For whatever reason, I have this burning desire to take otherwise ‘normal’ recipes and turn them into spin-offs of my favourite desserts.
You might call this weird, but I call it totally normal…as long as I don’t look over my Recipes page all at once and then I start to think an intervention might be necessary.
My theory is that I am making up for lost time. After struggling with an eating disorder for 10 years, it is now time to have fun with food. Long gone are the days of eating the same 3 meals day in and day out and constantly feeling deprived. I like to have fun with food now, but at the same time, I want my food to work for me and leave me feeling my best.
This burning desire to recreate desserts is especially strong at breakfast time; although I will be the first to admit that I don’t care for something too sweet in the morning. Carrot Cake Oatmeal and Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats are on my regular breakfast rotation and I feel like I am beating the system getting to eat such delicious food first thing in the morning. And who doesn’t like to beat the system?
Naturally, the next dessert on my breakfast hit list is Apple Pie Oatmeal. It took me a couple of trials, but I was blown away by the taste of my most recent attempt and I knew I had to share it with you on this blistery Winter morning.
Apple Pie Oatmeal
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2 small bowls
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A warm embrace on a cold winter day, this Apple Pie Oatmeal will remind you of delicious apple pie, but will leave you feeling energized and ready to tackle the day ahead. The leftovers (if there are any!) taste amazing chilled, too.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup rolled oats (use certified gluten-free, if necessary)
- 1 large apple, peeled and chopped into 1/2-inch pieces (about 1 1/3 cups)
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- Pinch fine sea salt
- 1 to 1 1/4 cups (250 to 310 mL) unsweetened almond milk, as needed
- 1 1/2 tablespoons (22 mL) pure maple syrup
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 mL) pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon (5 mL) fresh lemon juice (optional)
Suggested toppings:
- 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
- Diced apples
- Coconut sugar
- Cinnamon and ground ginger
- Granola
- Coconut Whipped Cream
Directions
- In a medium sized pot over medium heat, whisk together the oats, apple, chia seeds, cinnamon, ginger, salt, milk, maple syrup, and applesauce until combined.
- Cook over medium heat for about 9 to 15 minutes, stirring often. When the mixture thickens and the oats soften, it is ready.
- Stir in the pure vanilla extract and lemon juice (if using).
- Pour into a dish and serve with your desired toppings.
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This recipe really excites me because not only did I go crazy over the taste, but I love recipes that are based around simple, plant-based foods. They leave me feeling energized!
Add the oats, peeled and chopped apple, chia seeds, unsweetened applesauce, Almond milk, cinnamon, ginger, pinch of kosher salt into a pot and whisk well.
Cook for about 8 minutes over medium heat.
The applesauce, chia seeds, and chopped apple really bulk up this oatmeal! It turns into a huge bowl, which is always a good thing.
Sprinkle with chopped walnuts, cinnamon, and a drizzle of maple syrup!
Swirl.
and dig in to one of the most comforting bowls of oatmeal I have ever tried.
I also made someZucchini Bread Oatmeal last week…
Mmm. Zucchini Bread.
It was quite delicious, but the recipe still needs some tweaking before I am ready to share it! I am really excited about this one though.
You might want to check out my Carrot Cake Oatmeal too.
Monday mentionable:
1. Check out my new Favourite Sweets list on the right hand sidebar…I will be updating it on a regular basis with my favourite sweet treats.
Have a great start to your week!
I’ve recently developed an oatmeal obsession – I love the way you plated this!
I want this, all the time!
I make something similar to this in the AM, but w/out chia seeds…i’ll have to add that into the mix next time.
I used to LOVE apple pie as a kid. Now that I have celiac, I will not be eating the real thing anytime soon– but THIS looks like a perfect substitute. Thanks!
All I can say is yes. Yes I will yes. It’s already 1:40pm in Australia, so I think I’ll be making this for dinner. That’s fine, right? :P
Looks yummy Angela.. this may just make an appearance this week at my breakfast table.
Sounds like an awesome delicious oatmeal. I’ve made the apple oatmeal from the book “French Women don’t get Fat” several times and that was great so I’m sure this is too!
Is that a good cookbook?
Its more of a book about eating well, eating healthy, and enjoying your food. There are also a bunch of great recipes in it. Its a great book and I highly suggest it if your interested.
I make an oatmeal kind of like this one, but minus the applesauce and plus a banana. I just can’t bring myself to have a bowl of oats without a banana! :P
I am going to bed right now so that breakfast arrives “sooner.” Cannot WAIT to try this!!
Mmmmmmm. I was going to have a giant green monster for breakfast tomorrow, but now I might have this instead!
Oh my, that looks delicious. I might have to make this tomorrow morning :) Thanks for the recipe!! Love your blog!
That has left me hungry and I JUST finished some oatmeal! Its a shame apple sauce is so hard to get here in the UK, but I might try it just adding another really finely chopped apple and see what happens. Oatmeal is just soooo good! xox
Looks lovely! The apple pie oatmeal looks like it would actually taste remarkably like apple pie. Respect.
So funny – I’m eating my version of apple sauce oatmeal as I read this! But I use homemade applesauce. Raw apples can give me headaches, so probably safer for me this way. :-) (and definitely delicious!)
The carrot cake oatmeal looks AMAZING! I’ve been craving carrots lately like crazy, I may try this for breakfast tomorrow!
I love breakfasts that taste like dessert! This apple pie oatmeal sounds sooo yummy! I don’t have any apples in the house, so I’m going to make carrot cake oatmeal right now instead!
Oh man, oh man, Apple Pie Oats!!!! Ohmygosh!!! I CAN’T WAIT TO MAKE THIS!!!!
You know, as silly as it sounds, I haven’t had an apple in weeks — I’ve totally switched to eating clementines (and my usual banana per day). I need more apples in my life!
Hi Angela!
I have made 3 of your recipes in the past 1 1/2 wks. The pumpkin pie cinnamon rolls were sooo delish! i devoured one right out of the oven, made the curried lentils last night, and had pumpkin pie oatmeal this morning!
Thank you for posting such great recipes and having such a strong, positive spirit—it makes my day sometimes!
Yum! Both of those combos look delicious. Can’t wait for the zucchini recipe!
Yum! Both of those combos look delicious. Can’t wait for the zucchini recipe!