Apple pie oatmeal is coziness in a bowl. It’s a warm and comforting plant-based breakfast, and will get you through chilly mornings all year round.
The heavenly aroma of apples and cinnamon cooking in the kitchen is sure to make getting ready for the workday much easier.
Recipe and photos from What’s for Breakfast, © 2017 by Dianne Wenz, reprinted with permission.
This recipe uses quick oats or oatmeal. Quick-cooking oats are rolled oats that have been partially cooked and dried, resulting in shorter cooking time.
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- Learn more about this useful grain in our Guide to Oats.
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Apple Pie Oatmeal

This dish is of apple pie oatmeal is coziness in a bowl. It’s a warm and comforting breakfast to start chilly days right!
Ingredients
- 1 cup oatmeal or quick oats
- 1 medium sweet apple, diced
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- 2 cups unsweetened nondairy milk
- 2 Tbsps applesauce
- 2 Tbsps maple syrup
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp almond butter (see Note)
- 2 Tbsps toasted almond slivers
Instructions
- In a medium-size saucepan over medium heat, combine the oatmeal, apple, cinnamon, ginger, non-dairy milk, applesauce, maple syrup, and vanilla extract. Mix until well combined.
- Cook for about 10 minutes, until the mixture thickens, and the apple and oats have softened.
- Stir in the almond butter.
- Remove from heat and divide between 2 bowls.
- Serve topped with toasted almond slivers.
Notes
Use other nut butter you may have on hand.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
2Amount Per Serving: Trans Fat: 0g
Nutrition data is always an estimate depending on program used to calculate and exact products used.
About Dianne Wenz
Dianne received her training to practice Holistic Health Coaching at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City, and I have Holistic Health Practitioner certification through both the American Association of Drugless Practitioners and the International Association of Health Coaches.
She is a certified Vegan Lifestyle Coach through Victoria Moran’s Main Street Vegan Academy, and has a certificate in Plant Based Nutrition from eCornell University. She also has a Plant-Based Professional Chef Certification from Rouxbe Cooking School. Visit her at Dianne’s Vegan Kitchen.
Here are more easy vegan recipes and breakfast recipes.
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