Apple Pie Overnight Oats

I haven’t eaten applesauce straight out of the cup in like years. But I do remember Momma Coale packing up applesauce cups with bologna sandwiches and fruit roll ups growing up. Actually fruit roll ups was a good day. Sunbelt granola bars was an okay day (do you remember those?!) I also remember always been super jealous of the kids with Lunchables because rarely did I find a Lunchable in my lunchbox. My momma was raising five kids on her own on a teacher’s salary and Lunchables were out. of. budget. But when I did get a Lunchable it was THE BEST DAY EVER. Anybody else have lunchbox memories?

Nowadays I’m still super into applesauce, but I use it mainly for baking. Applesauce instead of mashed banana in a quick bread makes a perfectly doughy and dense bread or muffin. Especially if the base is oat flour. Another thing applesauce is good for…throwing into overnight oats. Think apple pie meets cookie dough in the best of ways.

I like my overnight oats thick. If they’re soupy…I’m like, mehhhhh. Breakfast is totally not satisfying. But a thick and almost dough-like consistency and I’m in breakfast happiness. Overnight oats also stick with me longer than stove top hot oats. I think it’s the addition of the full fat greek yogurt that holds me. PSA: buy full fat yogurt and you’ll never go back to fat free. I gag when I eat fat free because it’s unnaturally tangy. Plus the fats are good for hormonal health. Yay. Happy hormones!

So…back to the oats. And the applesauce. I think the food industry is moving past the early 2000s crazy when there was high fructose syrup in everything. Now, will high fructose corn syrup kill you? No. But I like cane sugar and I like to keep my cane sugar the way it should be…granular. Not cooked down in big batches into a thick syrup that is never sold on a grocery shelf. That’s kind of weird.

So when Musselman’s rolled out with new product that comes unsweetened or sweetened with cane sugar instead of HFCS, I was like….gimme that sauce. Because the taste of cane sugar over corn syrup is noticeable and soooo much better. Plus it’s GMO-free which is nice. GMOs won’t kill anyone, but I appreciate and support a company that doesn’t genetically manipulated their apples.

To make these overnight oats, I like to use the unsweetened applesauce out of the big jars. But if you didn’t want to open a big jar, you could totally use one of the single serving cups for the perfect amount of applesauce or one of their squeezable pouches and put the rest in the fridge…or just eat it because that’s awesome too and who doesn’t love a good squeeze pack? The cinnamon variety is also super good in these oats if you’re into extra cinnamon.

Not having to do dishes in the morning or even think about breakfast makes my morning a billion (dramatic?) times better…because I’m already always running late, so why not run a little less late?

Mix up this apple pie overnight oat recipe (it doesn’t taste like pie…because pie is pie, but you get my point…) the night before and grab and go for a satisfying and satiating breakfast.

I’ve eat these oats like 3 times per week…topped with cinnamon raisin PB and it is epic. So dreamy.

Apple Pie Overnight Oats {gluten free}

½ cup uncooked, rolled oats

1 tsp chia seeds

½ cup full fat greek yogurt (plain or vanilla)

½ cup Musselman’s applesauce (sweetened or unsweetened)

¼ cup unsweetened almond milk (or any milk)

pinch of sea salt

½ tsp cinnamon

½ apple, diced

Combine all ingredients in a glass bowl or mason jar. Stir to combine, cover, and stick in the fridge overnight. In the morning, top with nut butter or nuts and dig in!

**While Musselman’s uses GMO-free cane sugar in all of their apple sauce, the Honey-Cinnamon flavor contains honey, which cannot be verified GMO-free. Wanna save money on Musselman’s? me too! Click here for a coupon.