Basic Crock Pot Grits

written by CrockPot Cooking | March 26, 2020

Ingredients

3¼ cups cold water or other cooking liquid
1 cup Barkley’s Mill Stone Ground Heirloom Grits
¼–½ teaspoon salt
1–2 tablespoons butter (optional)

Directions

Combine the water, grits, and salt in a 1½- to 3-quart slow cooker. (Use a larger cooker for larger batches.) Stir to loosen hulls and chaff, wait a minute, then skim the surface. (Find out about chaff and using different cooking liquids at Grits Basics: 5 Tips to Make Perfect Stone Ground Grits.)

Cover the crock pot and cook on HIGH for 4 hours, stirring every 45 minutes or so. Alternately, cook on LOW for 7 to 8 hours, no stirring needed.

When the grits are done, turn the crock pot to the WARM setting to keep them warm and ready-to-serve for an hour or more. If there is no warm setting, turn the pot on and off of the low setting in 20 to 30 minute intervals.