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Cranberry Pear Overnight Oatmeal

Teresa Ambra
Cranberry Pear Overnight Oatmeal is fantastic. This delicious oatmeal recipe uses steel-cut oats and oat milk along with cranberries, pears, cinnamon and brown sugar. It's a festive, beautiful and delectable entree to your Thanksgiving or Christmas breakfast or brunch table. Enjoy it year-round if you freeze cranberries during the holiday season! This recipe is vegan and gluten free.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 10 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Calories 395 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 6 or 7-quart slow cooker
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • 1 sharp paring knife to peel and dice pears
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons

Ingredients
  

  • 24 oz. steel-cut oats (I used Bob’s Red Mill known as pinhead oats or Irish oats)
  • 48 oz. container Califia Farms Oat Milk or almond milk
  • 1 cup light brown sugar packed
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 tbsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 1 tsp. sea salt
  • 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 medium Bartlett pears washed, pared, diced (about 4 cups)
  • 2 or 3 cups fresh cranberries washed

Instructions
 

  • Spray a large 6 or 7-quart crockpot very generously with cooking spray.
  • Combine all ingredients in large mixing bowl and spread into crock pot.
  • Cook on low overnight for approximately 4 hours.

Notes

NOTE: You can portion out the servings into microwavable glass or plastic containers. Refrigerate for up to one week and microwave before serving.
 
NOTE: You can also freeze the cooked oatmeal in the same type of containers. Remove from freezer and allow to defrost in refrigerator a day or so before using and microwaving as noted above.
 
NOTE: Overnight oatmeal is something of a misnomer. This recipe was done in about 4 hours in my slowest crockpot.
 
NOTE: The key to this recipe is not overcooking the oatmeal so it sticks onto the sides of the crockpot. Four hours is really all you need.
 
NOTE: This recipe is easiest if you have a slow cooker with a programmable timer. Set the end time for when you want to serve breakfast.
 
NOTE: I was trying to use up cranberries so I probably used closer to 3 cups.
 
NOTE: If you need the recipe to be sugar free, omit the brown sugar and sprinkle Stevia extract or Monk Fruit sugar over top of individual servings as desired.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 395kcalCarbohydrates: 77gProtein: 11gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.02gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.01gSodium: 224mgPotassium: 152mgFiber: 10gSugar: 32gVitamin A: 273IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 230mgIron: 4mg
Keyword breakfast, cinnamon, cranberries, holiday breakfast, oatmeal, overnight oatmeal, pears, Slow Cooker
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