Baked Oatmeal with Apples
A year and a half ago, at a women’s retreat in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, I fell in love…with baked oatmeal.
Sorry, Dave! 
It was in the retreat center’s cafeteria that I tried baked oatmeal for the first time, and it really was love at first bite. Since that time I’ve made several versions of it, including the standard Banana Baked Oatmeal from Kath, Blueberry-Coconut Baked Oatmeal, and now this Baked Oatmeal with Apples.
It’s a perfect recipe for fall, the peak season for apples. This was especially delicious because I used those of the Honeycrisp variety, which are – without contention – the best apples ever eaten by humankind. Ten bucks says the serpent who tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden did so with a Honeycrisp.
Granted, my Honeycrisps were no longer crisp post-baking, but their flavor was just as vibrant, the perfect mix of sweet and tart.
To make this particular baked oatmeal, I first layered a prepared baking dish with banana slices. (I think bananas are an oatmeal staple, baked or otherwise.)
Then added some apple slices.
Then topped the apples with a mixture of oats, dried fruit, brown sugar, baking powder, and spices. On top of that – it’s really all about layering here – I poured a mixture of milk, egg, butter, vanilla, and agave nectar. Thirty minutes later my love of baked oatmeal was re-kindled; one mouthful quickly reminded me why I fell in love in the first place.
Swoon!
Baked Oatmeal with Apples
from Healthy Food for Living
Serves 4
Ingredients
2 large bananas, sliced
2 large apples, peeled and thinly sliced
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup dried fruit of choice (like the original recipe, I used dried cranberries, which were very good!)
1/4 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp each nutmeg, cloves, and salt
2 cups milk
1 large egg
1.5 tbsp butter, melted and cooled, divided
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 tbsp agave nectar (or other liquid sweetener, like honey or maple syrup – I like using agave because it has a relatively neutral flavor)
1. Preheat oven to 375ยบ. Coat an 8-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
2. Layer the banana slices along the bottom of the dish. Top with the apple slices. Set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, mix together the oats, dried fruit, brown sugar, baking powder, and spices.
4. In a separate bowl, combine the milk, egg, 1 tbsp butter, vanilla, and agave.
5. Top the apples with the oat mixture, and then pour the milk mixture on top of the oats. Drizzle with the remaining melted butter.
6. Bake for 30-40 minutes, until the top layer is lightly browned and crisp. Cool for a few minutes before cutting.
No doubt most of you already eat oatmeal, but have you tried baked oatmeal yet? I promise it will send your heart a-flutter!
What’s your favorite kind of apple? Have you tried a Honeycrisp yet?
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If I had to choose a last meal, it would be baked oatmeal. Preferably baked oatmeal from The Hershey Pantry. OMG Katie, if you are ever in Hershey PA, please seek out this little heavenly cafe for the most incredible baked oatmeal of your life. Honestly, this stuff should not be legal it’s that good!!!
I think you’ve mentioned their baked oatmeal before, so I know you must really love it! I can’t believe I went to undergrad at LVC and never ate at the Hershey Pantry. It is definitely on my to-do list!
Yummmmmmmm. I love apples with my oats though I’ve yet to try baked oatmeal. I love pink lady apples (just because of the name) but honey crisp apples are quite amazing
I love honeycrisp apples, but my favorite is definitely Cortland. They are so versatile. I really want oatmeal now.
This looks soo good and so simple! I’ve been known to eat apple crisp for breakfast before. I’m a big fan of honey crisp and cortland apples.
holy yum…seriously, could this get any better?! i’m totally drooling over here!
YUM!
I like Fiji apples and right now I’m in a granny smith phase!
I’ve not yet tried baked oatmeal– I need to give it a go!
I LOVE, love, love honeycrisps. I could eat four of them a day, I think!
Obviously, I’m sheltered because I’ve never even HEARD of baked oatmeal, but it looks as though we need to get acquainted!
I’ve heard of baked oatmeal but never tried it yet. It looks good though!
Yum! This looks delicious. Now I just need to plan ahead to make it!
I can’t even handle myself right now, I reallly want to make this. I’ve starred it in my google reader. I love that there are bananas on the bottom of it too !
I enjoy all varieties of apples and have not yet tasted the honeycrisp. The organic are like 2.50 an apple! So, I stick to whatever is on sale. I don’t particularly enjoy Red Deliciouos though. This baked oatmeal looks tasty!
I have never tried baked oatmeal…and my heart is already fluttering looking at that
I’m finding baked oatmeal is the only way I like oatmeal!
Make sure to try it with some pineapple chunks in it (fresh, or canned, is fine)…it’s amazing and keeps it moist
Sounds delicious!
I have had some sort of baked oatmeal — but I like the layer of bananas in yours. Seems easy enough but still looks like it would be a treat
Your baked oatmeal looks beautiful and yummy! I’ve baked oatmeal before but I hapharzardly throw everything in there.
Yours looks way more appealing!
I do love me some baked oatmeal! Yours looks amazing. I like it because once you make it there are leftovers for a few days.
Looks Soooo good. I will be making this in about 5 minutes!!!
oh my gosh – baked oatmeal is one way i have YET to try oatmeal! must try this!
I love, love, LOVE baked oatmeal!!!!!!! I’ve been eating it for years, but your recipe looks amazing!! I have got to try it out!!
That looks so so so yummy! I am absolutely going to give it a try.
This looks so good but I’m already impatient enough when it comes to breakfast! I don’t know if I could wait a full half hour to eat.
I need to make this now. I have all the ingredients to make it tomorrow night. It will be great to have and just cut what I need in the morning. Thanks for posting!
Hope everything has been well with you.
I used to make baked oatmeal alllllllllll the time. I normally loaded it with sugar though, so I stopped.
I’ve gotten into savory oats more actually haha. But this still looks delicious and I may just try it since it’s not sweetened so much!
I LOVE oatmeal, but I’ve never had it with bananas OR baked. Looks like I’ve definitely been missing out! Thanks for the delicious inspiration.
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Katie, this looks fabulous!!!!!!!!!! I am going to have to try this recipe.
This looks delicious! I am definitely going to try this next week!! I am also in LOVE with Honeycrisp apples!!
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