Don’t you just love days like this? These delightfully dreary days at the beginning of Fall make me want to just curl up with a warm blanket, a good book… and pumpkin pie oatmeal.
My day has been a perfect Fall day…minus the good book (neuroanatomy books are not my idea of “good”). I love Fall more than any other season. I find dreary Fall days beautiful… there’s just something so warm and comforting about them. The weather is a wonderful change from the horrid heat we’ve had, but this morning I looked out my window and realized the leaves are actually changing too. Can you believe it? Fall is officially here and there’s no better way to welcome the new season than with a warm bowl of pumpkin pie oatmeal.
This recipe is wonderfully easy. I didn’t take any pictures during the cooking process because, well, the whole recipe took 2 minutes. If I had stopped to take pictures, I would have ended up with burned pumpkin pie oatmeal instead of the wonderful, pumpkin-y, Fall-like oatmeal I did have.
This recipe is truly wonderful. It’s like a bowl full of Fall and it’s healthy… what could be better than that?
I hope everyone is enjoying the change of season as much as I am. I’m looking forward to the pumpkin patches, apple orchards, and bright orange and red trees.
Pumpkins from the Farmer's Market
I also wouldn’t mind having a large pile of leaves to jump into.
Some things never change.
Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal (recipe adapted from here)
Ingredients:
1 cup dry oats
1/2 cup canned pumpkin purée
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
Pecans
Maple Syrup, to taste
Directions:
Cook the oats according to the package directions. Once the oats are almost done, add and mix the pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice into the oatmeal. Transfer to a bowl and add the maple syrup on top. Sprinkle with the pecans and enjoy.
this looks so comforting and delicious! looks like the Fall season in breakfast form!
I am making this today, and I am taking my parents some! Thank you! This is the time of year I’m happiest, mostly because I can revert to my one-pot soup/stew cooking.
That´s my fave way of eating oatmeal, but I usually add walnuts, because pecans are so expensive here!
This is delicious. I didn’t have any pecans so I toasted some slivered almonds and used them instead. Very yummy!
I”m not versed in cooking just learning but I wanted to ask what’s “DRY OATS”
Bridget, I just mean uncooked oats when I say “dry oats”. Oatmeal is just cooked dry oats! And Sara, toasted almonds sounds delicious! I might have to try that next time!
Amazing! Anything with pumpkin is good by me!
Okay trying this out today until I noticed that I went and purchased some pumpkin pie but got the puree version so guess it’s back to the store..I’ll let you know how it turns out!
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