Have pumpkin pie for breakfast with this healthy slow cooker pumpkin pie oatmeal recipe featuring steel-cut oats cooked overnight with pumpkin puree and spices. Hello fall!
Back to this slow cooker pumpkin pie oatmeal! I actually had another post on my calendar for today, but I made these oats for the second time this week and I couldn’t hold out on you guys any longer. They’re way too good not to share. Plus tomorrow is National Oatmeal Day!!! <– I highly recommend putting these oats in your slow cooker tonight so you can celebrate.
This recipe is inspired and adapted from my slow cooker apple cinnamon oatmeal which features steel-cut oats cooked with warm apple chunks, cinnamon and vanilla. I love cooking steel-cut oats in the slow cooker so a pumpkin pie version was a natural progression.
The thing about pumpkin pie is that most people only have it once a year — on Thanksgiving. For people like me who love pumpkin pie this is kind of sad so we improvise and make things like pumpkin pie overnight oats, pumpkin pie yogurt bowls, pumpkin pie smoothies and slow cooker pumpkin pie oatmeal to get our pumpkin pie fix all season long. All year long, if we’re being honest.
These oats have all the flavor components of pumpkin pie — pureed pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice, a little sweetness (from the maple), cinnamon and vanilla. They’re absolutely delicious and take only about 10 minutes of prep work. Throw everything into your slow cooker and wake up to a warm and comforting bowl of pumpkin pie oatmeal!
If you make this slow cooker pumpkin pie oatmeal be sure to leave a comment and star rating below letting us know how it turned out. Your feedback is so helpful for the EBF team and our readers!
Have pumpkin pie for breakfast with this healthy recipe featuring steel-cut oats cooked overnight in a slow cooker with pumpkin puree and spices. Hello fall!
Ingredients
cooking spray, butter or coconut oil (for coating the slow cooker)
Coat your slow cooker with cooking spray, butter or coconut oil. Add all the ingredients into slow cooker and mix well. Cook on low for 6-8 hours. If you have a programmable slow cooker, set it to cook on low for 7 hours and then switch to warm.
In the morning, give the oats a good stir as the oats will settle to the bottom. Portion into a bowl to serve and top with pecans, maple syrup and almond milk.
Hey Kendra! I am not sure if quick oats will work in the slow cooker, I haven’t tried it. I have heard of some people using rolled oats instead of the steel cut oats, but the amount of liquid would probably need to be changed. I do have this recipe for pumpkin baked oatmeal if you’d like to try that with the quick oats. Let me know if you end up trying either of these recipes and how it turns out for you! 🙂
Hi H.J. – I haven’t made this pumpkin variation in the instant pot, but I have instructions for the instant pot in my apple cinnamon oatmeal recipe that you can use for the pumpkin pie oatmeal. Let me know how it turns out for you if you try it!
So simple to make but so delicious. The consistency and taste were amazing. My wife and I love it. Can’t wait to have leftovers tomorrow morning. Thanks so much for this wonderful recipe.
Woo-hoo! I’m so glad you tried and enjoyed this recipe, Steph. And thank you for taking the time to leave a comment and star rating. The ratings are super helpful, so I really appreciate it! <3
This was so freakin delicious!! Easy to make and healthy. Also, nothing could be better than waking up and breakfast already done, especially for those early morning kids sports days. Loved this oatmeal..going to make it again this weekend!! Need to add that I always have ALL these ingredients on hand so win-win!
Hi Tami! That makes me so happy to hear, I’m so glad you tried and enjoyed the recipe! It’s seriously the best to prep ahead of time. Thank you for coming back to leave a comment (and star rating). Your feedback is super helpful!
If you still want to make a big batch, you can use the same ingredients as listed in the recipe. Place everything in a pot over high heat, mix well. Bring mixture to a boil, let boil for 2-3 minutes, stirring and watching carefully to make sure the oats don’t foam and overflow. Reduce heat to a simmer and simmer for 25 minute or until oats are cooked.
Hello Brittany. Your site name caught my attention because my coworkers tease me with that! They see my meals and always tell me I am eating bird food LOL! I am glad i found this though. I plan to make this oatmeal in a few days. I’ll let you know how it goes!
Hi Ricky, That’s amazing, I’m so happy that you found the blog too! Definitely come back and let me know what you think of the oatmeal once you make it. 🙂
Hey Brittany. So I made it this past weekend and it turned out great. The drizzle of maple syrup (not the artificial stuff) and pecans and a splash of vanilla almond milk was the perfect touch. I could certainly taste pumpkin pie! Thanks for the recipe!
Oh no! It’s definitely not 10 1/2 cups of water, I think something is wonky with the 1x2x3x recipe calculations. If you’re making the original recipe it’s 2 1/2 cups of water and 1 1/2 cups of almond milk.
