Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Vegan Apple Pie Baked Oatmeal is a vegan, vegetarian American breakfast, brunch made with old fashioned oats, baking powder, and chia seeds in about 50 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: 35 minutes
  • Total time: 50 minutes
  • Yield: 6
  • Category: Breakfast, brunch
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 2 cups old fashioned oats
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 Tbsp chia seeds
  • 1 ½ tsp apple pie spice or pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 Tbsp chopped pecans
  • 1 Tbsp shredded coconut (optional)
  • ¼ cup maple syrup
  • ⅓ cup applesauce
  • 1 cup warm non-dairy milk (Light coconut, almond or oat milk work great)

Optional add-ins:

  • 3-4 Tbsp chopped dates or raisins

For the apple pie layer:

  • 1 sweet apple peeled and chopped small
  • 1 Tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 Tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 Tbsp chopped pecans or other nuts/seeds of choice

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 350℉
  2. Lightly grease your baking dish (9” x 9” or similar size baking dish) and add in all of the dry ingredients upto coconut and mix well.
  3. Add in applesauce, maple syrup and milk - mix well and even it out
  4. Let this mixture sit for 15 mins so that the oats can soak up some liquid. Meanwhile, make your apple pie layer.
  5. In a bowl add the apples, maple syrup, brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans and toss well to coat.
  6. Drop this mixture over the oatmeal and spread evenly.
  7. Place it in the oven and bake for 35-40 mins. Check if the apples are done to preference else bake for another 5-10
  8. Remove the pan from the oven and brush a bit of maple syrup on the top to prevent the apples from drying out.
  9. Cool for 15 mins then slice and serve.Serve with vegan yogurt, coconut cream, maple syrup or with some milk.

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.