I made some pumpkin pie oatmeal the other night, overnight and I didn’t like it. Two reasons:

1. I used extra old steel cut oats. I’m not sure I like the steel cut oats anyway but these were old and they had an odd taste and
2. I made it directly in the crock pot so it got all brown and baked on around the edges.

So…last night I wanted to try cherry pie oatmeal. This is what I did differently:

1. I used rolled oats that I have around here all the time and go through like water so they were fresh and…
2. I put the whole thing into another bowl inside the crock pot essentially giving it a water bath all night and the result was creamy oats!

Cherry Almond Oatmeal

2 cups rolled oats
5 cups of water
1 bag Dole frozen cherries (shocked to find them at Walmart!)
2 tsp almond extract

Place all ingredients into a glass bowl that will fit inside of your crock pot. Add about 3 inches of water to the crock pot, set the bowl of oats inside, cover and heat on low all night.

This was amazing. I’m really trying to watch fat and sugar so I know this could be even better with the addition of real almonds and sugar but the way I just wrote it is wonderful!