Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats

Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats

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Pumpkin Pie is another in the series of dessert-based overnight oats flavors. This recipe brings a nice bonus of protein and potassium along with the heart-healthy and belly-filing fiber that make any kind of overnight oats a great choice for breakfast or a morning snack. Plus it tastes like you’re eating pumpkin pie for breakfast. Not too shabby.

Ingredients (Serves 4)

Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats
Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats ingredients
  • 1 cup, old-fashioned oats
  • 1 cup, unsweetened original almond milk
  • 1/2, banana
  • 1 cup, 100% pure pumpkin
  • 2 tbsp, raisins
  • 1/2 tsp, cinnamon
  • 2 tbsp, maple syrup
  • pinch, nutmeg
  • pinch, salt

Prepare the Base

The base for this recipe couldn’t be more simple. Combine 1/4 cup of the old-fashioned oats and 1/4 cup of almond milk in each of your containers and set aside. Because the flavor component of this so heavy and wet, there’s no need to do anything else to the base. That’s why a straight 1-to-1 oats-to-milk ratio works just fine.

pumpkin pie overnight oats
Basic overnight oats base – oats & almond milk

Taking 100% Pumpkin Down A Notch

For the pumpkin topping, it’s just an “everyone in the pool” series of simple steps. For the “pool” I actually recommend preparing this mixture directly in a measuring cup to make clean up easier. Just use one that is at least 2 cups or larger.

First, measure out 1 cup of pure pumpkin. Unfortunately most cans of pumpkin are more than 1 cup, but when I’ve made this recipe using an entire can I found the balance to be a bit off. So a cup normally will be about 2/3 of a typical can.

Next, add 1/2 of a ripened banana. If you prefer to mash the banana in a separate bowl and then add it to the pumpkin you can. But I normally just add it to the pumpkin and mash with a fork until well blended. If you’re wondering, you won’t really taste the banana in the final mixture. It simply adds sweetness and is helpful in cutting the “sameness” of all that pumpkin.

Spice it Up

To the pumpkin/banana mix, add the cinnamon, maple syrup, pecans, and raisins along with a pinch each of nutmeg and salt. Mix well.

Spoon evenly over the oatmeal bases. Cover and refrigerate for at least 5-6 hours but preferably overnight.

To serve, I’d recommend warming for 30-60 seconds in the microwave and then stirring well. But that’s personal preference.

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