Pumpkin Spice Baked Oatmeal
With pumpkin, sweet apple, and cozy Fall spices, this pumpkin baked oatmeal recipe makes the best cool weather breakfast (especially for busy mornings)!
Servings Prep Time
12-15servings 10-15minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
40minutes 10minutes
Servings Prep Time
12-15servings 10-15minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
40minutes 10minutes
Ingredients
Optional toppings
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients together (oats, sugar, baking powder, salt, and spices). Set aside.
  3. In a medium bowl, melt butter. Add milk, eggs, and applesauce. Combine.
  4. Add pumpkin puree and vanilla to the wet ingredients. Mix to combine.
  5. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until combined.
  6. Add chopped apples and mix thoroughly.
  7. Poor mixture into a greased 9×13 baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes or until oatmeal appears cake-like and doesn’t jiggle in the middle when you jiggle the pan.
  8. Cool for about 10 minutes. Cut into squares and serve. Add optional toppings, if desired.
Recipe Notes

*In this recipe you can choose to use 1 full cup of butter, OR replace half of that butter with unsweetened applesauce. I choose to replace 1/2 cup butter with 1/2 cup applesauce to reduce fat and unnecessary calories.