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Caramel Apple Chia Overnight Oats Recipe

September 27, 2016 by rachelle 15 Comments

Caramel Apple Chia Overnight Oats Recipe

Caramel Apple Chia Overnight Oats Recipe

I thought I’d just pop in real quick with one more super easy apple recipe.

Caramel Apple Chia Overnight Oats Recipe

And I don’t think there is anything better to go with apples as cinnamon and caramel – in case you hadn’t noticed.  And who doesn’t love a sweet and tasty grab and go portable breakfast layered with tasty fruit and oats?  You could almost call it dessert, but then it wouldn’t be so easy to tell yourself that it’s good for you.

Caramel Apple Chia Overnight Oats Recipe

I normally use full fat coconut milk when I make overnight oats, but I didn’t think the flavor would work as well with cinnamon caramel apples as it does with blueberries or peaches, so I just used regular old grade A whole milk in here.

Caramel Apple Chia Overnight Oats Recipe

I also added some chia seeds because Chris loves them and they help make everything all thick and delicious with some additional fun texture.

Caramel Apple Chia Overnight Oats Recipe

In the spirit of keeping things short and sweet, have a great rest of the week, friends!  Before you know if we’ll all be talking about all things pumpkin and gingerbread! Until next time!

Caramel Apple Chia Overnight Oats Recipe
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Caramel Apple Chia Overnight Oats Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 - 3 apples cored, peeled, and roughly chopped into bit size pieces
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
  • pinch of nutmeg
  • 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
  • 1 1/2 cups whole milk
  • 2 tablespoons chia seeds

Instructions

  1. Combine apples, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a sauce pan and cook on medium low until apples are softened, but not mushy (10 minutes or so) - or desired texture is reached
  2. Set aside
  3. In a medium size bowl, combine oats, milk, and chia seeds
  4. Spoon half of the oat mixture in a layer evenly in the bottom of 4 - 5 Mason jars, then a layer of half the apple mixture, and repeat with another layer of oat mixture and top each with remaining apples
  5. Top with lids and refrigerate overnight

NOTES:

  1. Feel free to switch out the fruit and use something different.  I think pears would be amazing in here.
  2. These photographs were taken before the overnight oats finished their overnight part of the title because I learned a long time ago that things don’t always last long enough to get a picture – the point is that after they sit overnight they will be thicker.
  3. You will likely get 4-5 individual servings in jars, depending what size jars you use.
  4. I used a combination of granny smith and gala because I had a ton of both, but I think any variety of apple would work in here just fine.  Use what you like.
Caramel Apple Chia Overnight Oats Recipe

Caramel Apple Chia Overnight Oats Recipe is so good and easy to make ahead for the perfect grab and go breakfast | Beer Girl Cooks

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Easy Slow Cooker Homemade Apple Sauce Recipe

September 12, 2016 by rachelle 13 Comments

Easy Slow Cooker Homemade Applesauce Recipe

Easy Slow Cooker Homemade Apple Sauce Recipe

It’s apple season, yo!

Easy Slow Cooker Homemade Apple Sauce Recipe

I know that apple sauce isn’t the most sexy way to start out the week, but it’s a delicious and totally simple recipe that can be thrown together in a slow cooker.  When you come home from work, school, soccer practice, car pool, all those places you have to be or whatever is keeping you busy, there will be the most beautiful fall cinnamon, nutmeg, and apple aroma welcoming you home when you walk in the door.

Easy Slow Cooker Homemade Apple Sauce Recipe

It’s like a potpourri for the nose and the soul.

Easy Slow Cooker Homemade Apple Sauce Recipe

Peeling all these apples lately reminded me of Sleepless in Seattle and how the mom and the Meg Ryan characters both could peel an apple all the way and keep it in one piece.  I tried and tried.  I’m not sure what in tarnation their secrets were, but I am completely incapable of peeling an apple in one fell swoop.  If you have the secret to crack this code, I’d be most grateful if you could share the secret decoder ring with me because my life’s ambition lately is to master this skill.  I want to ninja this dang apple peeling situation.

Easy Slow Cooker Homemade Apple Sauce Recipe

I usually just use a paring knife to peel apples, but every time I do I remember this contraption my gram had that was just a crank thing that you put the apple on and it would spin while pulling the peel off all in one piece.  Whish I had that dang thang these days.  Ummm, no that wasn’t a typo  I meant to say thang.  I have no idea why, but we’re going with it.  k?   So, anyhoo, we’re all about the apples here these days, so any help with peeling would be totally appreciated.  Any takers?  Didn’t think so.  No judgments.

Easy Slow Cooker Homemade Apple Sauce Recipe
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Easy Slow Cooker Homemade Apple Sauce

Ingredients

  • 8 small to medium apples peeled cored, and cut into 1/4 inch slices - I used 4 each gala and granny smith
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • pinch of nutmeg
  • 1 cup water

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker
  2. Cook on low 7 - 8 hours, until very soft
  3. Mash with a potato masher until desired texture is reached
  4. Serve warm or at room temperature

Easy Slow Cooker Homemade Apple Sauce Recipe

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I’m Rachelle, an attorney by day with a passion for home brewing and cooking with craft beer.

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