Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Stovetop Recipe
If you love apple pie or apple crumble, you'll LOVE this Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal! Warm, cozy, and loaded with cooked apples plus all the delicious spices.
Note: This recipe dates back to 2013! But it's still one of my favorite breakfasts. So I have added some new photos and am sharing it again, for those of you that haven't been hanging around that long.
I can't think of anything better on a cold morning than a cozy bowl of oatmeal. I think that stovetop recipes can get a bad rap - they really don't take more than a few minutes. You can still get breakfast on the table (or in a to go cup) quickly, and the possibilities are basically endless.
This apple cinnamon oatmeal is my current favorite.
Fresh apples, apple pie spice, just a little brown sugar, and old fashioned oats. You can have a hearty, happy, warm, delicious breakfast in less than 10 minutes.
I think it's time for a Lucy update.
My little Lucy girl is getting big!! If you're new around here you can read more about Lucy here and here.
She is my snuggly little companion. She is smart and sweet and might be the laziest puppy ever.
I was sifting through some blog things today and I noticed that I might be a pretty slack Lucy mama because I never updated my "About"page to include her. Oops.
So here she is...
She really is a doll.
Like any puppy she has a few issues, but nothing major. Mostly she just doesn't like to be left alone. Ever. At all. She's not the greatest car rider either. She adjusts. And then readjusts. And then she fusses a little. And then she drools.
This morning I drove Evan to school. So we brought Lucy with us. We were completely engrossed in this puzzle game that Chad put on my phone while we waited in the neverending line of non-moving vehicles. We weren't really paying attention when it was time for Evan to get outta the car. Evan leaped out...
...annnnnd so did Lucy.
Evan exclaimed, "Oh no!, Lucy!!," and then took off running after her.
Fortunately Lucy wasn't trying to run away. She was just really excited about all the little kids and she was really sick of sitting in the car.
I had this brief flash of me having to leap out of the car to chase my puppy down. Just so we're clear about my carpool attire, it consists of a sports bra under a tank top, a pair of sweat pants, flip flops, a mop of curly disaster hair, and a cup of coffee glued to my hand. I was majorly relieved that I did not have to exit the vehicle.
Oh morning.
I eat oatmeal at least 3 mornings a week. It's basically perfect. You can dress it up or dress it down. You can make it taste like your favorite dessert. You can add fresh fruit, dried fruit, nuts, CHOCOLATE! Oatmeal is amazing.
This homemade apple cinnamon oatmeal really never fails me. Lots of good heart-healthy fuel for when you might need to chase a puppy across a school parking lot.
Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Stovetop Recipe
If you love apple pie or apple crumble, you’ll LOVE this Apple Cinnamon Stovetop Oatmeal! Warm, cozy, and loaded with cooked apples plus all the delicious spices.
Ingredients
- ½ tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 medium crisp apple, about 1 ½ cups diced
- 3 tablespoons honey (OR 2 tablespoons brown sugar), plus a little more to drizzle over the finished oatmeal
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- pinch of salt
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup old fashioned oats (or gluten free oats!)
- ½ cup chopped walnuts (optional)
- ½ cup milk (optional)
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium high heat. Add 1 cup of the apples, the honey or brown sugar, and sprinkle in the spices and salt. Cook for 2-3 minutes until the apples are softened.
- Pour in the water, turn the heat up to high, and bring to a low boil. Add the oats and reduce the heat to medium/medium high. Cook, stirring occasionally for 3-5 more minutes.
- Add the walnuts (if using), and continue cooking until most of the liquid is absorbed. Divide the oatmeal between two bowls, sprinkle each with the remaining apples, drizzle with a little more honey, and splash ¼ cup milk into each bowl.
If you love oatmeal,you should also try...
Iced Apple Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies
I made this for a quick dinner tonight for my hubby & I and it was really good! I used gluten-free rolled oats, omitted the walnuts and I only had about 1/2 cup of apple chunks. It was so good though! Next time I'll do it with the full amount of apple chunks as well!
Thanks for this yummy recipe! It was very filling too!
Thanks so much, Michelle! I'm so glad you liked it!!
Yum! Totally agree about stovetop oatmeal. Lucy is adorable. We have a puppy golden doodle who belongs to my kids, and I have the same concern about taking him in the car to drop off/pick up. Only he would be off and we would have trouble getting him back. Because that's HIS puppy issue. Agh!
hahahhaa I think every single dog we ever had growing up had the run-away-and-chase-me complex happening. Our old guy, Baxter, has been around since my brother was maybe 10? Anyway he has 3 legs and should be in a canine nursing home and STILL he gets those crazy run-away eyes and will try to hobble up the hill if you aren't paying attention.
