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    Hummusapien » Recipes » Breakfast » Easy Make-Ahead Apple Cinnamon Steel Cut Oatmeal

    Easy Make-Ahead Apple Cinnamon Steel Cut Oatmeal

    Published Jan 6, 2014 · Modified Nov 8, 2021 · by Alexis Joseph · 45 Comments

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    Friiiieeeeennnnddddsss! Oh how I've missed you so.

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    How was New Years Eve? I want to hear alllll about your cray cray resolutions! Are you gonna drink ten green smoothies a day and have easy overnight steel cut oats for brekkie every morning until 2015?? OMG me too!

    Sooo the oatmeal fairy came last night.

    Would you believe it if I told you that if you mixed together a bit of this and a bit of that and brought it all to a boil for a couple minutes and let it sit overnight that you'd have perfectly cooked oaties waiting for you in the morning? Believe it, sista!

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    Steel cut oats are the closest thing to whole oat groats. They're less processed than old fashioned oats and much less processed than instant oats. That's all fine and dandy until you realize that these little beauties take thirty minutes to cook and you're all like, "I'm sorry, I must not have heard that right. Come again?"

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    Instead of waiting three days to get your oat fix tomorrow morning, take five minutes tonight to prep and mentally prepare yourself for oatmeal heaven in the a.m. Let me tell ya, I don't hate waking up to the smell of sweet apple cinnamony goodness and breakfast waiting on the stove.

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    It's the new year. It's a fresh start. The time has come to say goodbye to the packaged crapola and make your own!

    Everyone has five minutes. No excuses.

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    Easy Make-Ahead Apple Cinnamon Steel Cut Oatmeal

    ★★★★★ 4.8 from 4 reviews
    • Author: Alexis
    • Prep Time: 8 hours
    • Cook Time: 5 mins
    • Total Time: 8 hours 5 mins
    • Yield: 4 1x
    • Category: Breakfast
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    Description

    Prepare these apple cinnamon steel-cut oats the night before and wake up to a healthy, wholesome breakfast!


    Ingredients

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    • 4 cups water
    • 1 cup steel cut oats
    • ¼ tsp salt
    • 1 medium apple, cored and diced (I used Honeycrisp)
    • 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
    • 1 tsp cinnamon
    • 2 tbsp pure maple syrup
    • 1 tsp vanilla extract

    Instructions

    1. In a medium pot over high heat, bring water to a boil.
    2. Once water is boiling, add oats, salt, apple, flaxseed, cinnamon and maple syrup. Boil for about two minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent overflow.
    3. After two minutes, remove pan from heat. The oatmeal should stop boiling. Stir in vanilla. Cover pot and allow mixture to sit overnight.
    4. In the morning, heat pot over medium heat to warm through. Top with additional cinnamon and maple syrup, if desired.

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    About Alexis Joseph


    Oh HEY there! I'm Alexis Joseph, food writer, blogger, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), new mama, and co-founder of local restaurant group, Alchemy. I use my passion for cooking and wellness as fuel to help others ignite a more freeing and happy relationship with food.

    Learn more about Alexis!

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    1. Christy says

      November 10, 2021 at 4:27 pm

      Can I put this in individual jars for meal prep? If so would you recommend doing so same night of cooking or next morning?

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    2. Kitty says

      January 24, 2020 at 5:03 pm

      Can you substitute honey for maple syrup

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      • Alexis Joseph says

        January 26, 2020 at 11:23 pm

        Yep!

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    3. Megan says

      December 18, 2017 at 6:42 pm

      Do you need flax seed? I want to make it tonight but have no flax seed. Thanks!

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