Remember that whole apple dessert for breakfast thing?
It’s become a more than just a Friday thing.
I’ve always loved oats. Not hard to do when your two favorite toppings are butter and brown sugar. But in all my oatmeal life I have never made an oatmeal variety like this bran oatmeal so. many. times. It started with days, and moved to weeks, and I’m now going on a month of this deliciously cozy breakfast.
I think that qualifies as an obsession.
And here’s a little secret. Sometimes I curl up with a blanket and completely ignore my dinner plans and make this instead. Woops. I guess obsession might be an understatement.
PS. Grated apples are my new favorite thing – they add natural sweetness and a great texture! Yum.
PSS. There’s bran in there. It’s healthy.
PSSS. There’s butter and brown sugar in there, too. It’s healthy for your soul.
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Brown Sugar Apple Bran Oatmeal
- Total Time: 8 minutes
- Yield: 1 1x
Description
This brown sugar apple bran oatmeal combines the sweetness of grated apples with the nutty flavor of bran and oatmeal. Easy and delicious!
Ingredients
- 1 small to medium apple, grated (large, not too fine)
- 1/3 cup oats
- 1/4 cup bran cereal (All Bran or Raisin Bran)
- 1 cup water
- sprinkle of cinnamon
- pinch salt
- 2 tsp. brown sugar
- additional butter, sugar, milk or honey for topping
Instructions
- Cook the oats with the water and salt in the microwave for 1:30.
- Add the bran and cook another 30 seconds.
- Add grated apple and cinnamon. Microwave another 20 seconds if it’s not warm enough for you (I like mine hot)! Stir in the brown sugar.
- Top with butter, honey, cream or any combination of toppings that you like!
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 3 mins
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: brown sugar oatmeal, apple oatmeal, oatmeal recipe
I promise I won’t always post apple things on Fridays.
What I really mean by that is that I want you to tell me how much you love apples too so that I can give myself permission to keep making sweet apple things. Please?
I know this is an old recipe, but i appreciate you leaving it out there. I just found it on mh journey to lower cholesterol. Absolutely delicious and actually slightly too sweet! I will try just 1 tsp brown sugar next time or maybe none. S
I was raised that ingredients are listed in the order they are used, so I geared my apple and added to my oats from the beginning. They are still a hit crunchy and I think that helped with the sweetness!
I would love to see this updated to add more protein.
Yum! This looks amazing.
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This sounds so amazing! Is this extremely unhealthy for you? Looking over the ingredients, it doesn’t seem so bad minus the butter or cream toppings…if I just topped it with honey, it would be pretty healthy right?
Umm, an apple a day keeps the doctor away. THUS any food that is a vehicle for apple consumption is healthy. QED. 🙂
I love how easily this comes together! Definitely a brinner (breakfast dinner) in my near future.
It makes for a delicious brinner after a busy day of work!
Lindsay, what type of oats do you use for this recipe? (instant, slow cooking, regular?)
Thanks a bunch..
I use old fashioned rolled oats!