Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal Cups – Easy Breakfast
Mix rolled oats with milk, eggs, maple syrup, applesauce, and spices.Fold in chopped apples and divide between 12 greased muffin cups.Bake at 350°F for 28–30 minutes until set and lightly golden.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups 360ml milk, dairy or nondairy
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup 120ml pure maple syrup
- ½ cup 120g unsweetened applesauce
- 3 cups 255g old-fashioned whole rolled oats
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 heaping cup 120g peeled, chopped apple
- ½ cup 50g chopped walnuts or pecans, optional
- Coarse sugar for topping optional
- Nonstick cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C).
- Generously coat a standard 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray. You can use muffin liners, but the oatmeal may stick slightly to them, so a well-greased pan works especially well.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, maple syrup, and unsweetened applesauce.
- Add the rolled oats, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, and salt. Stir until thoroughly combined.
- Fold in the chopped apples. If using walnuts or pecans, fold them in at this stage as well.
- Don't worry if the mixture looks fairly liquid. The oats will absorb much of the liquid while baking.
- Divide the Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal Cups mixture evenly among the 12 prepared muffin cups. Make sure each portion contains both oats and liquid.
- Fill each muffin cup nearly to the top. Sprinkle with a little coarse sugar, if desired.
- Bake for 28–30 minutes, or until the tops look set and the edges are lightly golden brown.
- If the tops begin browning too quickly, loosely cover the muffin pan with aluminum foil for the remaining baking time.
- Remove from the oven and let the oatmeal cups cool in the pan for 5–10 minutes.
- Carefully remove each cup and serve warm, or transfer to a cooling rack before storing.
Notes
Use your favorite dairy or nondairy milk. Oat milk, almond milk, and regular dairy milk can all work well.
Pears can replace the apples for a different fruit variation.
For additional sweetness, serve warm oatmeal cups with an extra drizzle of maple syrup.
A spoonful of yogurt, nut butter, or additional chopped fruit makes an easy topping and turns a couple of oatmeal cups into a more substantial breakfast.
Pears can replace the apples for a different fruit variation.
For additional sweetness, serve warm oatmeal cups with an extra drizzle of maple syrup.
A spoonful of yogurt, nut butter, or additional chopped fruit makes an easy topping and turns a couple of oatmeal cups into a more substantial breakfast.