Forever and always I’ve been a lover of Jamba Juice’s steel cut oats. Topped with brown sugar and banana slices, of course. When I was pregnant with Jemma I made Jamba a routine stop most mornings. And it added up. But, whatevs, I was a working lady … who was quite hungry!
This pregnancy I found myself still loving those oats, but our local Jamba is inside of a mall. Do I need to say more? Parking + kids + all things “mall” = no oatmeal is worth it. And that is what spurred my plans to fine a copycat recipe. AND. I. DID.
It took a little trial and error, but I promise you, these steel cut oats will change your breakfast routine while making your belly full and happy!
- 3 cups vanilla soy milk
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup steel cut oats
- Brown sugar
- Bananas
- In a saucepan over medium heat bring soy milk and water to a boil. Add oats and boil for 5 minutes with frequent stirring.
- Lower heat, add a lid, and allow oats to simmer for 20-30 minutes.
- Serve immediately with your topping choice or allow to cool and refrigerate for easy morning warm ups.
Aubrey says
Have you ever tried using a rice cooker for this? Also, if I wanted to half the recipe would it still turn out the same?
Gretchen says
I haven’t tried a rice cooker … good idea! And yes, I think halving would work just fine :)
Gali says
I’ve been meaning to tell you how grateful I am to have found this recipe, It truly is amazing!! The only tweaking I did was adding brown sugar when it begins simmering. I’m not a fan of overnight oats, i feel like it always becomes gelatinous 😖! Either way, thank you so much!
Ashley says
Not the same. The brown sugar crumble from jamba isn’t just plain brown sugar.
Ashley says
Here’s the recipe that I use to make the crumble. This along with your oatmeal recipe should be a perfect duplicate of Jamba Juice oatmeal w/brown sugar crumble.
Hope u enjoy as much as I do!!!
1/2 c brown sugar
2 T flour
4 T ground regular quick oats (I would suggest grounding a couple cups of them in your blender or processor and keep the extra in the pantry for next time)
Dash of cinnamon
2 T butter, melted
Mix all the dry ingredients together and then slowly add butter while mixing. Keep covered well and this should last you all week
Gretchen says
Oh, thank you! This sounds amazing!