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Peaches and Cream Instant Pot Oatmeal – Make ahead a large batch recipe for peaches and cream Instant Pot oatmeal, and start mornings with a family favorite, kid approved homemade breakfast!
Instant Pot oatmeal makes a great breakfast, lunch, or even snack idea. As a teen, I had a thing for Instant Oatmeal, more specifically, Peaches and Cream Oatmeal. I absolutely loved it.
Now I can just make it myself, giving me the freedom to add less sugar and make it a bit more healthy than those instant packs probably are. My family prefer steel cut or old fashioned oats, and to be honest, I prefer to keep things simple too, especially when it comes to the food we eat.
My guys like this particular oatmeal recipe because it's not too sweet. Not gonna lie, I'm the sweet tooth in the family, but they definitely keep me in check and make me re-think certain recipes and how much sugar I'm adding.
Looking for more Instant Pot breakfast ideas? You'll love maple brown sugar oatmeal, and easy peel hard boiled eggs are our favorite quick breakfast when we're on the go.
WHERE CAN I FIND THE RECIPE FOR PEACHES AND CREAM OATMEAL?
If you’d rather skip all of my cooking tips, important cooking info for this recipe, and similar recipe ideas – and get straight to the delicious peaches and cream oatmeal recipe – just scroll down to the bottom, where you’ll find a printable recipe card.
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SHOULD I USE STEEL CUT OATS, QUICK OATS OR OLD FASHIONED OATS FOR INSTANT POT OATMEAL?
For this recipe, I use old fashioned or rolled oats. However you can use steel cut oats; you just may need to increase the cooking time by a minute or two, since steel cut oats can take longer to cook.
The nice thing is, with the pressure cooker, things cook more quickly.
The Kitchn has a great article explaining the difference between steel-cut, rolled, and instant oats.
SHOULD I USE FRESH OR FROZEN PEACHES?
I've used both fresh and frozen peaches, and they work equally well. If you're in a hurry, though, I highly recommend frozen peaches.
You can also use canned peaches, but be sure to drain the liquid before adding them to the oatmeal.
TIPS FOR HOW TO MAKE OATMEAL IN THE INSTANT POT
This oatmeal recipe literally just takes throwing all your ingredients into the Instant Pot and setting it to cook. It's so easy, but here are a few tips that may help you along the way.
TIPS TO KEEP YOUR OATMEAL FROM SCORCHING
Some people say not to use milk because it can scorch on the bottom of the pan. While it's left a bottom film that kinda clings to the pot, it's never burned or tasted burnt.
Also, you may be able to avoid scorching with the following methods:
- Use all water and no dairy.
- Substitute another kind of dairy product (like almond milk).
- If you find you just can't make it without it scorching, reduce the cook time by a minute or two.
- Throw everything in, adding the milk last, and don't stir. Just cook it.
MY FAVORITE TIPS FOR COOKING OATMEAL IN THE INSTANT POT
- I use half water/half milk for a more creamy texture to our oatmeal.
- I also like to add cinnamon because I love the combination of peaches and cinnamon, especially when I make peach cobbler… So good!
- When you go to serve the oatmeal, you can have things like sugar, brown sugar, cream or milk, and maybe even extra fruit handy for anyone who wants it. I've always added cream or milk with a little sugar to my oatmeal after it's cooked.
MORE OATMEAL RECIPES YOU MAY ENJOY
I love baking, and I love these oatmeal raisin cookies that remind me of my grandma. When I don't want raisins, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies will do.
One of our favorite dinnertime meals is this easy meatloaf recipe, made with old fashioned rolled oats. Mmmm, it's so delicious!
Sugar Dish Me has a deliciously yummy recipe for apple cinnamon stovetop oatmeal. And Crazy Adventures in Parenting has a decadent recipe for chocolate peanut butter banana overnight oats.
KITCHEN TOOLS YOU'LL NEED TO MAKE INSTANT POT OATMEAL
Instant Pot – We used our 6-quart Instant Pot.
Ninja Food Chopper Express or Cutting Board and Chef’s Knife – if you're cutting up fresh peaches or even if you want to cut up the frozen peaches.
PEACHES AND CREAM INSTANT POT OATMEAL RECIPE
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Peaches and Cream Instant Pot Oatmeal
Make ahead a large batch recipe for peaches and cream Instant Pot oatmeal, and start mornings with a family favorite, kid approved homemade breakfast!
Ingredients
- 4 cups rolled oats, *
- 3 1/2 cups water
- 3 1/2 cups whole milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/3 cup pure cane sugar
- 2 cups peaches, **
Instructions
- Start by prepping your peaches; this will depend on whether you're using fresh or frozen.***
- Add all the ingredients to the Instant Pot, stirring the mixture together.
- Pop the lid on your Instant Pot.
- Set the Instant Pot on Multigrain for 6 minutes, and let it cook and naturally release.
- When the oatmeal has finished cooking, serve it with sugar, brown sugar, milk, cream, and extra sliced peaches. Enjoy!
Notes
*We use old fashioned rolled oats for this recipe. If you prefer to use steel cut oats, you may need to increase the cooking time by a minute or two.
