Name: Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats with Pumpkin and Walnuts
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Northwest
Ingredients: 2 cups water; 1 cup milk ( almond milk, oat milk, hemp milk, soy milk, or milk of your choice); ¼ teaspoon salt, more to taste; 2-3 tablespoons real maple syrup; 1 teaspoon vanilla; ½ teaspoon nutmeg; ½ teaspoon cinnamon; 1 cup steel-cut oats; 1/2 cup pumpkin puree (please see note); optional spice alternatives or additions: cardamom, pumpkin pie spice; ½ cup toasted walnuts; optional – 1-2 teaspoons coconut oil or butter; optional – warm nut milk

Instructions

4 steps

To the Instant Pot, add the water, nut milk, maple, vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt, stir to combine, and add the steel cut oats. Give another good stir.

Set to pressure cook on HIGH for 4 minutes.

4 min

Naturally, release for at least 15 minutes.

15 min

Stir in the pumpkin puree, taste, adjust salt and maple and add more milk if you like a looser porridge. Divide among bowls. Top with toasted walnuts and a little drizzle of maple syrup. Feel free to add warm milk or butter ( or coconut oil) for extra richness, or keep it vegan!

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