Overnight Banana Bread Oatmeal

This recipe is pretty basic, forgiving and will make you feel as if you woke up in a Bed and Breakfast. Wishing you many warm memories with your family this winter!


1 Cup McCann’s Irish Steel Cut Oatmeal
4 Cups of water
1-2 Mashed over ripe bananas
¼ Tsp. Salt
1 Tbs. (or less) Butter
1/2 Cup Chopped toasted Walnuts or Pecans (Optional)
1 Crock Pot Liner
1 Tsp. Vanilla
Brown Sugar (Optional)
Cream or Half & Half


Arrange Crock Pot liner inside Crock Pot. (You may also use butter or cooking spray to grease your Crock Pot.)
Add Oatmeal, water, bananas, salt, butter, and ¼ Cup of nuts to the crock pot and stir till combined.
Set Temp to low heat right before bed and allow oatmeal to cook 8 to 9 hours.

In the morning, add vanilla, brown sugar (if needed) to taste, and a little bit of cream or half and half. Scoop into bowls and garnish with the remaining toasted nuts.

This recipe is pretty basic, forgiving and will make you feel as if you woke up in a Bed and Breakfast. Sometimes I will switch out the water for apple cider or orange juice. Any type would work; you may just need to dilute the sweeter ones with a bit of water. I don’t always use bananas either. Dried berries or frozen fruit works well here too, as does apple sauce. Use your imagination to create your own favorite varieties. Last night I made this with some Pecan Pumpkin Butter in place of the fruit and nuts. It was pure comfort in a bowl and my home smelled incredible when I woke up. I imagine other butters, jellies, and jams would be equally as good.


*This recipe was created in my own kitchen while developing variations on the basic slow cooker technique for cooking steel cut oats.