Slow Cooker Apple Oatmeal, Trail Version
Apples, raisins, pecans, and maple sugar in one pot. Built for a stove instead of a crock pot.
- calories
- 610
- weight
- 4.5 oz
- cal / oz
- 136
- protein
- 11 g
- serves
- 1, scales
- prep
- 2 min
- cook
- 7 min
- total time
- 9 min
- water
- 400 ml boiled
- cost
- $
Calorie and protein figures are my own estimates, good enough for planning a food bag and not meant as precise nutrition data.
- Breakfast
- Canister stove
- Alcohol / Esbit
- Liquid fuel
- Backpacking
- Car camping
- Basecamp
- Bikepacking
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Dairy free
- One pot
- Pre-mix at home
- Shelf stable
- Dump and stir
Ingredients
| Old-fashioned rolled oats | 3/4 cup | |
|---|---|---|
| Dried apple rings | 1/3 cup | chopped small at home so they rehydrate in minutes |
| Raisins | 2 tbsp | |
| Pecans | 1/4 cup | chopped |
| Maple sugar or brown sugar | 2 tbsp | granulated, not syrup |
| Ground cinnamon | 1/2 tsp | |
| Salt | a pinch |
Method
- Boil 400 ml of water. Dump the bag in and stir once.
- Cover, kill the heat, and let it sit five minutes. The apples need that time more than the oats do.
- Stir again. If it is still soupy, wait two more minutes rather than adding oats.
- Eat from the pot.
The original cooks in jars in a slow cooker overnight, which assumes an outlet and fresh apples. Neither travels. Dried apple rings do the same job here — they rehydrate into soft fruit and pull sweetness back out of the water instead of leaving it behind. Maple sugar replaces maple syrup because granulated sugar mixes into a dry bag and does not leak.
The rest of the change is heat. Rolled oats do not need a long simmer; they need hot water and a lid. Five minutes off the flame gets you the same texture for a fraction of the fuel, and the pecans stay crisp because nothing simmered them soft.
Packing
One bag per breakfast, everything dry together. Chop the apple rings and pecans at home; doing it in camp with a pocket knife is slow and you will lose pieces.
Variations
- A tablespoon of coconut milk powder in the mix makes it richer without a cooler.
- Swap the pecans for walnuts, or drop them and add peanut butter powder for more protein per ounce.
- Cold-soak it overnight instead: same bag, 400 ml cold water, sealed jar. The apples stay chewy.
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