30-Minute Sweet & Tender Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal
Jun 19, 2024 (Last updated Apr 20, 2026) by Hannah Sunderani
This Baked Apple Oatmeal recipe is a sweet and nourishing breakfast made with rolled oats, cinnamon, chopped apples, applesauce, walnuts, chia and hemp seeds. It’s a delicious bake made with wholesome pantry ingredients that you can feel good about feeding your family.
Baked in the oven until tender and cakey, and ready in 30 minutes! Let me tell you exactly how to make this recipe.
Why You’ll Love My Recipe
This recipe for baked apple oatmeal is loaded with apples! From sliced to grated apples, and then using applesauce; there is sure to be apple flavour in every bite. The recipe is gluten-free and also entirely vegan, using almond milk and chia egg (or flax egg) for binding. So you can rest assured that all dietary restrictions are being covered, without compromise on taste! It’s an apple oatmeal bake that is the perfect blend of wholesome and decadent.
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Key Ingredient Notes
- Rolled oats – I’m often asked what type of oats are best to use. For oatmeal bakes, I recommend old-fashioned oats or rolled oats. They have a chewy, soft texture and yield a creamy consistency without being too soft like quick oats often are. I use One Degree Organic Foods, Sprouted Rolled Oats. They bake beautifully in this recipe.
- Grated apple – You’ll need 1 cup of freshly grated apple (this was about 2 small apples for me). I prefer the sweetness of Honeycrisp apples or pink lady apples, but feel free to use your favourite apple variety. You can even use one Honeycrisp and one granny smith for a sweet and tart combination. That was delicious when I was recipe testing.
- Apple sauce – Unsweetened applesauce not only adds a boost of fresh apple flavour, but adds natural sweetness without sugar.
- Walnuts – I love the combination of apples and walnuts. They add a great, buttery and nutty crunch! If preferred, swap in your favourite nuts. I also recipe tested with crunchy pecans and almonds and it was delicious.
- Chia seeds – Ground chia seeds are used as an egg replacer and make this breakfast recipe naturally vegan. If you’re out of chia seeds, use ground flaxseeds to make a flax egg.
- Maple syrup – Sweet maple syrup enhances the sweetness in the apples without making this oatmeal breakfast recipe overly sweet. If needed, another liquid sweetener, such as agave or honey also works well. 1/2 cup brown sugar or coconut sugar may work as a replacement, but you will need to add an additional splash of milk to compensate for the loss of liquid.
How to Make a Baked Apple Oatmeal
It’s so easy to make this baked oatmeal recipe, even the most beginner home cooks can do it! Here’s how to do it:
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30-Minute Sweet & Tender Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup chopped walnuts divided
- 1/3 cup ground chia seeds (or ground flaxseeds)
- 1/4 cup hemp hearts
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp fine sea salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Wet Ingredients
- 1 cup grated apple (about 2 small apples – I prefer honeycrisp or pink lady)
- 1/2 cup apple sauce
- 1 1/2 cup almond milk
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup avocado oil
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F/190C. In a rectangular 8×11-inch baking dish, add the oats, 1/2 cup of the walnuts, ground chia seeds, hemp hearts, baking powder, fine sea salt and cinnamon.
- In a small bowl combine the wet ingredients: grated apple, apple sauce, almond milk, maple syrup, avocado oil, and vanilla extract. Whisk together. Pour the wet ingredients into the baking dish and mix together.
- Decorate the top with remaining 1/2 cup walnuts, optional to also decorate with sliced apple (if leftover after grating 1 cups worth). Bake until the edges are lightly brown and the mixture is set, 30 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before cutting into slices and serving, or allow to cool completely.
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