the morning. What a delicious and wholesome breakfast!

  57. I do not like plain Oatmeal but I think I could eat this. The ingredients seem like a Pie recipe so it’s probably very tasty.

  58. WE usually use regular oats to make oatmeal, but I shall have to try the steel cut oats. Of course we love fruit, especially fresh berries. Thanks for the tip about the frozen fruit.

  59. I love Steel Cut Oats for breakfast with blueberries and I love to use my crock pot whenever possible. I saved this recipe for future use.

  60. I’ve never made steel cut oatmeal because I thought it was hard to make – but this recipe sounds so easy! I bet it makes the house smell great while cooking too…

  64. THIS IS GREAT!!! love steel oats but hate to stand there and stir them. I am going to fix them tonight

  65. Ohhhhh, I love steel cut oats! It makes for great homemade granola too. This recipe looks delicious!

  70. Always looking for great ideas for the slow cooker. I will have to give this a go considering I never have time to make breakfast it would be great to have it ready to go as soon as I get up in the morning

  72. I cannot wait to make the slow cooker blueberry oatmeal. I love blueberries and oatmeal and I know if I make this my hubby would love it.

  73. This recipe look yummy!! I love oatmeal, I’m going to try this recipe.

  74. My girls love oatmeal, and this looks super easy! I’m going to save it and try it later in the week, see how they like it. Thanks!

  75. I have never made oatmeal in the slow cooker. I think I will try this onMonday and see if the family likes it. 
    have to go out and get the berries today either frozen or dried

  76. I have never thought of making oatmeal in the slow cooker but I guess you can. This look delicious I would love to try this recipe.

  77. I’m the only oatmeal fan in my household, i’d love to make this and perhaps freeze the extra portions. Thanks for the recipe!

  80. This looks amazing… I can almost smell it. My son loves blueberries. This is definitely a recipe we will be making!

  81. i really do love to have oatmeal to start our day. i usually use instant, but i love the texture of the steel cut. this is a good way to get around the time factor involved.

  84. This is so good and so healthy. I love blueberries with oatmeal. Thank you again

  85. I love fruity oatmeal. Its so yummy and hearty. Especially in the winter and fall. I’ll be making this for sure.

  86. Looks great! I’d like to switch out the brown sugar for some awesome local maple syrup! 🙂 I also add a tablespoon or two of ground flax seed before serving. That boosts the fiber and has lots of Omega 3’s!

  87. I love oatmeal. It never occurred to me to make it in a slow cooker! This recipe sounds delicious! Thanks!

  88. This looks yummy and so easy to make. It would definitely be a breeze to fix for crazy school mornings. Has anyone replaced the vanilla bean with vanilla extract?

  90. I am always looking for crock pot recipes. I love slow cooker Oatmeal Recipe. I plan to fix this on the weekend.

  91. When I have oatmeal it needs to be heavily flavored and this recipe just might meet the standards. And we probably need the fiber too.

  92. Yum! Love oatmeal, making it in the slow cooker would make it so easy and breakfast could be ready when we get up in the morning!

  93. Wow, I’ve made cornmeal pudding for breakfast the past two days, and it is so good. I’d love to try this, I have oatmeal I haven’t used, thinking I’d make cookies, but this is perfect!

  97. This looks and sounds like it would be very yummy. Going to have to make this soon.

  98. I’ll definitely have to try this! My kids love oatmeal and I love using my slow cooker.

  102. I gave this a five star recipe, one because I love blueberries, two because of the healthy oatmeal you added , three because of how easy this is to whip together and four because I know this is going to taste so yummy!!.
    @tisonlyme143

  104. A slow cooker would be a great investment. I need to get one right away. I like oatmeal, but I’m not in love with oatmeal. I love blueberries, though.

  105. My daughter is on a diet that includes a lot of oatmeal. This is a different way to prepare it and is very easy. Thank you for the tip….

  107. This looks good, I have been looking for healthy make ahead breakfast options. My 12 year old will skip breakfast every day if I let him. Having a warm, delicious meal ready in the morning would help.

  108. Oatmeal is a favorite ofmine especially in the winter,i don’t buy those envelopes with the artificial flavor in them, so this a great recipe for me!

  110. Oh I love Oatmeal, but lately all I have used is the Store bought stuff, this sounds DELICIOUS, I will have to give it a try!

    Thanks so much for the Pictures and the Recipe!

