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Date-Sweetened Apple Cinnamon Bircher Oats

Creamy, Bircher-style overnight oats with juicy grated apple soaked right into the oats, sticky chopped dates, a ribbon of almond butter and crunchy pumpkin seeds.

Date-Sweetened Apple Cinnamon Bircher Oats

Ingredients

  • 3 cups240 gOld-fashioned rolled oats
  • 2¾ cups (650 ml)720 gAlmond milk, unsweetened
  • 7 oz200 gPlain Greek yogurt, nonfat
  • 1½ medium300 gApplecoarsely grated, skin on
  • 1 tbsp15 gLemon juice
  • 2 dates48 gMedjool dates, pittedfinely chopped
  • 1½ tsp4 gGround cinnamon
  • ⅛ tsp1 gSalt
  • 3 tbsp48 gAlmond butter, no salt addedstirred smooth
  • ⅓ cup40 gPumpkin seeds (pepitas)

Steps

  1. Prepare first: chop the dates finely, then coarsely grate the apple into a large bowl and immediately toss it with the lemon juice so it stays pale.
  2. Add the oats, almond milk, Greek yogurt, chopped dates, cinnamon and salt to the bowl with the apple and stir until evenly combined.
  3. Divide the oat mixture evenly among 4 jars or containers, cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours or overnight, until the oats are soft and creamy.
  4. In the morning, stir each jar; if it is thicker than you like, loosen it with a splash of almond milk from the fridge.
  5. Top each jar with one quarter of the almond butter, swirling it lightly into the surface.
  6. Finish each jar with one quarter of the pumpkin seeds and serve cold.

Check labels: Gluten-free when you buy old-fashioned rolled oats labeled gluten-free.

Contains: Milk, Tree nuts. Some brands contain gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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