Elf Sternberg

For myself, I've found a rice cooker to be a more useful way to do steel-cut oats. Mine is a fancy model, with different settings and a timer function. Very handy! I can offset the cooking, so that I wake up to fresh, hot oatmeal, done to perfection.

And yes, the groats will soak up the sweetener. I throw in half a cup of raisins when I set it up, that way they can soak AND cook with the oatmeal. Everything comes out just right, although sometimes I add a little sugar afterwards.