  112. I can’t stand the consistently of Oatmeal, so I would be willing to give this a try!

  114. This sounds amazing, and I am definitely going to try it. One question though, could you use vanilla extract if you didn’t have a vanilla bean on hand?

  115. I am a huge oatmeal fan! Plain, flavored with spices, with fresh fruit, & now in a slow cooker! I have to try this! Thank you for sharing!!

  116. Oh this looks so good! My family loves oatmeal! We have never tried it in the slow cooker before. Would be so great to start the night before…great before school breakfast!

  118. This a great idea for a make ahead breakfast on those busy mornings. My grandson loves oatmeal!

  120. I have never once thought of cooking oatmeal in the slow cooker, what a great idea. I love oatmeal and eat it often, this sounds delicious I will have to give it a try.

  123. Love eating oatmeal on cold winter morning, or really any morning. My hubby loves fruit in his oatmeal, thanks for the recipe,

  126. Both oatmeal and blueberries are good for the heart. I want to make this recipe for a more heart healthy breakfast for my newly retired husband and myself.

  127. You can just about make anything in a slow cooker now, I had no idea! My whole family loves oatmeal so this will be perfect for us!

  128. That looks so good! I just bought my first slow cooker, I’ll have to add this to my list of recipes I have to try! IF I can keep any blueberries in the house, my dog loves them haha.

  131. This sounds wonderful. I love oatmeal and I love blueberries. What a healthy breakfast. Thank you for sharing

  132. This sounds delicious!! I love oatmeal and I adore blueberry oatmeal the best!! Plus anything I can make in my slow cooker gets a big A+ from me!!

  136. I never thought of making oatmeal in a slow cooker. Thank you for the recipe! It looks delicious!

  137. I will be trying this recipe. Every ingredient is one that I love. Thank you for sharing this.

  138. This looks delicious. Plus, it would be ready in the mornings. That is awesome. Thanks for the recipe.

  139. Thanks for sharing your recipe. I’m not usually a fan of oatmeal but I love blueberries and will have to give this a try

  141. This looks like an easy and delicious recipe. It looks easy to prepare. I like to let my slow cooker do most of the work of cooking!

  142. I have been considering making some slow cooker oatmeal, but wasnt sure how well it would heat up. I will have to give this a try

  143. I love using my slow cooker. Have never made oatmeal before though. This sounds like a good one to try out. I really like that you said it heats up well through out the week.

  144. Whoa, I love oatmeal but the high cost of vanilla beans would have me omitting this ingredient! I have good quality vanilla extract that should work.

    • I usually buy my vanilla bean in bulk or at Aldi’s (sometimes when they are on sale too). It makes it about .25 – .50 cents a vanilla bean (not too bad). I do use high quality vanilla extract though when I can’t find any cheaply.

      My original recipe started with vanilla bean due to an allergy. My father in law is allergic to corn and years ago, they used corn starch as a filler in vanilla extract. Gross or what!?

  145. I’ve been trying to find more recipes for my slow cookers. This sounds great – definitely a step up from instant oatmeal the morning you eat it. I’ll have to try this.

  147. I tried making steel cut oatmeal in a really big glass bowl in the microwave (trying to make a quicker healthy breakfast) which was just a HUGE mistake. It was a mess…it bubbled over and I got to watch it from the microwave window dreading the clean up. Won’t be doing that again. So I appreciate this recipe more than you know. I can set this up before going to bed too…with no rush. thanks.

  148. I’m trying to eat up a big bag of blueberries, usually with yogurt in the morning, but it’s chilly and this sounds soo much better and hot!

  151. I know cooked oatmeal tastes better than instant. To me. using a slow cooker to make it is over kill. Too much mess.

  152. I love slow cooker recipes! Being a busy mom of 3 boys, the slow cooker makes life so much easier!

  154. I most definitely would love to try the Slow Cooker Blueberry Oatmeal. I think it is a fine plate, of which the recipe is on my menu later in the week.

  155. Thank you for this recipe and detailed instructions. I have a recipe, but yours sound so much better.

  156. Oh, this looks absolutely wonderful! I always have blueberries on hand and this would be great to switch up the same old, same old breakfasts!

  160. Oh heavenly it would be to wake up in the morning to this oatmeal. Have to try it.

  161. This slow cooker blueberry oatmeal recipe looks wonderful for breakfast and I never made oatmeal in m slow cooker. I would love to give it a try.

