a recipe

Fruited Irish Oatmeal

steel-cut oats cooked in a crockpot with apple juice, maple syrup, cinnamon, and dried fruit
serves 8

5 cups water
2 cups Irish steel-cut oats
1 cup apple juice
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup dried apricots, cut into small pieces
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt

In a 3 1/2 quart or bigger crockpot, combine all the ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours or on high for 3 hours. Serve with milk, brown sugar, honey, nuts, or whatever else you prefer on your oatmeal. You can use any dried fruit combination, and you can also leave the fruit out. Delicious stuff.

This recipe is from a crockpot (allstars?) magazine from 2003, I think. I got it from my sister.
I've got it cooking right now so I can eat it right before bed. I can't wait. I wish it would hurry up already.