Apple Cinnamon Overnight Oats Recipe
Enjoy this overnight oats recipe that tastes just like apple pie!
This apple cinnamon overnight oats recipe comes from my good friend Tara Habijanac. It’s great for busy mornings to get your family members fueled with good nutrition for school and work.
Makes 4 servings

What you need
Apple Cinnamon Oats Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 1 1/3 cup milk + 2/3 cup plain yogurt (or 2 cups milk or dairy-free milk alternative)
- 1 cup applesauce
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts/seeds (such as walnuts, pecans, cashews, almonds or pumpkin seeds)
- 1/4 cup dried fruit (such as dried cranberries, raisins, currents, blueberries, diced prunes or diced figs)
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
Topping
- 2 apples, diced (or use any fresh or dried fruit as topping such as berries or raisins you have on hand)
How you make it
- Mix up all of the above ingredients (except the last ingredient for fresh fruit for topping) in a large bowl.
- Divide the mixture into four, 12 ounce glass mason jars (or any other containers this size with a lid).
- Seal lids and place in the refrigerator over night.
- When you are ready to eat top with diced fresh apples and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
Nutrients per serving:
(analysis done with the variation of 1% milk and 2% fat plain yogurt, diced almonds, dried cranberries and fresh apples for topping):
380 Calories
13 g Protein
61 g Carbohydrate
10.1 g Fat
9.9 g Fibre
(analysis done with the variation of 2 cups almond milk, diced almonds, dried cranberries and fresh apples for topping):
335 Calories
8 g Protein
55 g Carbohydrate
10.5 g Fat
9.9 g Fibre
We hope you have enjoyed this apple cinnamon overnight oats recipe! Do you have a favourite ingredient list or variation or topping for overnight oats? Let us know in the comments!
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how long will this last in the refrigerator?
and how many calories if I use water or almond milk?
Hello Karen – the overnight oats base will last about 4 days (just add the apples right when you are going to eat this as this will ensure freshness). you could also make half the recipe if you only want to make half at a time. This recipe is meant to serve cold but you could see what it tastes like warmed up. This recipe wouldn’t work well with water as needs the creaminess of milk, yogurt or a dairy free milk such as almond milk so for sure use a dairy free beverage such as almond milk. The nutrition analysis using almond milk is added to the blog now but is as follows:
(analysis done with the variation of 2 cups almond milk, diced almonds, dried cranberries and fresh apples for topping):
335 Calories
8 g Protein
55 g Carbohydrate
10.5 g Fat
9.9 g Fibre
And I forgot can this be heated up?
This recipe is meant to serve cold but you could see what it tastes like warmed up.