Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal

Mother of pearl! This stuff is fabulous! If you love pumpkin pie, you will love this oatmeal!

What you'll need:

*1/2 cup steel cut oats (they HAVE to be steel cut oats)
*2 cups unsweetened vanilla-flavored almond milk
*1/2 cup pumpkin puree (make sure it's "packed" pumpkin)
*1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
*1/4 tsp. ground allspice
*Pinch of ground cloves
*Brown sugar, for serving
*Chopped pecans, for serving (optional)

What you do:

1. The night before you want to have this for breakfast, oil the crock-pot.

2. Combine the oats, milk, pumpkin, cinnamon, allspice, and cloves in the slow cooker. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.

3. In the morning, stir the oatmeal to get a consistent texture.

4. Serve in bowls topped with brown sugar and chopped pecans (optional...the pecans are, not the brown sugar!)

*A COUPLE OF NOTES:

1. You MUST use STEEL CUT OATS! Instant oats and rolled oats will burn.

2. I don't think it's necessary to use almond milk. This is a vegan recipe, so that's why it was used. I'm pretty sure that regular cows milk will work just as well.

3. The chopped nuts may be optional, but the brown sugar IS NOT. Not unless you like your food extremely bland. The brown sugar adds so much flavor.