- Today I'm gonna show you how to make an epic apples
and cinnamon breakfast that tastes like dessert
with overnight oats, check this out.
To make this recipe today I am using old-fashioned oats.
Old-fashioned oats are just the flaky oats.
They're not instant, they're not quick-cooking.
They have the large flakes.
The reason you want to use old-fashioned
or rolled oats for overnight oats
is because when you use the instant,
like the quick-cooking oats,
they're already chopped up really fine.
So in the morning when you go eat it you basically have
like mush because the oats are already really broken down.
So make sure that you use old-fashioned or rolled oats.
Or you can also use steel-cut oats.
The ratio is gonna be a little bit different.
But I'm gonna have links right below this video
with all the details on the recipe.
So, let's get started.
The first thing I'm gonna do is chop up an apple.
I'm using a Granny Smith green apple today
because I really like that tanginess of the apples
and cinnamon, just like you'd use on apple pie.
Essentially, that's kind of what we're doing,
apple pie with your oats.
Now, you do want to chop these up into smaller pieces.
Because when you spoon them out of your jar
you want to have edible apple pieces, not big slices.
Plus, in just like three minutes or so
we're gonna cook them down in our pan
with a little bit of cinnamon, and butter,
and a little bit of maple syrup.
It's gonna be delicious.
And because we're cooking down our apples in the morning
you're not going to find that your apples have browned.
Their little brown spots are gonna be speckles
of cinnamon, but not browned apples.
So you don't have to worry about that.
Now that our apples are cut into small pieces
I'm going to turn on my stove and just take a little bit
of butter and melt it in my pan, about a tablespoon or so.
If you want to keep this recipe dairy-free
you could use coconut oil as a substitute.
But you definitely want to use some type of fat,
or butter, or oil to cook down the apples
and cinnamon so they soften up.
And they're not super crunchy in your oat jar.
All right, we simply take our apples, put them in our pan.
And I guess you could make this with any type
of apple that you have around.
The crisper, the juicier, the better.
I'm gonna add some cinnamon and some vanilla.
Honestly, I don't see why you couldn't
just take these cooked apples
and serve them over yogurt as well.
It's just super delish.
All right, while these are cooking down
I'm going to start filling my jars.
Now, I have four eight ounce jars here.
But don't fret, you can also make
this recipe in a bigger glass container,
and just put everything in here.
And in the morning serve it out.
So, whether in individual jars
or in one big container will work.
I'm going to fill our jars with our oats.
There's always spillage here.
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I'm also going to add a little bit
of flax meal to my oat jars, not a lot,
but just enough to help everything thicken up.
Flax also adds omega-3s.
I actually have an entire video on this channel dedicated
to how to make really great overnight oats.
It's really a basic recipe process.
But I tell you how much to add
of flax, or chia seeds, or hemp seeds.
You know, all the other things that kinda are going to add
more nutrition to any overnight oats recipe.
Let's give these a stir.
And the apples are gonna start to kind of get sticky
and breakdown just like when you're making
an apple pie and the inside it's all gooey.
That's kind of what's happening here.
Except we don't add a lot of sugar to this recipe at all,
just a little bit at the very end of maple syrup
or honey, whatever you prefer.
Let's give these a little bit of a shake.
I'm filling my jars with unsweetened almond milk.
I use almond milk in my overnight oats.
Sometimes I use dairy milk.
You can use whatever you prefer
and you typically use at home.
All right, guys, these apples are ready.
The final step is to turn off your fire.
Grab a little bit of maple syrup or honey.
And drizzle it over the top.
That is gonna cook down really nicely with the apples,
form what seems like the inside of an apple pie.
I really can't wait for you guys
to make this recipe and tell me what you think.
Because just like the smells here are so, so good.
These are ready, so I'm just going to spoon in
about a fourth of the mixture inside of each jar.
I just do one spoon per jar and come back with the rest.
Biting into these cinnamon apples
is my favorite part in the morning.
And then with your spoon you're going to mix the oats
and the apples, so every bite tastes just as good.
If you leave them at the top
you're going to eat those apples first,
then you'll have plain oats at the bottom.
You could, of course, use a smaller spoon than I'm using.
Then we're simply going to place the lids on our jars.
And we're going to refrigerate these overnight.
The thing about overnight oats
is that they do take six to eight hours to absorb
all the liquid, get rich, thick, creamy, super delicious.
And that's why they're called overnight.
You fill your jars, and in the morning they're ready.
So, once sealed we're just going to refrigerate these.
And they're ready for tomorrow.
In the morning you have this amazing jar
of a done-for-you breakfast.
So, let's check these apples and cinnamon oats out.
The oats have absorbed all the liquid, they're soft.
Mm, tastes like the inside
of an apple pie, but much healthier.
If you're into overnight oats I'm gonna make sure
to link my favorites right below this video.
I've got a ton of them on this channel and on my websites.
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And you and I get to cook new recipes
every week, see you next time.
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