  162. thanks for sharing this! we eat steel cut oats microwaved but slow cooker sounds tastier! because i have to cut out most sugar, i’ll have to further modify the recipe but i think i can still make it work hopefully!

  163. I Love Blueberries and Oatmeal This is a perfect recipe for me. I love that you can make it in the slow cooker, how convenient. Thanks so much for sharing.

  165. I love oatmeal never try this recipe so thanks for posting this recipe I am going to try it when I make it.

  166. I wouldn’t have thought oatmeal would turn out good in a slow cooker. I super love that you put blueberries in it because they are my favorite.

  167. Yay!!! An easy recipe for me and it’s one of my favs in the am or even as a desert tho my kids dnt consider a treat at all. Something about oatmeal makes me happy and leaves me feeling safe

  169. I’m not an oatmeal fan but my husband and mom would love this.thanks for the recipe I’ll make it for them soon I hope

  170. I just got a slow cooker a couple of months ago, I will definitely try this recipe, I love oatmeal.

  171. This sounds so good. I love using my slow cooker so this is perfect! Thank you for sharing the recipe!

  173. What a great idea. I eat oatmeal almost every morning and it would be nice to have it all ready for me when I wake up.

  174. I love Oatmeal and eat it often, but I’ve never tried to cook it in a slow cooker before! I’m definitely going to try this recipe!

  178. Thank you for sharing this recipe. I love oatmeal late at night. We will try this recipe next.

  179. I love oatmeal, but cooking this for 8 hours is a long time. I guess if I made it the night before it would be okay.

  180. I have all of these ingredients…. how exciting! I’m making this tonight! Thanks! BTW love this presentation! The bowl, juice container!!! LOVE IT!!!!

  181. I’ve been looking for a good blueberry oatmeal recipe. I like that this one can be done in the slow cooker. That way you can put it all in and let it cook!

  182. ohh I sure do need fiber wherever I can get it! I love blueberries, I love oatmeal. My husband brought home some vanilla bean a few weeks ago and I had no idea what the heck to do with it. Its destined for this recipe. thank you.

  184. Ive been making steel cut oatmeal in my crock pot for the last month. Love it. Im going to try this recipe. Ive never tried the heavy cream and butter. Looks good.

  186. I have never made my oatmeal in a slow cooker, this sounds good. I don’t use a microwave, it would kill the good nutrients.

  188. I just love blueberries. That would be a lot of oatmeal for me to make in a slow cooker unless I had a lot of family over for a Christmas breakfast. Looks delicious.

  189. Sounds delicious. I usually eat instant oatmeal which although tastes good is a far cry from steel oats. Since I love blurberries, I know I would love eating this. And really appealing is it is made in the slow cooker.

  190. Thanks for the recipe – I’m always looking for new uses for my slow cooker.

  191. We are always looking for different treats to prepare the grand kids..and me!

  194. This sounds like a great recipe. Im just now moving towards oatmeal more for my carb source. Thanks for sharing this.

  196. I love using real vanilla bean in recipes. I have a relatively new Instant Pot that has a slow cooker feature and this is the perfect recipe to try it out and get more confident that I won’t ruin the food. It’s hard to wreck oatmeal anyway!

  197. So timely, I was just thinking about what I wanted for breakfast and was thinking I’m kind of tired of eggs and then I came across this, so now I’m having oatmeal for breakfast – thanks for the idea. I’ve never made it in a slow cooker before, but it sounds like a good idea….since it makes so much, can it be frozen and put in the microwave later?

  198. I love this recipe and that it calls for “real” food ingredients. I will try this for my littles breakfast and snack.

  200. I am learning there is a lot more you can make in a crockpot than my dinner meals. I saw a cake the other day and also a breakfast. Amazing!

  202. I always forget that the slow cooker can be used for breakfast too. This is a good one to try.

  206. I have not had oatmeal in a while, I think I was tired of it, I have never tried slow cooker to cook it

  207. I like the I can reheat it in the microwave. I would be the only one in the house who would probably eat this.

  208. This sounds so good. A great and healthy way to start the morning. Thank you so much for sharing

  209. My family and I usually eat oatmeal or steel cut oats in the morning. I have never made it in my slow cooker before. We love our blueberries too, so we will need to try this.

  210. What a wonderful way to have breakies hot and ready for you in the morning! Healthy and easy!