Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Overnight Oatmeal [Bust]

Do you ever have those moments where you try something knowing there is a 99% possibility it will turn out terribly in the end? This was one of my moments. You see, I follow this lovely blog called "Framed" and she posts real pretty pictures of food she makes, followed by the recipe. Well, she posted a recipe called "Overnight Oatmeal" found here.

I could resist no longer. But in the back of my mind, I remembered that one time that I tried to make overnight granola in my crock pot and it was burnt to a crisp and made my eyes water just to smell it. I persevered this time, though. I not only cooked this: but I went so far as to serve it to my kids. I thought for sure the baby would eat it - my die hard oatmeal eater. She took a spoonful, looked at me like I had given her a lemon and put her spoon down. Enough said. Sorry, Framed, this recipe did NOT work for me (doesn't it look like chili? Blech.).

You know what I think? I think my crock pot burns hot and fast. But what am I to do? Stay up until midnight (and anyone that knows me, knows I'm in bed by nine) just for some oatmeal in the morning? Nope. I have yet to figure out a solution for overnight crock pot cooking. Comment if you have one.

2 comments:

Sherri B. said...

That is really Bad! Maybe we should email Framed and have her explain.

BETHANY said...

Find yourself a circa-1970 crockpot and use it for overnight stuff. Those are the only ones that cook according to the time a recipe says. Anything made in the last couple decades cooks hotter than a recipe requires.

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