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.
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Delicious! We are a busy family who likes to eat healthy, so we made a few small adjustments. We used 1 cup water and 1 cup almond milk added to the oats instead of 2 cups water. We left spices (cinnamon, ground ginger, nutmeg) as is and then reduced brown sugar to 1 teaspoon. We also added 4-5 tablespoons of ground flax. For the apples, we put about 3/4 cup directly in the pot while cooking the oatmeal (did not cook separately) and left the rest of the apples raw mixed with additional cinnamon as a topping. My kids (7 and 12) gobbled this up! They love the mixture of cooked and uncooked cinnamon apple topping. This has become one of our go-to family breakfasts.
This was good, but it called for a little too much ginger for my tastes. I'll switch that up for next time, but otherwise, definitely a yummy breakfast!
Very tasty recipe! I made it this morning and loved it.
I just tried Del Monte fruit and oats...so I searched up how to do it myself and I came across this ! Can't wait to try it !
If you really want the apple cinnamon mix to stand out then set it to the side after cooking, do your oats separately and then fold in the prepared apple mix.
That's a different recipe though ... ?
Just made this - sooo yum. I put a tiny bit more spice in, plus a little bloop of vanilla.
To-die-for breakfast - thank you!
Hello, I'm Johanna from San Diego- currently living in Italy. And here oatmeal is not very known, anyway loved the recipe, it brought back childhood memories. Even better than the one my mom made. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks so much, Johanna!
Does anybody know the nutrition information
This recipe was delicious! I used brown sugar since I was out of honey and I didn't have any ginger, but my family loved it!
Thank you, Brianna! Glad you enjoyed it!
I have a surplus of apples after Thanksgiving, so I made this oatmeal to take to work for breakfast. Delicious. Thanks for sharing!
Just made this with vegan butter and swapped out the water for almond milk and it's DELICIOUS!!! Thanks for the recipe 🙂
tastes like heaven
I made this for my sons and they loved it! What would you recommend substituting for the butter/milk to make it dairy-free?
Hi Amanda! I am so glad this worked well for you! Almond milk works well in place of the regular dairy milk. I'm not very well versed in butter substitutes that are dairy-free though! I'd say if you have a favorite buttery oil you can try that! We have a store near here that sells butter flavored olive oil that's AWESOME. Hope that helps!
Great, great, great oatmeal recipe!!!
Lucy is so adorable! I'd love to have a bowl of that oatmeal for breakfast this morning 🙂