I have made this oatmeal several times…absolutely delicious. It’s so simple and easy to make. I have even learned how to modify it using apple sauce and jarred peaches…also absolutely delicious, but I dont use any additional sweetener or it’s way to sweet for my taste. Thanks so much for this site and recipes.
Hello, I am making your delicious Pumpkin Pie oatmeal right now. Can you please tell me the serving size in cups? I will let you know how it turns out.
My slow cooker doesn’t have an automated setting so if I go to bed at 10pm, I’ll have to get up at 5am and I’m SOOO not down with that!!!! Is there a way to make it so that I can leave it an extra hour and a half/ two hours, please? Do I just add more liquid?
HI! This sounds amazing but I’m confused about your comments – add the almond milk after its cook? The instructions say to add everything to the crockpot…can you please verify?
I think that she means that you DO add the 1 1/2 cups of almond milk with everything else in the slow cooker and then you can add additional almond milk as a topping. At least I hope that’s what she means since that’s what I did. Cooking now so I’ll have to wait to see how it turns out.
Adding a little extra almond milk on top after it’s cooked is totally optional and it’s noted incase you like to top your oats with a a little milk. Hope this helps clarify.
I haven’t tried it with rolled oats but I think it should work. You might just need to change the amount of liquid. Let me research a bit and get back to you. 🙂
If I cook it on the stove, should I first bring water and milk to boil, then add the rest of the ingredients (minus the toppings) and just simmer until the oats are chewy? How long should the oatmeal stay good in the fridge? Thanks!
I’d probably add it after it’s cooked just so you don’t have the protein powder cooking for so long. I’m not sure if it would have a negative effect, but I think adding it right before you eat the oatmeal is probably best. You can also add additional liquid if the protein powder makes the oats too thick!
Hello. Want to make tonight but had a quick question. Do I only had the pecans, maple syrup, and almond milk at the end or also at the beginning when I place all ingredients into the slow cooker?
I made this recipe last night, and it was really delicious! I found that it made 5 satisfying servings rather than 4, but I did have to add a whole tablespoon of maple syrup to each serving to make it sweet enough. Those changes brought the calories up to 306 per serving with 21 grams of sugar, so it’s not quite as healthy as you suggest. (I believe your calorie count excludes the maple syrup, pecans, and almond milk added to each serving). Next time, I’m going to replace half of the maple syrup with some Splenda Brown Sugar Blend and maple extract to reduce the added sugars. Thanks for the inspiration!
I made these oats and they were BEYOND delicious! They are so flavorful but not overwhelming. My husband is obsessed with them now (I am as well!) so I will be making these often. Also, I now can’t wait to try other overnight oat recipes. I cannot praise this recipe enough!! Thank you for sharing it. I am wondering though how long you think they last in he fridge?
I’ve only tested this recipe with steel-cut oats so I’m not 100% sure. I have seen other slow cooker recipes that use regular rolled oats so you could try it. You may need to tweak the amount of the liquid a bit though! I think 1 cup of regular oats would only need about 2 1/4 cup liquid (water or almond milk). Let me know if you try it. 🙂
Portland Maine is awesome!! Go to UFF Kombucha brewery for a tour and tasting. They try Green Elephant restaurant! Excellent vegetarian food. You are going to love Portland!
I’ve only been to Portland, ME once and it was only for two days, but I do have some recs! I loooved Silly’s Restaurant. Such good food and way cheap for the quantity you get! Also must get donuts at Holy Donut — their donut dough is made from potatoes!
We went to Portland on our honeymoon and did a lovely boat/wine tour with “Wine Wise,” enjoyed eating at “Union” and “Street & Co.,” and we loved just going along for the ride on the Casco Bay Island Ferry mail route. There’s a lot to do in Portland, and a lot of great food! Enjoy it!
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Hello, What size crock pot should be used for this recipe?
Thanks!
I use a 6 quart slow cooker. 🙂
How can I make using Quaker Quick Oats? Thank you
Hey Kendra! I am not sure if quick oats will work in the slow cooker, I haven’t tried it. I have heard of some people using rolled oats instead of the steel cut oats, but the amount of liquid would probably need to be changed. I do have this recipe for pumpkin baked oatmeal if you’d like to try that with the quick oats. Let me know if you end up trying either of these recipes and how it turns out for you! 🙂
Wow! I can’t wait to try this! Sounds amazing! If making for a large group, is it okay to triple the ingredients?
Definitely! 🙂 Can’t wait to hear what you think once you make this, Liz!
Do I triple everything? Even the spices?
I would!!
hi! have you tried this in an instant pot on the slow cooker setting? curious if it turns out the same. thanks!