**You can use fresh, frozen, or canned peaches.
***If using fresh, you'll need to wash, peel, and chop or slice the peaches. If using frozen, you can put them in whole or chop them; they can easily be chopped up, even with a wooden spoon, after cooking. If using canned peaches, drain the liquid before adding them to the pot.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 267Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 317mgCarbohydrates: 45gFiber: 5gSugar: 17gProtein: 9g
Grabbing purse and running out to the store to buy oatmeal and peaches right now. #client
lol Thank you so much, Carolyn!
This recipe looks simple and delicious. Thanks for sharing Mel.
Thank you, Jen!
This looks so good. Going to try this one morning to get the kids out of school faster.
Thanks, Meghan! It’s pretty tasty.
Can you use a crock pot and use the same recipie guidelines? Has anyone tried?
Hi Alex, I don’t see why not. It’ll just cook longer. I haven’t tried it, but now I kinda want to. :)
That’s alot of oatmeal! Could you cut the recipe in half? If so, do you think I would cook it for the same amount of time?
Rose, you could definitely cut the recipe in half… And I would probably still cook it for the same amount of time.
what adjustments would you make if you used frozen peaches?
I’m making this right now with frozen peaches, didn’t change anything for that – except definitely do NOT drain frozen peaches, you don’t want to loose that precious peach juice. For my person preference I replaced a Tablespoon of the sugar with blackstrap molasses and increased the cinnamon a tad.
Well the taste was good, but the bottom was completely burnt black – didn’t quite work for me. The recipe looks good, but may be better in microwave.
Shi, I’m sorry you had this experience. I do give some tips in the post to help with scorching on the bottom.
Shi, adding molasses is a brilliant idea! I may have to try that with my next batch. Thank you!
4 c is a lot of oatmeal. I cut the recipe in half for a family of 3. We had plenty and a little left over for the next morning. I added blueberries as well, so good!
Christina, yes, you can definitely cut down the recipe and make a smaller amount. Mmmm, blueberries would be a delicious addition! Thank you!
This is delicious! This is the first recipe I made in my instant pot because it didn’t seem too daunting, and I’ve made it once a week for the past 3 weeks now! I scaled it back since my husband is not an oatmeal fan and it’s only me and our 15 month old eating it. The first 2 times I made it, it did scorch on the bottom, but as you said, it really doesn’t affect the flavor. However I made it this morning and no scorching! I put all my dry ingredients in the pot last night, and put in the milk, water, and peaches this morning and started cooking. I realized after the fact that I forgot to stir everything together and I was so mad – but it seems to have worked in my favor because the color and texture were perfect all the way through! Not sure if I just got lucky or if NOT stirring is the key, but I’ll be sure to try this again next time and hope to get the same results!
Amanda, thank you! I’m so glad you’re enjoying the recipe. And that is a great tip about not stirring… I’m going to give that a try the next time I make it.
I made this once and it did scorch. A little extra time scraping the pot, but if you clean it right away it was not too bad.It did taste fine. Next time I will try the lowest temp for a few extra minutes.
Thanks, Gary. Yeah, it does tend to scorch on the bottom, but it doesn’t affect the taste. I may need to adjust the recipe. I’m so glad you enjoyed!
Yep, mine burnt. Had to transfer it to a conventional pot to finish it.
Donna, I will be updating this recipe… All water, no milk, helps prevent scorching. I’m sorry you had this experience.
I don’t like oatmeal and don’t even eat it, but I needed to find some meals I could make for my patient/client who has advanced Parkinsons and is experiencing dysphagia. I recently bought 25# of peaches from the farm and processed them all (canned, and frozen) and searched on Pinterest and came across this recipe.
I had my doubts and reservations about it and was sure it would not work and I’d be stuck with lots of oatmeal. My roommate assured me he would eat it, if so.
So, I made it. Not only did the recipe succeed, but it came out amazing and even I ate some! I cannot thank you enough for this recipe and know my lady client will appreciate it also.
Gail, yay! I’m so glad you succeeded and enjoyed the oatmeal. I hope your patient loves it too! Thank you!
Mel, do you think that I could substitute frozen blueberries for the peaches?
Helen, I haven’t tried that yet, but I don’t see why not.
I was wondering the same thing with frozen assorted berries!
I cut the recipe in half, and did pot in pot on a trivit with water beneath. I did not stir. It came out nicely.
Fanya, this is great! Thank you so much for sharing.
What would you sub for the cane sugar?
Rose, maybe regular sugar? It depends why you’re wanting to sub. Regular granulated sugar would work just fine. You could also use a sugar sub, like Truvia.
LOVED this oatmeal! It turned out delicious! It definitely took way longer to cook for my instant pot. Exact cooking time was 1.75 hours. Did anyone else’s take this long on the recommended setting of “multigrain”? Worth every second of time, just have to plan for that next time I make it!
Bonnie, thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed it. That is a lot of extra time, though. I wonder why it took so long.
I went against my better judgment on this and used milk, as suggested. Yes, I read the notes. I knew it would burn, but I thought I would give this recipe the benefit of the doubt. Probably the worst burned pot I’ve had in 3 years. There are many other recipes out there that are much better. I will not make this again.