Apple Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal
- August 14, 2024
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Apple pumpkin baked oatmeal is an easy, hearty breakfast option for fall. These apple pumpkin pie baked oats combine flavors of pumpkin spice and juicy apples, for a breakfast that is both gluten free and dairy free, and full of fiber.
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Apple Pumpkin Pie. Doesn’t that sound like a delectable combination? The best two fall flavors around, combined in this apple pumpkin baked oatmeal.
If you like the idea of a pumpkin pie baked oatmeal or an apple pie baked oatmeal – this is it – combined!
Pumpkin apple baked oatmeal is so cozy and comforting and perfect for fall and a great breakfast for the whole family – a must for meal prep!
We really try to enjoy seasonal produce when it’s in season, and apple and pumpkin recipes with cozy spices are just the best.
We love chocolate baked oats year-round, and baked strawberry oatmeal and peach baked oatmeal in summer.
And in the cold winter months to boost immunity, I’ll make this turmeric oatmeal.
Meal prep is essential, especially now with 3 kids in school, so I’m thankful for quick, easy meal prep breakfast recipes.
I’ve been on the apple train and apple pie overnight oats have been a constant here for quite a while. I’ve even made this apple potato bread for the kiddos and they loved it.
But, now that the weather has cooled down, it seems more appropriate to indulge in pumpkin things as well, or maybe just the combination of delicious pumpkin and crunchy sweet apples in an apple pumpkin recipe.
Why You’ll Love Apple Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal
As if you need reasons to enjoy this baked pumpkin pie oatmeal with apples, here you go:
- Great for meal prep – Make this on Sunday night to make your weekday mornings easier. After baking and cooling, I started putting it in single serving Tupperware containers so I just grab it on my way out the door before my early clients.
- Easy to freeze – This pumpkin apple baked oatmeal sits well in the fridge in an airtight container and even freezes beautifully! There are so many options for oatmeal meal prep, depending on your taste buds, the mood and the season.
- Full of nutrition – Don’t we all know that an apple a day keeps the doctor away? Apples are full of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals and fiber, while pumpkin puree offers ample Vitamin A, Vitamin C and more fiber! A great way to fill you up for an easy breakfast option.
- Kid friendly– Do your kids love chocolate chips? Add them in! It doesn’t take away the nutritional value of what’s already in it. My girls love cinnamon so always want to add more in. Another worthy recipe are these apple sweet potato muffins – try those next!
Ingredients
Here’s what you need for this apple pumpkin oatmeal bake.
- Apples – You can use your choice here! I personally love red fresh apples, like gala or honeycrisp. I’d avoid green apples for this recipe.
- Pumpkin puree – Make sure not to use pumpkin pie mix, they are different. You want canned pumpkin puree!
- Oats – We use rolled oats often but quick cooking oats will also work. Use certified gluten-free oats if you need them to be gluten-free. Steel-cut oats will not work the same.
- Eggs – Eggs work as a binder, but also add so much nutrition to pumpkin apple baked oatmeal.
- maple syrup – My sweetener of choice is always pure maple syrup.
- Milk – I prefer 2% or whole milk, but unsweetened almond milk, soy milk, oat milk, coconut milk, etc. all work!
- Brown sugar – This or coconut sugar is another sweetener option. You can easily cut down on the added sugars by reducing the amount of maple sugar and/or brown sugar, but I find it provides a nice fall flavor and smell as well as caramelization.
- Spices – We used a combination of cozy spices – cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla extract.
This apple pumpkin baked oatmeal recipe is an easy breakfast option, to please everyone.
Enjoy it cold, room temperature, warmed, or cut into bars or smaller oatmeal cups.
You could even top with pumpkin seeds if you wanted more crunch and nutrition!
How to Make Pumpkin Apple Baked Oatmeal
For your pumpkin apple baked oats, you’ll mix your eggs, pumpkin, vanilla, maple syrup, spices, salt and baking powder in a large bowl.
There’s no need to separate your wet ingredients and dry ingredients unless you really want to – I prefer less bowls and cleaning!
Then, add in the milk and whisk.
Lastly, you’ll add in the oats and chopped apples into the bowl and continue mixing.
Then, bake for 40-45 minutes and you’re done!
Let the smell of apple pumpkin pie take over your kitchen – hands down, the best part of these apple baked oats.
Apples do some magic caramelization in the preheated oven, and the pumpkin sweetens too, and it’s just so magical.
I don’t think I realized how well apple and pumpkin go together until combining pumpkin into these apple baked oats.
The result is a soft and chewy oatmeal bake that tastes best warmed, with melted butter or nut butter.
These are also good as “bars” for weekday snack options.
Some of my favorite meal prep snacks include these bars, my chocolate fudge bites and easy trail mix bars.
