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Warm Apple-Pear Oat Bowls with Walnuts

Creamy cinnamon oats topped with skillet-softened apples and pears, a spoonful of tangy yogurt and crunchy toasted walnuts.

Warm Apple-Pear Oat Bowls with Walnuts

Ingredients

  • 3 cups240 gOld-fashioned rolled oats
  • 2 cups (470 ml)490 gMilk, 2%
  • 1½ cups360 gWater
  • ⅛ tsp1 gSalt
  • 1½ tsp4 gGround cinnamon
  • 1½ medium250 gApplediced
  • 1 medium200 gPearsdiced
  • 1 tbsp14 gUnsalted butter
  • 2 tbsp40 gMaple syrup
  • 2 containers (6 oz)340 gPlain Greek yogurt, nonfat
  • ½ cup chopped50 gWalnutschopped
  • 1 tsp4 gVanilla extract

Steps

  1. Dice the apple and pear and chop the walnuts before you start cooking.
  2. In a dry pot over medium heat, toast the walnuts for 3 to 4 minutes until fragrant, then tip them onto a plate.
  3. In the same pot, melt the butter, add the apple, pear and half the cinnamon, and cook 5 to 6 minutes, stirring, until tender. Stir in half the maple syrup, then spoon the fruit into a bowl and set aside.
  4. Add the milk, water, salt and the remaining half of the cinnamon to the pot and bring to a gentle simmer.
  5. Stir in the oats and cook 5 minutes, stirring often, until thick and creamy. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla.
  6. Stir the remaining half of the maple syrup into the Greek yogurt.
  7. Divide the oats among 4 bowls, top with the warm apple and pear, a spoonful of the sweetened yogurt and the toasted walnuts, and serve.

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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