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Maple Cinnamon Slow Cooker Porridge
This high-protein porridge is the perfect way to kick off your day! Prepped the night before and ready for you in the morning, this hearty breakfast will fill you up so you can tackle the day.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
8 hrs
Total Time
8 hrs 5 mins
Servings: 6
Calories: 444 kcal
Course:
Breakfast
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 cups steel cut oats
- 3 cups almond milk
- 3 cups water
- ¼ cup dairy-free butter
- ⅔ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup collagen powder
- ⅛ cup hemp hearts
- 1.5 teaspoon cinnamon ground
- 1 apple sliced, options
Instructions
- Line a 7-quart slow cooker with parchment paper.
- Melt the butter and whisk together the wet ingredients.
- Add in the steel-cut oats, cinnamon, collagen, and hemp hearts.
- Pour the wet ingredients over top and mix until everything is wet. Add any sliced fruit you’re using onto the top of the mixture.
- Cover and cook the slow cooker porridge on low for 7 hours.
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Notes
- Cooking times may vary for the size of your slow cooker. This protein porridge was made in a 7-quart slow cooker. If your slow cooker is smaller, the time may be more. If larger, the time may be less.
- Make sure not to “lock down” the lid on your slow cooker. This creates too much pressure.
- You don’t need to line your slow cooker with parchment paper but it makes for a way better cleanup and less scraping.
- We love to make this slow cooker porridge in an apple cinnamon flavor. If you want to do this, slice apples thinly and place them on top of the oatmeal mixture. Dried fruit works well too to alter flavors.
- Know that apple isn't included in the nutritional breakdown.
- You can meal prep and freeze this recipe, learn more about that in the blog post.
- The longer that the slow cooker sits on “warm” the thicker the slow-cooked porridge will become (versus a creamy porridge).
- Rolled oats or quick oats cannot be subbed for steel-cut oats. Rolled oats absorb liquid too quickly and will turn to mush.
Nutrition Information
Calories
444kcal
(22%)
Carbohydrates
61g
(20%)
Protein
20g
(40%)
Fat
14g
(22%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
4g
Monounsaturated Fat
4g
Trans Fat
1g
Sodium
259mg
(11%)
Potassium
84mg
(2%)
Fiber
7g
(28%)
Sugar
22g
(44%)
Vitamin A
23IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
0.02mg
(0%)
Calcium
230mg
(23%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 444
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 444kcal | 22% |
| Carbohydrates | 61g | 20% |
| Protein | 20g | 40% |
| Fat | 14g | 22% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 4g | 24% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Sodium | 259mg | 11% |
| Potassium | 84mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 7g | 28% |
| Sugar | 22g | 44% |
| Vitamin A | 23IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 0.02mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 230mg | 23% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.