Apples meet steel cut oatmeal in this recipe that mixes two favorite foods – oatmeal and apple pie! Apple pie oatmeal might be your new breakfast favorite.
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- Why we love this recipe ❤️
- What are steel cut oats? 🥣
- Ingredients you need 🍅
- Ingredient notes and substitutions 📝
- How to make this recipe 👩🏻🍳
- Recipe FAQs 🧐
- Equipment we used for this recipe 🥣
- What to serve with this recipe 🍽️
- Other oatmeal recipes we love! 🥰
- We want to know what you think! 🤔
- Apple Pie Oatmeal
Why we love this recipe ❤️
The Southern husband and I are great lovers of oatmeal for dinner. Warm and wonderful, quick and filling, and when we have it for supper we usually jazz it up in a savory way instead of going sweet – our favorite is with some cheddar cheese and a soft-cooked egg.
But sometimes you want to have that sweet vibe going, so I decided the only thing left to so was do was go straight for the dessert-meets-dinner with an apple pie version of oatmeal.
Which by the way would be perfectly perfect for breakfast and lunch, too!
What are steel cut oats? 🥣
Steel cut oats are whole oat grains that have been chopped into small pieces using (yep!) steel blades, as opposed to being rolled or ground. Chopping the oats into bits gives them a much chewier and heartier texture than rolled or instant oats.
Steel cut oats take longer to cook, usually about 30 minutes on the stove (you can also cook steel cut oats overnight in your slow cooker so breakfast is ready in the morning when you wake up!) And bonus points: steel cut oats are high in fiber, especially that excellent soluble fiber that helps lower cholesterol. 💪🏻
Ingredients you need 🍅
Ingredient notes and substitutions 📝
- Steel Cut Oats: Look for these hearty oats in the breakfast aisle of your supermarket right next to their rolled oats cousins.
- Apples: You can use any type of apples you like!
- Cream: A drizzle of cream is optional but oh so good! And yes, you can swap in a drizzle of milk if you prefer.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities and nutritional information.
How to make this recipe 👩🏻🍳
STEP 1: Bring water to a simmer in a medium pot. Add oats and cook over medium-low heat for 20 minutes. Add more water as needed if the oatmeal absorbs all of it before the cooking time is done.
STEP 2: Add apples and cinnamon sugar and stir. Simmer for another 10 minutes until oatmeal is done, drizzling in more water if needed. Steel cut oatmeal will be slightly chewy – that’s how it’s supposed to be.
STEP 3: Let it cool for about 5 minutes. Ladle into warmed bowls, drizzle with a little maple syrup and heavy cream and serve.
There’s nothing like apple pie oatmeal to make you clean your plate. Or your bowl.
Recipe FAQs 🧐
Here’s the thing: rolled oats take about 5 minutes to cook (and instant is instant 💨) and the apples need a good 10 minutes to get to that nice soft apple pie consistency. So no, but I promise it will be worth the time!
You can usually find cinnamon sugar in the spice aisle. Or you can make it yourself in a jiffy – mix a quarter cup of regular granulated sugar with a teaspoon of cinnamon and there you go!
This recipe is at its best when it’s made right before you eat it. It’s worth it, I promise!
Pop your question in the Comments section under the recipe card and I will answer pronto!
Equipment we used for this recipe 🥣
These are some of my favorite kitchen tools! These are Amazon affiliate links, which means I get a little something if you buy through my links at no extra cost to you. (Which helps pay for all that bacon I keep buying! 😄) And I only share things I use and love. I’m so grateful for your support!
- Measuring Cup: We love these angled cups that show the measurements on both the inside and outside of the cup.
- Cutting Board: These sturdy, dishwasher-safe cutting boards come in all different sizes.
- Measuring Spoons: These handy magnetic spoons are not on a ring, so you can just pick the one you need.
- Medium Pot: We have a drawerful of these, but this pot is the one we reach for first.
What to serve with this recipe 🍽️
We like to keep the fruit going with a Mimosa Fruit Salad, and a cup of fresh mint tea is perfect with this oatmeal. We wouldn’t say no to some brown sugar bacon on the side, and a slice of cream cheese coffee cake as the end of a fabulous breakfast!
Other oatmeal recipes we love! 🥰
We want to know what you think! 🤔
If you try this recipe, we would love to hear how it came out for you! I’d be super grateful if you could leave a star rating (you pick how many stars! 🌟 ) and your thoughts in the Comments section below the recipe card.
Apple Pie Oatmeal
Apples meet steel cut oatmeal in this recipe that introduces two favorite foods – oatmeal and apple pie!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 1 cup steel cut oats
- 4 cups water
- 4 cored and cut into bite sized pieces (we like Macintosh!)
- 4 tablespoons cinnamon sugar
- Warm maple syrup
- Warm heavy cream
Instructions
- Bring water to a simmer in a medium pot. Add oats and cook over medium-low heat for 20 minutes. Add more water as needed if the oatmeal absorbs all of it before 20 minutes us up.
- Add apples and cinnamon sugar and stir. Simmer for another 10 minutes until oatmeal is done, drizzling in more water if needed. Steel cut oatmeal will be slightly chewy – that’s how it’s supposed to be.
- Cool for 5 to 10 minutes. Ladle into warmed bowls, drizzle with a little maple syrup and heavy cream and serve.
Notes
- Steel Cut Oats: Look for these hearty oats in the breakfast aisle of your supermarket right next to their rolled oats cousins.
- Apples: You can use any type of apples you like!
- Cream: A drizzle of cream is optional but oh so good! And yes, you can swap in a drizzle of milk if you prefer.
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