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Baked Apples with Oatmeal

Modified: Oct 9, 2022 · Published: Dec 21, 2018 · by Ramona

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Melt in-your-mouth baked apples with oatmeal crumble! The perfect breakfast dish or fall dessert to make and serve with your favorite ice cream or simply with a drizzle of honey or maple syrup. Your family will love this recipe.

Three baked apples with oatmeal on a blackboard with a wooden frame dusted with cinnamon and autumnal leaves for decoration.

I will let you know when I finish with my childhood dishes but it’s hard for me to stop as every now and again I must bring something that brings nice memories in. Christmas never fails to bring me beautiful memories, so a dish like these baked apples with oatmeal is delicious for the stomach and food for the soul.

I wanted to make this dish to introduce healthier desserts to my kids. They love food and are quite adventurous with flavors which makes me super happy. I really wanted to introduce this baked apple dessert with oatmeal more to show them what kind of desserts I was eating as a kid.

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  • 🍎 Baked apples
  • 🥘 Ingredients
  • 🔪 How to make this recipe
  • 🤹‍♂️ Substitutions and Variations
  • 💭 FAQs
  • 🥞 Other breakfast recipes to enjoy:
  • 📖 Baked Apples with Oatmeal

🍎 Baked apples

It is a very simple dish my mum used to make for us, I’ve made a few changes to her version of baked apples, by adding the oatmeal. Her version was just the fruit and sugar. She was also baking quince. My favorite baked fruit ever and it still is.

We’ve had these for breakfast a few times now, it is super easy to prepare, and provides a delicious start to any day. Here is another delicious apple-baked oats breakfast or even this apple strudel you could try.

These cinnamon-baked apples are truly the perfect cold-season or fall dessert. Super easy to make, it tastes amazing, and the topping or stuffing has that delicious cinnamon oatmeal crumble.

The apples do caramelize and become so velvety and soft, and pair so well with some cream or any ice cream. It’s an easy and much healthier weeknight treat the whole family will enjoy!

🥘 Ingredients

  • Apples– Any variety of apples is good and can be used - I love using Honeycrisp for a baked apples recipe as they seem to hold the best and have a great taste/flavor.
  • Oatmeal - generally I use Rolled oats + oatmeal or rye flakes – oats and oat flour make up the base of the crumb, and add the perfect crisp texture
  • Almond flour - makes a fantastic addition and I would never think of leaving it out
  • Honey or maple syrup – just for a nice drizzle if desired
  • Butter - this will help bind the ingredients together forming that perfect crumb.
  • Cinnamon – works fab for added flavor
  • Salt– just a little pinch unless you use salted butter to balance out the sweetness. Oh, don't you even think of skipping this unless you are on a super low or no-salt diet.
  • Sunflower seeds - toast these prior to making them in the oatmeal - they taste heavenly.
  • Walnuts - toasted and chopped for extra flavor

🔪 How to make this recipe

This baked apple recipe is dead easy to make and the smell in your house.... incredible!

  1. Wash your apples and core these
  2. Sprinkle them with coconut sugar and cinnamon
  3. Prepare the oatmeal crumble, then press that into the cored apples
  4. Bake until soft and enjoy with a nice drizzle of honey or a scoop of ice cream!

🤹‍♂️ Substitutions and Variations

  • Coconut Sugar - as a substitute for brown sugar. This gives a nice caramel-like taste and its healthier too;
  • Coconut oil - to substitute the butter for a vegan version ( no need to melt it);
  • Nutmeg - as an addition to add extra flavor;
  • Quince - instead of apples for something amazing - I sometimes combine the two fruits for variation;
  • Cinnamon-baked apples are a simple, cozy dessert to make when you’re craving something sweet!

💭 FAQs

How to core the apple for this recipe?


Insert the tip of the knife into one side of the center stem of the apple. Push the tip of the knife into the apple at an angle and cut around in a circular way around the stem (about 1 cm away from the stem) to carve out an even circle. This way the entire stem from the top of the apple will be removed.
Insert a teaspoon into the hole in the center of the apple and remove the remaining core including its seeds.
Be careful to not go all the way through to the other side of the apple. We need at least 1.5cm at the bottom of it to hold the sugar and the delicious crumble.

What if I cannot core the apple?


This is not the end of the world, not at all. I simply recommend cutting the apples into two and working with the halves but take the core out as that can be unpleasant when serving the apple. That part will remain hard no matter how long you will cook the apple.

Close up or birdseye of three baked apples stuffed with oatmeal and coconut flakes sprinkled over on a black and wooden frame board.

