hey guys today on know your produce we're
making a delicious and filling apple
cinnamon oatmeal this is the ultimate
fall breakfast and it's a great way to
use all those apples you picked we have
a tendency to get a ton of apples when
we're picking because it's just so much
fun but we want to make sure that we're
using there's apples and this is a great
way to use them every morning aside from
just snacking on them and slicing them
up for eating so what I do is I like to
chop them into little bite-sized pieces
that are perfect for the oatmeal so that
nobody's gonna get a huge chunk of apple
in their oatmeal on the spoon they're
bite-sized pieces they'll shrink down a
little bit while we're cooking as well
so like I said bite-sized pieces and if
you want you can also use a corer to take
out that core or even an apple slicer to
slice them down before you cut them with
your knife and then we're just gonna do
two apples you don't have to use any
certain type of apples whatever you have
on hand will work perfectly in this
recipe now don't throw away those cores
or any of those bits of apple that you
can't use put them into your simmer pot I
had the simmer pot on the stove
yesterday and I had an orange simmer pot
and I'm just gonna add these apple cores
to the simmer pot you could also just
compost this but I like to smell up the
house a little bit it's really good and
it's comforting and you can find that
recipe also on our website so how I'm
gonna start is I'm going to put those
apples into a pot with a little bit of
water to cook them down and then I like
to add the cinnamon so this way the
apples get all that cinnamon flavor into
the apples so each bite is flavorful
when you take a bite of the apple as
well and then we're just gonna give it a
mix just to make sure all the cinnamon
is in there and not just sitting on the
top of the water
so now I'm gonna place it on a
medium-high heat and I'm gonna put a
cover on it because I want to bring
these apples to a boil
I want them tender not crunchy and not
mushy for the oatmeal so keep seeing how
it's doing you can taste one if you need
to just remember they're gonna be really
hot because they have a lot of moisture
in them as well and then once they're
ready you can scoop them up and place
them into a bowl and set them aside
until we're ready for them so now I'm
gonna put my rolled oats into that
flavorful water that we just cooked
those apples in and give it a little mix
and I'm gonna let this come up to a boil
and then once it hits a boil I'm going
to reduce it to a low medium so this way
it's kind of simmering and if your pan
gets too hot you can just lift it up I'm
actually using a hot plate that doesn't
cool down right away now sometimes I
just need to give it a little bit of a
lift so if you have an electric stove you
can lift it up or even move it to
another burner if it's getting too hot
now I'm going to add in my sweetener I'm
just using a little bit of maple syrup
you could use your preferred sweetener whatever
works for you can even leave it out if
you want to just have the apples sweeten this
recipe on their own and then I'm gonna
add those apples back once the oatmeal
is mostly cook down and then I'm just
gonna cook together and really mix it
all and combine it before we serve up
our oatmeal I actually like to add a
little bit of plant based milk I'm using
our homemade oat milk so if you need a
recipe for that be sure to go to
knowyourproduce.com and check it out
because it's so super simple and easy
and it just makes it a little bit more
creamy and then once we put this into
the serving bowls I actually like to
reserve a little bit of those cooked
apples place those on top and then
another drizzle of our oat milk it's so
comforting it's one of our favorites we
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