Apple Cinnamon Overnight Oats
on Sep 23, 2019, Updated Jul 09, 2024
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Apple Cinnamon Overnight Oats are a delicious and healthy breakfast or snack that’s perfect for fall or anytime of year! Thick and creamy with warm spices and sweet apples. Great for meal prepping too!
If you love overnight oats, be sure to try some of my other oatmeal recipes. This pumpkin apple baked oatmeal and carrot cake oatmeal are a couple of my favorites!
Table of Contents
- Why you’ll love them
- The Ingredients
- How to Make Apple Cinnamon Overnight Oats
- Topping Ideas
- Do Overnight Oats Have to be Eaten Cold?
- Do I Have to Wait Overnight to Eat Them?
- How Long Will Overnight Oats Keep?
- Can Quick Oats Be Used To Make Overnight Oats?
- Can I add protein powder to overnight oats?
- More Overnight Oats Recipes
- Apple Cinnamon Overnight Oats Recipe
Why you’ll love them
Easy and affordable – Oats are great if you’re looking for an affordable breakfast option. Not only are oats affordable, but you can prep them ahead of time for a grab-and-go breakfast. These overnight oats only take about 10 minutes to make.
Meal prep – Overnight oats are an excellent option if you meal prep your breakfasts or snacks for the week. They’ll keep in the fridge for up to 4 days .
Healthy breakfast – Oats are heart healthy, high in fiber, protein, antioxidants, and contain a variety of vitamins and minerals.
The Ingredients
- Milk – You can use dairy or non-dairy milk for the oats. I typically use unsweetened almond milk.
- Greek yogurt – Plain Greek yogurt gives the oats additional protein and helps make them thick and creamy.
- Maple syrup – The sweetener for the oats. Amount can be adjusted to your taste.
- Vanilla extract – Brings out the flavor of the apples.
- Chia seeds – Another great source of protein and fiber. Also helps to thicken the overnight oats.
- Cinnamon, ginger, allspice – Spices used to flavor the oats. This blend is often used in apple pie.
- Oats – Rolled oats, sometimes called old fashioned oats are what I like to use for overnight oats.
- Apple – Use you favorite variety of apple. I like to use a sweet crisp variety such as Honeycrisp.
How to Make Apple Cinnamon Overnight Oats
Making overnight oats is about as easy as it gets! In a medium sized bowl whisk together the milk, yogurt, maple syrup and vanilla.
Once it’s combined add in the chia seeds, oats, salt, spices and shredded apple. Stir everything together.Give it a taste and add additional maple syrup if needed.
At this point you can either cover the bowl with plastic or a lid and refrigerate it overnight or divide the oats into 2 jars. I like to use 8 ounce mason jars.
Once the oats have been refrigerated for at least 3 hours or overnight they’re ready to eat. Eat them as is or add any of the toppings I’ve listed below.
Topping Ideas
- Extra diced apples and a sprinkle of cinnamon
- Almond butter or peanut butter
- Chopped pecans, walnuts, almonds, or pepitas
- Granola
- Raisins, dried apples, or other dried fruit
Do Overnight Oats Have to be Eaten Cold?
No. I prefer to eat mine cold, but if you can’t get into that, you can heat them up in the microwave. You may need to add a little milk depending on how thick or thin you like your oatmeal.
Do I Have to Wait Overnight to Eat Them?
Although these oats are called overnight oats, I rarely wait until the next day to to dive into them. If you were just using milk it might be necessary, but with the ingredients I use in my recipes it’s not.
Both the chia seeds and the Greek yogurt act as thickeners for the oats. If fact they give them almost a pudding like consistency.
I’ve found that when I make the overnight oats this way they only need a few hours in the fridge for the oats to soften and the mixture to thicken.
How Long Will Overnight Oats Keep?
Overnight oats will keep for up to 4 days in the fridge. If you’re unsure if they’re still ok to eat, always smell them first. They shouldn’t smell sour.
Can Quick Oats Be Used To Make Overnight Oats?
Yes, however the texture won’t be the same. It will be more mush, similar to porridge.
Can I add protein powder to overnight oats?
Yes. I often add a scoop of vanilla protein powder to my overnight oats. If you do this you probably won’t need to use the maple syrup to sweeten them.
More Overnight Oats Recipes
- Raspberry Almond Chia Overnight Oats
- Cinnamon Honey Peach Overnight Oats
- Blueberry Lemon Overnight Oats
- Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats
- Strawberry Chocolate Chip Overnight Oats
Did you make these apple cinnamon overnight oats? I’d love if you’d leave a recipe rating and review below.
Apple Cinnamon Overnight Oats
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup unsweetened almond milk, or milk of choice
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
- Pinch of salt
- 2/3 cup rolled oats, gluten-free if needed
- 1 small apple, shredded, diced or do half and half.
- Almond butter for topping optional
Instructions
- In a medium sized bowl whisk together the wet ingredients. Stir in the dry ingredients and the apple until combined.
- Divide the mixture into two jars or bowls, cover and refrigerate for 2-3 hours or overnight. Top with the extra diced apple, almond butter and cinnamon if desired.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
