Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal
Cozy and delicious, this Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal is the ultimate fall/winter breakfast. Packed with hearty oats, creamy pumpkin, and spices it’s the perfect breakfast for those cool mornings. The flavors blend together to taste like your favorite pumpkin pie…in oatmeal form.Recipe can easily x2,3,4 if cooking for a crowd (or you want leftovers)
Servings: 1 serving
Ingredients
- ½ cup milk of choice I used almond milk
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup oats quick cooking or steel cut
- ⅓ cup canned pumpkin puree
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- ½-1 Tablespoon light brown sugar or sweetener of choice*
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Combine milk and water in a small pot over medium heat, bring to a simmer.
- Add the oats, stir and bring to a boil; reduce heat to simmer.
- Add the pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice and brown sugar stirring until well combined.
- Continue to simmer the oatmeal, stirring occasionally until most of the liquid has been absorbed or desired consistency is reached (pending which oats you cook refer to the package instructions on how long to cook oats)
- Remove from the heat and add the vanilla extract and stir well. *
- Serve immediately, garnish with favorite toppings like chopped pecans, pumpkin seeds, granola, maple syrup, whipped cream etc..
Nutrition Facts
Per serving (based on adding 1/2 Tablespoon brown sugar; note numbers will be slightly different depending on what/how much added sweetener)
223 Calories, 4 grams fat, 7 grams protein, 40 grams total carbohydrate, 8 grams sugar, 7 grams fiber, 93 mg sodium
*Adjust the sweetness to your taste preference. I used brown sugar but you can also sweeten with maple syrup, stevia, agave, etc.