Apple Pie Steel Cut Oats

Ingredients

• 2 medium apples, preferably organic, one finely chopped and one thinly sliced
• 1 cup steel cut oats
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup apple cider or unsweetened apple juice, preferably organic
• 1 cup milk (I used skim), preferably organic
• 2 Tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp ground ginger
• 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/8 tsp ground cloves
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 Tbsp butter
• 1 Tbsp pure maple syrup
• a few shakes of ground cinnamon