Overnight Steel Cut Oats (2024)

Overnight Steel Cut Oats are a delicious, healthy, make-ahead breakfast. This recipe combines steel-cut oats and almond milk along with other goodies like fresh fruit, nuts, and seeds. This nutritional breakfast can be prepped quickly and packed in mason jars for an easy, take-along, healthy breakfast.

The Best Overnight Steel Cut Oats

Do you like oatmeal? I have loved oatmeal since I was a little girl, so this recipe was right up my alley. Not fond of steel-cut oats? No worries, you can make these with old-fashioned rolled oats as well. It is so easy to personalize these with your favorite goodies. This is the perfect breakfast for health-conscious families that are always on the go. You can pack them in mason jars or Tupperware-style containers for little ones.

I have a whole house full of oatmeal fans. If you like oatmeal as much as we do, try my oatmeal muffins, oatmeal pancakes, oatmeal raisin cookies, and oatmeal bars.

What is the difference between steel-cut oats and old-fashioned rolled oats?

Steel-cut oats, also known as pinhead oats or Irish oats, are more coarse than other types of oats and have a chewier texture. All oats have about the same amount of nutritional value, but steel cuts have the highest fiber content and density, making them the best nutritional choice for your buck. Steel oats (groats) are cut from the oat kernel (less the husk). These whole oat groats are cut into two to three smaller pieces using a steel blade. The cooking and softening time on steel cuts oats is longer than old-fashioned rolls oats. They absorb more liquid and take longer to soak.

Rolled oats, sometimes referred to as old-fashioned rolled oats, are flattened and steamed. They don’t take as long to cook as steel-cut oats. They are a better choice for cookies, muffins, bread, bars, pancakes, smoothies, and crumb toppings.

Steel-cut oats have health benefits

• Steel-cut oats are high in fiber. Just one-quarter of a cup contains five grams of fiber which is almost twenty percent of the daily recommended amount. Because of its high fiber content, it helps you feel fuller longer.
• They are high in protein. A serving size (one-quarter cup) contains seven grams of protein.
• Steel-cut oats are a good source of iron. Iron is an important part of hemoglobin which carries oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body.

How do you make Overnight Steel Cut Oats?

Actually, I should name this Overnight Overnight Steel Cut Oats because it is best after two nights in the fridge. Grab an airtight container. Add the oats, almond milk, maple syrup, vanilla, and salt. Stir to combine, cover, and refrigerate overnight, stirring a couple of times.

On the second day, add about one-quarter of a cup of fruit, nuts, or seeds to a mason jar. Spoon in an equal amount of the overnight oats mixture and top with more fruit and a drizzle of honey. Cover the jars with the lids and refrigerate them one more night. This recipe makes four six-ounce mason jars full of mixed fruit, nuts, seeds, and oats.

Flavor Variations

• Banana Nut -1/2 banana, 2 tablespoons of peanut butter, almond butter, or any nut butter, and 1 tablespoon of chopped pecans or walnuts.
• Pina Colada – 1/3 cup chopped pineapple, 1 tablespoon toasted coconut
• Almond Blueberry – 1/4 cup blueberries, 1 tablespoon flax seeds or hemp seeds, 2 tablespoons sliced almonds
• Mixed berry – a few blackberries, a few raspberries, 1/4 cup choppedstrawberries
• Apple – 1/3 cup choppedapple, a couple of pinchescinnamon, 1/2 tablespoonchia seeds

Do you have to use steel-cut oats for overnight oats?

If you prefer rolled oats in your oatmeal, mix the rolled oats in place of the steel-cut oats. Jump to the second day when you fill the mason jars with fruit, nuts, seed, and mixed oats. Cover and refrigerate for one night.

Feel free to mix or match any of these or try some new interesting combo that works for you and what you have on hand. These oats are a delicious healthy breakfast that travels well with you when you are running late.

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