This Apple Pie Oatmeal feels like eating apple pie in a bowl. Steel cut oats are cooked in the Instant Pot and then topped with caramelized apple and walnuts!

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 25 minutes
  • Total time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 3
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup water (6 oz)
  • 3/4 cup milk (6 oz, use milk of choice, I used cashew milk)
  • 1/2 cup steel cut oats
  • 1 large apple or 2 small apples (cored and chopped, around 200 grams apple)
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar (use 2 tablespoons if not making the caramelized apples)
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg powder

Caramelized Apple Topping

  • 1 tablespoon butter (either unsalted or salted is fine)
  • 1.5 tablespoons sugar (adjust to taste)
  • 1/2 small lemon (juice of, adjust to taste)
  • 1 large apple or 2 small apples (cored and chopped, around 200 grams apple)
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder (reduce if you don't prefer too much cinnamon since oats also have cinnamon)
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts

Method

  1. To the inner steel pot of your Instant Pot, add water and cashew milk (or any milk of choice). You can lightly spray the pot with a oil spray to prevent too much sticking of the oats.
  2. Then add 1/2 cup steel cut oats. Followed by cored and chopped apple, brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder and 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg.
  3. Do not stir but you can press everything with a spatula so that it's all submerged in liquid. Close the lid. Pres the porridge button and adjust the timing to 12 minutes (porridge mode is default at high pressure) with the pressure valve in the sealing position. Let the pressure release naturally for 5 minutes and then do a quick pressure release.

Caramelized Apple Topping

  1. While oats are cooking, melt a tablespoon of butter in a pan on medium heat.
  2. Once the butter melts, add brown sugar and stir. Let it melt and mix well with the butter. Squeeze fresh lemon juice and stir.
  3. Then add diced apples, cinnamon powder and vanilla extract. Stir and cook the apples for around 2 to 3 minutes.
  4. Then add walnuts and stir. Cook for 2 more minutes until apples are soft and caramelized.
  5. Open the lid of instant pot, give a good stir and transfer oats to serving bowl. Top with the caramelized apples and walnut topping. Serve warm!

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.