Hi H.J. – I haven’t made this pumpkin variation in the instant pot, but I have instructions for the instant pot in my apple cinnamon oatmeal recipe that you can use for the pumpkin pie oatmeal. Let me know how it turns out for you if you try it!
So simple to make but so delicious. The consistency and taste were amazing. My wife and I love it. Can’t wait to have leftovers tomorrow morning. Thanks so much for this wonderful recipe.
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Yay!! That makes me so happy to hear, Robert. Thanks for coming back to leave a comment and star rating. I really appreciate it!
Delicious! I made this last week for the first time and decided to make it again for batch breakfasts. Even better days after!
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Woo-hoo! I’m so glad you tried and enjoyed this recipe, Steph. And thank you for taking the time to leave a comment and star rating. The ratings are super helpful, so I really appreciate it! <3
This was so freakin delicious!! Easy to make and healthy. Also, nothing could be better than waking up and breakfast already done, especially for those early morning kids sports days. Loved this oatmeal..going to make it again this weekend!! Need to add that I always have ALL these ingredients on hand so win-win!
★★★★★
Hi Tami! That makes me so happy to hear, I’m so glad you tried and enjoyed the recipe! It’s seriously the best to prep ahead of time. Thank you for coming back to leave a comment (and star rating). Your feedback is super helpful!
Hello! I don’t own an slow cooker… how can I adapt it for regular stove cooking? Thank you so much!
If you still want to make a big batch, you can use the same ingredients as listed in the recipe. Place everything in a pot over high heat, mix well. Bring mixture to a boil, let boil for 2-3 minutes, stirring and watching carefully to make sure the oats don’t foam and overflow. Reduce heat to a simmer and simmer for 25 minute or until oats are cooked.
Hello Brittany. Your site name caught my attention because my coworkers tease me with that! They see my meals and always tell me I am eating bird food LOL! I am glad i found this though. I plan to make this oatmeal in a few days. I’ll let you know how it goes!
★★★★★
Hi Ricky, That’s amazing, I’m so happy that you found the blog too! Definitely come back and let me know what you think of the oatmeal once you make it. 🙂
Hey Brittany. So I made it this past weekend and it turned out great. The drizzle of maple syrup (not the artificial stuff) and pecans and a splash of vanilla almond milk was the perfect touch. I could certainly taste pumpkin pie! Thanks for the recipe!
★★★★★
Hi Ricky, I am so happy to hear that you enjoyed this recipe! Thank you for coming back to leave a comment + star rating, I so appreciate it!
Is it really 10 and a half cups of water? It looks like a lot less in your video. Assuming 1.5 cups…?
Oh no! It’s definitely not 10 1/2 cups of water, I think something is wonky with the 1x2x3x recipe calculations. If you’re making the original recipe it’s 2 1/2 cups of water and 1 1/2 cups of almond milk.
This looks amazing!!! Can’t wait to try! I wonder would it also work with sweet potatoe purée??
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Hi Cindi! You can definitely try swapping out the pumpkin puree for sweet potato puree. Let me know how they turn out for you!
I have made this oatmeal several times…absolutely delicious. It’s so simple and easy to make. I have even learned how to modify it using apple sauce and jarred peaches…also absolutely delicious, but I dont use any additional sweetener or it’s way to sweet for my taste.
Thanks so much for this site and recipes.
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Hello, I am making your delicious Pumpkin Pie oatmeal right now. Can you please tell me the serving size in cups? I will let you know how it turns out.
Thanks!
Patrice Skinner
It’s 1/4 of the recipe so probably 3/4-1 cup serving size. Hope this helps. Let me know how you like the oatmeal!
Thanks so much! 😄
This looks delicious! Would the cooking instructions be the same if I doubled the recipe?
Plug your crockpot into a light timer to turn on when you want.
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My slow cooker doesn’t have an automated setting so if I go to bed at 10pm, I’ll have to get up at 5am and I’m SOOO not down with that!!!! Is there a way to make it so that I can leave it an extra hour and a half/ two hours, please? Do I just add more liquid?
Delicious!
★★★★★
HI! This sounds amazing but I’m confused about your comments – add the almond milk after its cook? The instructions say to add everything to the crockpot…can you please verify?
I think that she means that you DO add the 1 1/2 cups of almond milk with everything else in the slow cooker and then you can add additional almond milk as a topping. At least I hope that’s what she means since that’s what I did. Cooking now so I’ll have to wait to see how it turns out.
Adding a little extra almond milk on top after it’s cooked is totally optional and it’s noted incase you like to top your oats with a a little milk. Hope this helps clarify.
Can I make this recipe using old fashioned rolled oats?
