Apple Baked Steel Cut Oatmeal
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Published Sep 07, 2020, Updated Mar 05, 2024
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This apple baked steel cut oatmeal recipe is a lovely make-ahead breakfast option for busy mornings. Studded with sweet apple chunks, raisins and cinnamon, these oats will satisfy your taste-buds and keep you feeling full all morning.
I’ve been on a warm breakfast kick and my favorite as of late has been baked oatmeal. After making this maple pecan baked oatmeal Isaac requested a version without nuts so I started brainstorming. He loves raisins so I took that idea and ran with it.
The result was a baked oatmeal with apple chunks and plump raisins nestled throughout. Doesn’t it look pretty with all the apple bites and chia seeds on top?
Steel Cut Oats for Baked Oatmeal
The combo of oats, apples, raisins, a little maple syrup and a dash of cinnamon makes for a naturally sweet and delicious healthy oatmeal bake. This version is particularly nutritious, because I used steel cut oats. They’re the least processed of all oats and have an awesome chewy texture. They do take a bit longer to cook so this recipe does take about 20 minutes longer to bake than my apple cinnamon baked oatmeal with rolled oats.
Ingredients Needed for This Baked Oatmeal
Some baked oatmeal recipes call for butter, milk and eggs, but we’re keeping this recipe vegan and dairy-free by using chia seeds, coconut oil and almond milk.
- steel-cut oats – this recipe is meant to be made with steel cut oats. If you want to use rolled oats, try my apple cinnamon baked oatmeal
- maple syrup
- chia seeds
- coconut oil
- cinnamon
- vanilla
- sea salt
- almond milk
- apple
- raisins
If you love being able to meal prep breakfast for the week, baked oatmeal is going to be your new BFF! You can make a batch over the weekend and you’ll be set with an easy breakfast for the week (or at least most of it).
How to Reheat Baked Oatmeal
Reheating the baked oatmeal is a breeze, either using the microwave, toaster oven or stove-top. Although I have to tell ya, I’ve found that the oats are really good eaten cold as well. I’ve been known to eat them straight from the fridge, but sometimes I’ll add an extra splash of almond milk and eat them like overnight oats or muesli. Yum!
If you’re a baked apple lover you will adore this baked oatmeal. Trust me on this one. The apples get extra sweet, soft and are coated with cinnamon. It reminds me of apple pie, which is perfection because apple pie is my fave.
Isaac absolutely loved this version and thought the sweetness was perfect. If you’re trying to cut back on sugar or just prefer things mildly sweetened, you can easily reduce the maple syrup and raisins a bit. It won’t affect the end result, the oats will just be a little less sweet. Enjoy!
More Oatmeal Recipes
- Easy Overnight Oats
- Basic Healthy Oatmeal
- Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
- Protein Oatmeal
- Oatmeal For Babies
- Creamy Steel Cut Oats
- Overnight Steel Cut Oats
More Baked Oatmeal Recipes to Try
- Baked Steel Cut Oatmeal
- Peach Baked Oatmeal
- Maple Pecan Baked Oatmeal
- Strawberry Banana Baked Oatmeal
- Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal
- Blueberry Baked Oatmeal
- Zucchini Bread Baked Oatmeal
- Baked Oatmeal Cups
Apple Cinnamon Baked Steel Cut Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 1 cup steel-cut oats
- 1/4 cup maple syrup*
- 1 Tablespoon chia seeds + 3 Tablespoons water
- 2 Tablespoons coconut oil, melted
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 cups unsweetened almond milk
- 1 apple, peeled and chopped
- 1/2 cup raisins*
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 375°F.
- Combine chia seeds with water to make a chia egg and let sit for a few minutes.
- In a large mixing bowl combine oats, maple syrup, chia egg, coconut oil, cinnamon, vanilla and sea salt. Stir well to combine. Add in almond milk, apple chunks and raisins. Stir everything together once more.
- Place oatmeal mixture into a greased baking dish (an 8×8 square baking dish or something similar). Bake in the oven for 50-60 minutes or until oatmeal is golden brown and the center is cooked through. Remove from the oven, let cool and enjoy. Place any leftovers in a sealed container in the fridge. Reheat later and enjoy.
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Notes
- To make this recipe with old fashioned rolled oats, use 2 cups of rolled oats instead of 1 cup of steel cut oats and reduce the baking time to 35 – 40 minutes.
- For a lower sugar version, reduce the amount of maple syrup and raisins or omit them completely.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Love this recipe! It’s so delicious & easy! I’ve done it with apples and also omitted the apples! This is a great go-to breakfast!
Woo! So glad to hear that, Jessica. Thanks for coming back to leave a review, I appreciate it so much.
This turned out better than I expected! It was a little on the sweet side for me so next time I’ll do half the amount of maple syrup. I added some protein powder to boost the protein and some pecan pieces. I was a bit nervous about baking it right after mixing it thinking the oats would be too chewy so after I mixed it I refrigerated overnight then baked the next morning. When I took it out of the fridge it seemed as though it had really firmed up and I was excited about that but turns out it was just from the coconut oil getting solid because once in the oven it loosend up. It took about 1hr15 min to bake up to a firmness I like. To me it tastes about the same as if I made in my instant pot but I like the overall fillings to oats ratio and the ease of making it. I will definitely make again.
Thanks for making this, Methia and for the review! I so appreciate it. I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
We made this baked oatmeal today, and it’s so delicious! I did make a few changes: I didn’t peel the apple, just diced it. I added 1 large Egglands Best egg, used 1.5 cups steel oats, used Silk Protein milk, and omitted the raisins. Also made 6 servings instead of 4, so that changed nutritional info: 297 calories, 10 g fat, sodium 184, total carbs 42g, 5g fiber, 14g sugar, 9g protein.
Will definitely make this again!
Oh yay! So happy to hear this oatmeal was a success even with the substitutions, Diane! Thanks so much for trying it out and coming back to leave a review. I really appreciate it!
Could you make this in an instant pot?
I bet you could, but I haven’t tried it! Let me know if you do try it. I also have this apple cinnamon oatmeal with instant pot instructions you could check out!
So good !!
What can I replace the chia seeds with besides hemp hearts? I am allergic to chia.
You can make a flax egg or use a regular egg instead!
I substituted organic honey for the syrup and I thought the sweetness was good! I cooked for 60 min. Should it be a little chewy? I used steel cut oats.
Yes! Steel cut oats are definitely much chewier than rolled oats. I hope you still loved it. 🙂
Can you sub the chia seeds for hemp hearts?
Definitely!!
Do you have to use oil with Baked oatmeal or steel cut baked oats? Oil free recipe?
Thank you
Hey Cathy – You should be fine skipping the oil or you could use applesauce instead.
I would love to try this recipe using Stevia or Monkfruit in place of the maple syrup and leaving out the dried fruit (to reduce the sugar). I seem to remember you mentioning in another post that you cooked some with Stevia and was wondering if you had any advise about how much to use? I am thinking maybe one of the little packets or even half a packet? Hmmm. I just checked the box to see how much is in a packet and found out I’m not using just Stevia. Its blended with erythritol which I did NOT realize but I think that is because stevia is so much sweeter than sugar. It says 6 packets is equivalent to 1/4 cup of sugar. Would you recommend that much? I don’t know how maple syrup compares to sugar in sweetening. Is that 1 to 1 ratio?
I haven’t tried my baked oatmeal with stevia before, but I was going to say 4-6 packets so that sounds about right. Let me know if you end up trying it and how it turns out!