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  • Apple And Walnut Pizza
  • Extra Fluffy Apple Muffins Or Cake
  • Apple, carrot and zucchini cake with ginger and turmeric
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Let’s just get baking!  You are going to love this recipe! 🙂

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Baked apples with oatmeal on a blackboard

📖 Baked Apples with Oatmeal

These baked apples stuffed with so many nice and healthy ingredients will make a truly healthy breakfast, a yumm dessert or awesome snack no matter whether is served hot or cold.
5 from 36 votes
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Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Ramona's Cuisine
Diet: Gluten Free, Low Fat, Low Salt, Vegetarian
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 563kcal
Author: Ramona Sebastian

Ingredients

  • 4 large apples *
  • 6 tablespoon oatmeal
  • 6 tablespoon barley flakes
  • 4 tablespoon almond flour
  • 4 tablespoon coconut sugar
  • 30 g butter cold *
  • 2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
  • 4 tablespoon sunflower seeds
  • 4 tablespoon honey to drizzle over when serving
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2 tablespoon walnuts toasted and chopped (optional)
  • 2 tablespoon desiccated coconut optional
Metric - US Imperial

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven at 190°C/ 375F and take out an ovenproof dish.
  • Wash and core the apples * (see recipe notes).
  • Place the cored apples into the prepared oven dish, add one tablespoon sugar into each apple cavity and set aside.
  • Into a bowl, add the oatmeal, barley flakes, salt, almond flour, desiccated coconut, seeds, cinnamon powder, and nuts. Give it all a good mix. Add the butter and crumble this with the flakes mixing until it becomes uniformly mixed.
  • Fill up/stuff the apples with the mixture, drizzle 1 tablespoon of honey or any syrup over each apple, and place in the oven.
  • Bake for 30-50 minutes depending on the apple size. Enjoy hot or cold with or without a dollop of cream or ice cream.

Notes

* You may use any nuts and seeds you like. Other delicious twists you could give to this baked apple recipe can be adding raisins, dry cranberries, dry cherries orange juice, orange peel, rum essence (I love rum with apples it’s terrific) rolled oats, or make the traditional crumbles with flour, sugar, and butter)
* For a vegan option replace the honey with maple syrup, agave, or dates syrup and the butter with any nut butter or coconut oil that is nice and solid.
* Feel free to use more butter if you wish.
* Add more sugar in the flakes mix if you wish, so if you decide to, do this in step 4.  I personally do not like it overly sweet and if you feel this recipe is not reaching the level of desired sweetness you can always add more syrup or even some naughty but so nice caramel sauce when serving. Well, a scoop or two of ice cream, a couple of spoons of creme fraiche, creme boolla boolla, some coconut whipped cream, or some plain creamy Greek yogurt are also some great ideas!
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Nutrition

Calories: 563kcal | Carbohydrates: 94g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 76mg | Potassium: 562mg | Fiber: 16g | Sugar: 48g | Vitamin A: 285IU | Vitamin C: 8.3mg | Calcium: 85mg | Iron: 3.7mg
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  1. Lesli Schwartz says

    January 28, 2019 at 9:55 am

    5 stars
    Love these baked apples! Healthy and gorgeous to serve for dinner guests. YUM!

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      January 31, 2019 at 3:02 am

      Thank you Lesli,
      Thank you so much.
      Yes, indeed, these baked apples are great for any occasion to serve as a dessert or simply a nice healthy breakfast. Always wins! ?

      Reply
  2. Corina Blum says

    January 28, 2019 at 6:47 am

    5 stars
    I haven't tried baked apples like these before. I think I've only made ones with raisins in so I should definitely give them a go, especially as it sounds like they are such a lovely childhood recipe for you!

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      January 31, 2019 at 3:12 am

      Thank you Corina,
      I’m sure you’d love this, it is really nice. I’ll look up for the raisins version as that sounds delicious too ??

      Reply
  3. Brian Jones says

    January 28, 2019 at 2:49 am

    5 stars
    Stuffed apples are just the best, these sound utterly delicious and loving the grains on the top, I am sure they get wonderfully chewy and sticky the further down the apple they get adding even more texture.

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      January 31, 2019 at 3:05 am

      Thank you Brian, I cannot agree more with you, they’re simply delicious and I can never have enough of them, not to mention that lovely smell when baking them, the best! ??

      Reply
  4. Lizet Flores de Bowen says

    January 27, 2019 at 12:33 pm

    5 stars
    Baked apples are so delicious.
    I didn't grow up eating desserts, a candy bar every now and then. Like you, I'm trying to teach my kids to make wise decisions when it comes to choosing food. I hope they turn out like your kids!
    I love your toppings and the idea of having them for breakfast. Adding it to our menu.

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      January 31, 2019 at 3:10 am

      Thank you so much dear Lizet, kids have it hard these days with so much tempting junk available but I always believe that it is our responsibility as parents to teach them what a healthy choice is. ?

      Reply
  5. Susan says

    January 26, 2019 at 8:15 pm

    5 stars
    What a delicious apple dessert. But I agree with you, I'd totally eat this for breakfast and without guilt! Thanks for sharing! Can't wait to try!

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      January 31, 2019 at 3:06 am

      Thank you Susan, absolutely guilt free any time ??

      Reply
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