I haven’t tried it with rolled oats but I think it should work. You might just need to change the amount of liquid. Let me research a bit and get back to you. 🙂
If I cook it on the stove, should I first bring water and milk to boil, then add the rest of the ingredients (minus the toppings) and just simmer until the oats are chewy? How long should the oatmeal stay good in the fridge? Thanks!
looks yummy but I don’t have a slow cooker.. how else can I make this yummy oatmeal?
Do you think you could add 1-2 scoops of plain or vanilla protein powder before cooking to bulk this up? Or should I add once already cooked?
I’d probably add it after it’s cooked just so you don’t have the protein powder cooking for so long. I’m not sure if it would have a negative effect, but I think adding it right before you eat the oatmeal is probably best. You can also add additional liquid if the protein powder makes the oats too thick!
So delicious! Thank you for my new favorite oatmeal recipe!
Hi! There isn’t PB powder when the recipe. And the oats cook on low for 7 hours. Hope you like them! 🙂
When do you add the PB powder? Also, my slow cooker doesn’t have the warm setting only low and high..So how long on low?
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Hello. Want to make tonight but had a quick question. Do I only had the pecans, maple syrup, and almond milk at the end or also at the beginning when I place all ingredients into the slow cooker?
Hi Haley! That is correct, the pecans, maple syrup and almond milk are just toppings!
I made this recipe last night, and it was really delicious! I found that it made 5 satisfying servings rather than 4, but I did have to add a whole tablespoon of maple syrup to each serving to make it sweet enough. Those changes brought the calories up to 306 per serving with 21 grams of sugar, so it’s not quite as healthy as you suggest. (I believe your calorie count excludes the maple syrup, pecans, and almond milk added to each serving). Next time, I’m going to replace half of the maple syrup with some Splenda Brown Sugar Blend and maple extract to reduce the added sugars. Thanks for the inspiration!
I made these oats and they were BEYOND delicious! They are so flavorful but not overwhelming. My husband is obsessed with them now (I am as well!) so I will be making these often. Also, I now can’t wait to try other overnight oat recipes. I cannot praise this recipe enough!! Thank you for sharing it. I am wondering though how long you think they last in he fridge?
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Awesome!! I’m so glad you liked the oats, Kelly. I think they should last at least 2-3 days in the fridge. Maybe longer!
I’m dying to try this. Could I substitute 1% milk for the almond milk? Or something else?
Sure! Regular milk will work instead of almond milk.
Could you use regular oatmeal
I’ve only tested this recipe with steel-cut oats so I’m not 100% sure. I have seen other slow cooker recipes that use regular rolled oats so you could try it. You may need to tweak the amount of the liquid a bit though! I think 1 cup of regular oats would only need about 2 1/4 cup liquid (water or almond milk). Let me know if you try it. 🙂
OH wow! This is everything I dream of for breakfast! Thanks for sharing. I’ll be breaking out the slow cooker this weekend for sure 🙂
I would love waking up to this oatmeal! Can’t wait to give it a try!
I love waking up to breakfast already ready, and oatmeal is one of our faves! looks delicious
What size slow cooker did you use?
Thank you.
I used a 6-quart slow cooker.
Made the pumpkin pie oatmeal last night. BIG hit. Delicious! Took photo will try to figure out how to post it for you.
Yay!! I’m so glad that you liked it!! I saw your picture on Twitter!! Thank you. 🙂
This sounds SO good! I still haven’t tried steel cut oats in the slow cooker. I need to!
Love the new blog design!
Thanks lady! Yes, break out your slow cooker for this one. You’ll love it. 🙂 And thank you!!
J’s Oyster in Portland is great! Have fun.
Love all those fall flavors. The new design looks amazing by the way!
Portland Maine is awesome!! Go to UFF Kombucha brewery for a tour and tasting. They try Green Elephant restaurant! Excellent vegetarian food. You are going to love Portland!
Thank you so much for the suggestions, Sarah. I went to UFF Kombucha with my friend yesterday and we loved it! The blueberry buch was so good!
I’ve only been to Portland, ME once and it was only for two days, but I do have some recs! I loooved Silly’s Restaurant. Such good food and way cheap for the quantity you get! Also must get donuts at Holy Donut — their donut dough is made from potatoes!
We went to Portland on our honeymoon and did a lovely boat/wine tour with “Wine Wise,” enjoyed eating at “Union” and “Street & Co.,” and we loved just going along for the ride on the Casco Bay Island Ferry mail route. There’s a lot to do in Portland, and a lot of great food! Enjoy it!
GORGEOUS! And LOVE the new site! xoxoxo
Thank you lovely. Mwah!
If it ever gets cold here this is the bowl of oatmeal I’ll be cozying up with by the fire on a Saturday morning!
Holy yum. Bookmarking! And you might want to know that I made a very healthy version of pumpkin cake yesterday. 😉 Welcome to Maine!