In article >,
"Bob" > wrote:

> It wasn't particularly quick: Altogether, the process took about 40 minutes,
> but it wasn't labor-intensive; all I had to do was toss the oats while they
> were being pan-toasted for two minutes, dump in some water and cook them for
> 25 minutes (without stirring at all), then dump in some milk and cook for
> another 10 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
>
> I'm going to try an even easier recipe for tomorrow: Before I go to bed, the
> oats get dumped in a crock pot, water and dried fruit are added (I'm going
> to use dried apricots and dried cranberries), and the crock pot cooks the
> oatmeal while I sleep.

Sounds rather like Alton Brown's variants:
<http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci..._9936_17140,00
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<http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci..._9936_17138,00
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