CrockPot Recipe for Make-Ahead Apple Pie Oatmeal

(I used my small 2.5 Quart Slow Cooker for this recipe, so if you only have a much larger size you'll need to double the recipe.)

Ingredients:
2 large Granny Smith apples, seeds removed and coarsely chopped (no need to peel them)
2-3 T sugar, Splenda, or Stevia in the Raw (depending on how sweet you like it)
1 T brown sugar (or use 1 more tablespoon of sweetener if you don't want to use sugar)
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
3 - 3 1/2 cups water (depending on how thick you like your oatmeal)
1 1/2 cup rolled oats
milk or soy milk for serving (I used a combination of milk and vanilla soy milk)

Instructions:
Cut apples into pieces and remove the core with the seeds; then chop apples into pieces. I made the pieces different sizes so some apples would dissolve slightly while others stayed chunky. (No need to peel them.)

Spray the CrockPot crockery container with nonstick spray. Then add the apples, sweetener of your choice, brown sugar (or more sweetener), cinnamon, and salt. Add from 3 to 3 1/2 cups of water, depending on how thick you want the finished oatmeal to be. Stir together and cook on high for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Add oatmeal and stir ingredients together, then continue to cook on high for an additional 45 minutes to 1 hour and 15 minutes, depending on how soft you'd like the finished oatmeal to be. (I would start checking after 45 minutes.)

Serve hot, with milk or soy milk.

This oatmeal can be stored in the fridge overnight and reheated in the morning. You may want to add a little water when you reheat it, then microwave for about 1 minute or heat for a few minutes in a small pan on top of the stove.