FAQ
If you want to prepare this for later (or to freeze), simply complete steps 1-5 but don’t bake the baked oatmeal. Instead, prep it and cover it with a few layers of plastic wrap and aluminum foil and place in the freezer. For a list of other easy freezer meals, this post is very inclusive!
When ready to prepare, I would recommend letting it thaw for 18-24 hours in the fridge before baking. If baking straight from the freezer, know that it may take a little longer to cook, since the ingredients are frozen, and you want to ensure the middle is cooked through. You can put some extra layers of foil on top before baking to prevent overcooking and burning.
TRY some of these other FALL recipes!
- Pumpkin Chicken Crockpot Chili
- Pumpkin Hemp Granola Bars
- Triple Pumpkin Peanut Butter Granola
- Pumpkin Zucchini Muffins
- Chickpea Pumpkin Blondies
- Pumpkin sweetpotato soup
- Flourless Pumpkin Cookies
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Apple Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal
Apple Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal is an easy, hearty breakfast option for on the go and for a crowd. Full of fiber, vitamins and spice, this baked oatmeal will have your whole kitchen smelling like fresh fall.
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 15 oz can pumpkin puree
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- ½ tsp salt
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- 1 cup vanilla almond milk
- 2 ½ cup old-fashioned oats
- 1 cup apples, chopped (I used gala)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and spray an 8x8 baking dish.
- In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, pumpkin, vanilla extract, maple syrup, sugar, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, salt and baking powder.
- Add in almond milk and whisk well.
- Lastly, add in oats and chopped apples, reserving some for the topping. Stir to combine.
- Pour batter into baking dish, topping with remaining diced apples.
- Cook for 40-45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 201Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 47mgSodium: 235mgCarbohydrates: 38gFiber: 5gSugar: 17gProtein: 6g
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Support Bucket List TummyThis is delicious! I made half a recipe and baked it in muffin tins.
Thanks for sharing! Muffins sound great!
Would canned coconut milk work in place of the almond milk?
Hi Eleanor, I didn’t test with canned milk. I would think it should work, however it is heavier in fat and may be a little thicker and have a nuttier taste. If you give it a try, let us know! 🙂
This looks great! I want to make this for my son and daughter-in-law that just had a baby to freeze so they have it when they want it. I have a question though, can regular milk be used in place of the vanilla almond milk? I have everything else just not the almond milk and was hoping to save another trip to the store.
Definitely. Regular milk will work.
How would you prepare this to be frozen?
Hi Danielle – If you want to prep this to freeze, complete through step 5 (do not bake). Instead, wrap baking dish in a few layers of plastic wrap and one of foil and place in freezer. When ready to prepare, I’d recommend thawing it in the fridge for 24 hours before baking. If you want to bake from frozen, just make sure to cover the oatmeal with foil (you may have to bake a little longer to ensure middle is cooked through).
Baked oatmeal is my faveeeeee so this looks like the ultimate fall breakfast!
It really is!
Apple AND pumpkin pie?! #getinmybelly!
Right? The best!
I love baked oatmeal as the weather starts to cool, this sounds awesome!
Me too – it seems to be perfect for cooler weather!
This sounds really good! I love breakfasts that can be made ahead of time and heated up in the morning.
Those are the best!
Mmmm it’s like having fall for breakfast! 🙂
The weather here is still pretty warm but thankfully the mornings are at least cool, which means I’ve been craving all things oatmeal lately! I haven’t done the baked oatmeal thing since LAST fall, so I’m ready to jump back into it!
This will be perfect when you have the craving!
It’s going to be upper 90’s here this week and even 100 one day, the pumpkin train is the only way I can even pretend for a second it’s fall! ha ha
Oh dang girl. Stay cool!
This looks really yummy! I’ve been on such a big baked oatmeal kick, lately, and was planning to share a pumpkin baked oatmeal recipe later this week sooo great minds think alike! 🙂
Great minds do think alike 🙂
I’m sure this smells amazing while baking! I just stocked up on pumpkin from Trader Joe’s. This looks like a great recipe!
You’re prepared! Your kitchen will smell delicious. 🙂
Yummy! Looks like the perfect fall breakfast 🙂 definitely will need to make this one.
Hope you have a great Monday!
Hope you enjoy it Marina!
I go through phases of loving baked oatmeal as well. I agree apples and pumpkin are a great combo. Thanks for sharing and for joining us for meatless Monday
Thank you, Deborah!
Mmmm. I love all pumpkin baking but baked oats are my favorite thing to make with it, by far. I like all baked oats but mostly I just wait until I feel allowed to make it with pumpkin…haha. Great recipe!!
Baked oats and pumpkin are made for each other.
This looks SO good!! I want to try this recipe out this weekend. It’s perfect since I just went apple picking and have so many apples to use up
Definitely perfect for those fall apples!