I could sooo picture you at the school not wanting to get out of the car. My morning carpool attire is my pajama shirt, no bra, and I just throw a hoodie over it, black yoga pants, white socks and slip on shoes. I be stylin'! Oh and crazy bedhead too. I'm always hoping and hoping that neither me nor anyone nearby gets in a car accident so that I'd have to be seen by anyone over age 10. 🙂 So far so good!
Hahaha. We are carpool kismet. I know that there are some amazingly put-together women in the carpool line and I always wonder WHO ARE THESE WOMEN?! And when do they sleep?
Now this is a breakfast that will keep you satisfied! I need to eat this! I love your little Lucy. I have a little girl named Lucy-such a good name!
Hey, Tanya-- thanks!
We love our Lucy girl!!
Truth: If I didn't have a house full of boys I'd have a girl named Lucy. I love that name!
I had to settle for giving it to the rescue puppy.
Hahahaha your carpool lane attire sounds like my attire after 4pm on most days, except replace coffee with either a beer or a stiff cocktail. Yay!
Duuude, I totally need this oatmeal in my life. My oatmeal is so unsexy and this is just over-the-top awesome oatmeal that puts my gross mush to shame. And while you're making my oatmeal, can I PUHLEASSEEE shnuggle with your little Lucy? SHE IS ADORABLE.
Lucy needs lots of snuggles. She's pretty needy. And she's lucky she's so cute.
My carpool lane attire often transitions to afternoon. Cropped sweats/yoga pants are more like real clothes, right? Also... a glass of wine automatically makes my outfit classy I think.
Lucy is cute but I'm still not a dog fan!! haha This oatmeal on the other hand...I am a fan of lol YUM!
Not a dog fan? What the what?
I love dogs!! They're the greatest!! Even when they leap out of cars because they love some extra TLC.
That breakfast looks amaze! I make my oatmeal with peanut butter and berries...so it's like PB&J Oatmeal 🙂
What?!! PB & J Oatmeal?!! You are like some kind of oatmeal genius. I make PB & J pancakes but never oatmeal. I'm SO doing that!
In my house, mornings are for toast and a thick slathering of peanut butter. Nothing more. Except at the moment, when they're for hot cross buns (toasted!) brought back from England and savoured! But, I admire your healthy start to the day! so glad you didn't have to start chasing Lucy - imagine it!
I DID imagine it! That was for sure the problem.
I like peanut butter toast for a snack! My dad used to make it for us 🙂 My favorite.
Hubby is obsessed with steel-cut oats (which I make by the pot full and store in the fridge). I think apples and cinnamon sound perfect as an add-in!
Ooooh yes.
What a perfect breakfast pick me up!!! Sounds delicious!
Thanks!
Lucy is cute 🙂 I'm really loving your photography lately, looking awesome!
Awwww thanks, Erin! You're so nice!
Lucy is such a cutie!!! My mom's dog is the same way...she HATES being left home alone. HATES it. She's only happy when everyone is in the house with her...otherwise she paces. Frantically.
I love oatmeal but have fallen out of the habit of making it! apple cinnamon seems like the perfect mixin to get me into it again!
Awwww dogs are so great. Lucy doesn't pace but she does eat the blinds. And the camera case (but thank goodness not the camera!).
Apple cinnamon oatmeal-- make it happen!
Awwww...Lucy is such a cutie! Ozzy was never a good passenger. His insane drooling was usually followed by puking. He gets his motion sickness from me.
Thankfully she does not puke. But yes.
LOTS of drool. And it's worse if I have to put her in her crate because then she either drools everywhere or pees herself. Get it together, Lucy!!!
Your oatmeal looks wonderfully flavoured 😀
Yum! And Lucy is way too gorgeous, she is such a cutie!
Cheers
CCU
Thanks girlie!
She's a mess. I love her.
Lucy is adorable. I think you might be a new trendsetter for your driving to school outfit. Hey as long as you don't have curlers in your hair, it is all good. I have oatmeal more often then you do and thanks for the ideas and adding some nuts in there is a great idea. I did the other day sweeten my oatmeal with a little hazelnut splenda coffee sugar...does that count? Take care, BAM
Ooooh hazelnut splenda coffee sugar SOOO counts.
I don't drive my guy to school everyday so the sweats-uniform is my standard because I'm either about to take the dog for a run or I just did. I probly look crazy. It's cool though.