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A delicious bowl of Apple Pie Oatmeal with Pecans is as good as dessert, but it’s healthy-ish. Sauteed Granny Smith apples in ghee and topped over oatmeal. This recipe is refined sugar-free and gluten-free.
When you love oatmeal so much and marry someone who doesn’t like it, what do you do? At the beginning of our relationship, my husband never expressed his dislike for oatmeal since he saw how much I loved oatmeal. Ah, the good ol’ days.
I’d go about my day, make us oatmeal, and then hand him a pretty little bowl topped with banana, chia seeds, nuts, and peanut butter. He would unwillingly eat it until one day he said, “I don’t really like oatmeal. Can I have cereal instead?”
Say whatttttttttttttttt? Cereal over stove-top oatmeal? Who wants that?
When I think of oatmeal, I think of health and comfort; thus, I feel good starting my day right.
It seems like my husband doesn’t quite echo my sentiments. He needs some sweetness and a lot of flavor in his oatmeal, so I had to get creative.
Nowadays, I’m trying to come up with oatmeal recipes that appeal to him, such as this warm Apple Pie Oatmeal with Pecans. This recipe is made with sauteed apple slices in a teaspoon of ghee. It tastes amazing, and you wouldn’t even know that it’s good for you. I hope you guys try it.
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Apple Pie Oatmeal with Pecans
Ingredients
Topping
- 1 tsp ghee
- 1 granny smith apple, sliced
- 1/2 xup pecans
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Oatmeal
- 1/2 tsp ghee
- 1/2 cup steel cut oats
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1/2 cup almond milk
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Slice an apple.
- Begin by cooking the topping. Heat up a medium pot, or a cast-iron skillet on medium heat. Once hot, add ghee.
- Add the sliced apples.
- Cook for 5 minutes or until slightly golden.
- Add the pecans and cook for 2 minutes or until slightly toasted.
- Now the vanilla.
- Add now the maple syrup.
- Now, add the ground cinnamon. Mix.
- Transfer to a plate. Set aside.
- In the same pot, heat up 1/2 tsp of ghee and add the steel cut oats.
- Toast them for a couple minutes until slightly golden brown.
- Proceed to add water and cook the oats on low heat for 10-15 minutes.
- This is what you'll have, no water behind.
- Once the oats cook down, add almond milk, or any milk you wish.
- Cook and stir the oats until the milk is absorbed into the oats. 2-5 minutes max.
- Add a little more cinnamon and turn off the stove.
- Split the oats into 2 serving dishes, or makes enough for 1 big serving.
- Top with apple pecan topping.
- Drizzle some more maple syrup and sprinkle some more cinnamon on top. So good!
Wow really enjoyed making and eating this. I thought I was eating dessert lol
Thank you.. I’m so glad it turned out well for you. 🙂
And this is another delicious way to eat oats.. I can imagine the flavors of the dish …This e definitely in my list for upcoming weekend.
Hey Priya. Hope you try it and liked it. Definitely tastes like desserts, I ended up eating the entire bowl of oats.. for breakfast and then lunch. 🙂