Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 cup steel cut oats
  • salt
  • 1 vanilla bean, split (optional)
  • brown sugar to taste
  • 2 Tbsp walnuts (chopped)
  • 2 Tbsp pitted dates (chopped)
  • milk or half and half

Instruction

  • Bring 3 1/2 cups water and a pinch of salt to a boil in a pot. Stir in the oats and the vanilla bean. Turn OFF the heat, and cover the pan. Let the pan sit on the stove overnight.
  • In the morning, simply remove the vanilla bean, reheat the oatmeal and ladle into bowls. Top with a little brown sugar, and the chopped dates and walnuts. Add cream, milk, or half and half as you like.