overnight oatmeal with bananas and brown sugar

recipe

Most of the “cooking” for this breakfast happens while you’re asleep.

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Prepare Ingredients

3 cups plus 1 cup

water, measured separately

1 cup

steel-cut oats

¼ teaspoon

salt

ripe bananas, chopped

3 tablespoons

packed brown sugar

1 tablespoon

unsalted butter

Gather Cooking Equipment

Large saucepan with lid

Wooden spoon or rubber spatula

Start Cooking!

3 cups

water

1 cup

steel-cut oats

¼ teaspoon

salt

In large saucepan, bring 3 cups water to boil over high heat. Turn off heat and slide saucepan to cool burner. Stir in oats and salt. Cover saucepan with lid and let sit overnight.

1 cup

water

In morning, stir remaining 1 cup water into saucepan with oats and bring to boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture is creamy and oats are tender but chewy, 4 to 6 minutes.

ripe bananas, chopped

3 tablespoons

packed brown sugar

1 tablespoon

unsalted butter

Turn off heat and slide saucepan to cool burner. Stir in bananas, sugar, and butter. Cover and let sit for 5 minutes. Serve.

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