Apple Oat Smoothie – The Dizzy Cook dinner

This Apple Oatmeal Smoothie is a scrumptious and filling breakfast that tastes like a spiced apple pie. Stuffed with apples, oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a few apple cider for a lift of taste, that is the proper fall smoothie.

Two apple oatmeal smoothies with cinnamon sticks and oats.

You can also make this apple oatmeal smoothie in simply 10 minutes with numerous kitchen fundamentals like cinnamon, oatmeal, and apples. With a little bit added creaminess from the sunbutter and milk, it is made with all of the traditional apple pie filling spices.

In case you love this smoothie, you need to do that Cream Cheese Caramel Apple Dip or Baked Donut Holes with apple cider.

Why You will Love This Apple Oat Smoothie

With all of the spices, this type of tastes like an apple pie smoothie!

Straightforward – With just some key elements it’s possible you’ll have already got available, this recipe can come collectively in beneath 10 minutes!
Scrumptious – All of the flavors of an apple pie however in a breakfast smoothie? Superior!
Filling – The added oatmeal, and protein powder (if desired) can assist to make this a considerable snack or breakfast.
Intestine well being – Apples additionally include pectin which feeds good micro organism in your intestine as a prebiotic. Retaining the peel in your apple will assist increase these antioxidant properties.

Substances

Ingredients containing apples, oats, and apple cider on a marble background.

This apple oat smoothie is simple to make dairy free, gluten free, and vegan with a couple of ingredient tweaks.

Apples – I like to make use of a sweeter apple like honeycrisp, gala, or fuji. For this recipe, I often at all times use honeycrisp. If inexperienced apple (Granny Smith) is all you’ve gotten, that may work right here, however will not be as candy.
Oats – I used fast cooking oats, however rolled oats will work right here as properly. This provides the smoothie a little bit thickness and makes it extra filling. Use gluten free oats if wanted.
Sunflower Seed Butter – You can additionally use pumpkin seed butter as properly. This provides a little bit fats and protein, in addition to a fantastic toasted taste. In case you can tolerate nuts, almond butter would even be nice right here (not HYH).
Apple cider or Apple juice – This actually boosts the apple taste of the smoothie! It additionally provides sufficient sweetness the place I do not assume any sugar, honey, or maple syrup is required.
Milk – You can use dairy milk, oat milk, hemp milk, rice, milk as a base for this recipe relying in your preferences.
Cinnamon, Vanilla and Nutmeg – Each of those deliver the autumn flavors and make this paying homage to an apple pie! If you cannot tolerate cinnamon, allspice or simply nutmeg would additionally work.
(Elective) Dried Mulberries – These are non-compulsory, however they do add a fantastic butterscotch taste to make this style extra like apple pie. You should use them in different smoothies, on prime of salads, or in granola. They’re often discovered on Amazon or in well being meals shops.

How you can Reduce and Retailer Apples

The honeycrisp apples I can get from the shop in the course of the fall and early winter are HUGE, so I sometimes simply use about half.

Wash and dry your apple after which place it on the reducing board, slicing it into 4 quarters simply on the surface of the core.
Take away the core after which slice within the apple quarters into smaller ½ inch items.
You actually solely want roughly 1 cup of roughly chopped apples for this recipe.
If you would like you possibly can freeze the leftover diced apples, lay them flat on a baking sheet or tray within the freezer, coated with saran wrap. As soon as frozen, you possibly can switch to a plastic bag (that is so all of the items do not stick collectively).

How you can Make

Step 1: Mix the elements in a blender

Place all of the elements, besides ice, in a excessive pace blender and mix until easy.

Apples, oatmeal, and cinnamon in a blender.

Step 2: Add ice and mix

Add 1 cup of ice and mix until easy. Add extra ice to succeed in desired thickness.

Blender Suggestions

My favourite blender for this apple oatmeal smoothie is a Vitamix. It is a fantastic excessive powered blender that may final a very long time and they’re going to usually repair it for you if it breaks.

Loads readers additionally appear to like the Ninja blenders as properly. I even have a Nutribullet I like for small batches.

This recipe will work with all varieties of blenders, however there are a couple of ideas to verify your apple smoothie comes out good and frothy.

Put all of the solids within the base of the blender. I like to start out with my chopped apples, sunflower seed butter, oats, and mulberries (if utilizing), then prime with the liquids. If you would like so as to add any greens, like spinach, throw these in on prime.
Mix your apples and different elements first earlier than including ice. This enables every little thing to get good and easy earlier than giving your blender additional work.

I hope you like this scrumptious apple cinnamon smoothie as a lot as I do!

Storage and Prep

How you can retailer leftovers – Place in an hermetic container for as much as in the future. Because the oats sit, the smoothie will turn out to be thicker. For greatest outcomes, drink this smoothie as quickly because it’s made.

To prep this smoothie – Place all of the elements apart from the milk right into a ziplock bag and freeze until you are prepared to make use of. Pour it into your blender, add the milk and mix.

Apple cinnamon smoothies in two glasses with oats on top next to a fresh apple and cinnamon stick.

Ceaselessly Requested Questions

Can I make this dairy free?

Sure, for dairy free, simply use your favourite milk substitute. I like to recommend hemp, flax, or oat milk.

Does this want one thing to sweeten?

In case you use honeycrisp apples, or any sweeter apple, and apple cider or juice, I discover this recipe is nice sufficient. However if you happen to assume it is wanted, I might advocate a contact of maple syrup.

Can I add protein powder?

Protein powder could be nice right here, particularly to steadiness the pure sugars and oats. I might advocate a scoop of Sprout Residing Pumpkin Seed Protein.

Fall Smoothie Recipes

For extra fall smoothies like this apple pie smoothie with oats, see these posts. And when you have leftover apple cider, do not miss this Apple Cider Mocktail!

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