Overnight Oatmeal Oats

Overnight Oatmeal use Steel-Cut Oats

by Mark Fitzgerald

"Tuesday. Started 10.O Clock and rested abt ¾ of an hour. Made about 13 Miles. lent Bro Forsgreen a horse[.] Country very Mountainous and numerous creeks[.] dividing a little oatmeal and Biscuit among the Bretheren who were desperately short"

I am not a big fan of oatmeal unless it is drenched in brown sugar.  Homemade oatmeal normally tastes, looks and feels like paste.  Using steel-cut oats changed that for me.  It started with the texture, but I think this recipe also helped put some flavor by using apple juice.  It is worth the preparation the night before.

It is a meal that I would use with an LDS Trek recreation, though would not have been very authentic.  The pioneers all had oats with them.  They even foraged wild oats along the way.  But from what I can tell it was mostly used for the livestock but would be used for breakfast on occasion.

Ingredients

• 6 cups water
• 2 cup steel-cut oats
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups apple juice
• 1 cup dried apples
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions

Bring 6 cups water to boil in large saucepan over high heat. Remove pan from heat; stir in oats and salt. Cover pan and let stand overnight.

The next morning take 2 cups of juice and stir it into oats, brown sugar, dried apples and bring to boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture starts to get thick, about 5 minutes. Remove pan from heat and let stand for 5 minutes to finish thickening up.

Information

Makes 10 1 cup servings
120 calories per serving

Make sure to see how this recipe fits into the entire menu we have cooked up for LDS Pioneer Handcart Trek recreations.