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Steel cut oats cooking in a blue pot with melting butter.

Steel Cut Oats - 5 Different Ways

Bree Hester
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 149 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 cups McCann’s Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal®
  • 6 1/2 cups water
  • 2 cups milk or your favorite non-dairy milk I like almond
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste or extract

Instructions
 

  • Heat butter over medium heat.
    Melted butter in a non-stick skillet for cooking or baking.
  • Add the oats and stir to coat the oats in butter.
    Stirring steel cut oats into melted butter in a skillet.
  • Toast gently in the pan, this takes about 5 minutes.
    Toasting steel cut oats in a black skillet with a yellow spatula for Steel Cut Oats – 5 Different Ways.
  • While the oats are toasting, pour the milk, water, sugar, and salt into a large pot. A large pot helps the oats not get mushy.
    Creamy mixture in a blue enameled cast iron pot on a wooden countertop with baking tools.
  • Bring the liquid to a simmer over medium heat while you are toasting the oats.
    Toasting steel cut oats in a frying pan and simmering liquid in a pot for Steel Cut Oats.
  • Stir in the oats. Bring to a slow boil, then reduce the heat to low. Partially cover the pot.
    Pouring steel cut oats into a pot on the stovetop.
  • Stir occasionally to avoid the oats from getting clumpy and sticking to the pan.
    Stirring butter into steel cut oats in a blue pot on the stove.
  • Cook for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the oats have thickened and have softened. It might be a little loose, and that's okay, it will soak up liquid as it cools. Stir in the vanilla bean paste.
    Thickened steel cut oats cooking in a blue pot.

Nutrition

Calories: 149kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 4gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 473mgFiber: 2g
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