Apple Oat Smoothie

Why You’ll Love This Apple Oat Smoothie

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

• Easy – With just a few key ingredients you may already have on hand, this recipe can come together in under 10 minutes!
• Delicious – All the flavors of an apple pie but in a breakfast smoothie? Awesome!
• Filling – The added oatmeal, and protein powder (if desired) can help to make this a substantial snack or breakfast.
• Gut health – Apples also contain pectin which feeds good bacteria in your gut as a prebiotic. Keeping the peel on your apple will help boost those antioxidant properties. 

• Apples – I like to use a sweeter apple like honeycrisp, gala, or fuji. For this recipe, I usually always use honeycrisp. If green apple (Granny Smith) is all you have, that will work here, but won’t be as sweet.
• Oats – I used quick cooking oats, but rolled oats will work here as well. This gives the smoothie a little thickness and makes it more filling. Use gluten free oats if needed. 
• Sunflower Seed Butter – You could also use pumpkin seed butter as well. This adds a little fat and protein, as well as a great toasted flavor. If you can tolerate nuts, almond butter would also be great here (not HYH).
• Apple cider or Apple juice – This really boosts the apple flavor of the smoothie! It also adds enough sweetness where I don’t think any sugar, honey, or maple syrup is needed.
• Milk – You could use dairy milk, oat milk, hemp milk, rice, milk as a base for this recipe depending on your preferences.
• Cinnamon, Vanilla and Nutmeg – Both of these bring the fall flavors and make this reminiscent of an apple pie! If you can’t tolerate cinnamon, allspice or just nutmeg would also work.
• (Optional) Dried Mulberries – These are optional, but they do add a great butterscotch flavor to make this taste more like apple pie. You can use them in other smoothies, on top of salads, or in granola. They’re usually found on Amazon or in health food stores. 

How to Cut and Store Apples

The honeycrisp apples I can get from the store during the fall and early winter are HUGE, so I typically just use about half. 

• Wash and dry your apple and then place it on the cutting board, slicing it into 4 quarters just on the outside of the core.
• Remove the core and then slice in the apple quarters into smaller 1/2 inch pieces. 
• You really only need approximately 1 cup of roughly chopped apples for this recipe.
• If you’d like you can freeze the leftover diced apples, lay them flat on a baking sheet or tray in the freezer, covered with saran wrap. Once frozen, you can transfer to a plastic bag (this is so all the pieces don’t stick together).

How to Make

Step 1: Combine the ingredients in a blender

Place all the ingredients, except ice, in a high speed blender and blend till smooth.

Step 2: Add ice and blend

Add 1 cup of ice and blend till smooth. Add more ice to reach desired thickness.

Blender Tips

My favorite blender for this apple oatmeal smoothie is a Vitamix. It’s a great high powered blender that will last a long time and they will often fix it for you if it breaks.

A lot readers also seem to love the Ninja blenders as well. I also have a Nutribullet I love for small batches.

This recipe will work with all types of blenders, but there are a few tips to make sure your apple smoothie comes out nice and frothy.

• Put all the solids in the base of the blender. I like to start with my chopped apples, sunflower seed butter, oats, and mulberries (if using), then top with the liquids. If you’d like to add any greens, like spinach, throw those in on top.
• Blend your apples and other ingredients first before adding ice. This allows everything to get nice and smooth before giving your blender extra work. 

I hope you love this delicious apple cinnamon smoothie as much as I do!

Storage and Prep

How to store leftovers – Place in an airtight container for up to one day. As the oats sit, the smoothie will become thicker. For best results, drink this smoothie as soon as it’s made.

To prep this smoothie – Place all the ingredients except for the milk into a ziplock bag and freeze till you’re ready to use. Pour it into your blender, add the milk and blend.

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