Alton Brown's Steel Cut Oats
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 cup steel cut oats
- 3 cups boiling water
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1⁄2 cup whole milk
- 1⁄2 cup low-fat buttermilk or 1/2 cup plain yogurt
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
directions
- In a large saucepan, melt the butter and add the oats. Stir for 2 minutes to toast.
- Add the boiling water and reduce heat to a simmer. Keep at a low simmer for 25 minutes, without stirring.
- Alternately, after adding the boiling water,cover the saucepan and remove from the heat. Allow to sit overnight on the counter. In the morning, proceed as directed below.
- Combine the milk and the buttermilk (or yogurt) with the oatmeal. Stir gently to combine and cook for an additional 10 minutes.
- Spoon into a serving bowl and top with additional milk or buttermilk, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
- Feel free to garnish or sweeten as desired: chunky applesauce or fruit conserves are great, as is maple syrup, or add dried fruit to the oats and soak both overnight - sweetens the oats ever so slightly.
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Lise in Indiana
Otterbein, IN
<p>I've been a farm wife for more than 30 years, driving tractors and semi-trucks, and raising corn, soybeans, beef cows, and 4 daughters. We are going against big farm trends and diversifying (rather than specializing), adding laying hens, honey bees and milk goats to our farm. I have too many interests, but especially love artistic pursuits, such as pottery, painting, music, gardening,and creative cooking.</p>