Pumpkin Oatmeal Bowl
Pumpkin Oatmeal Bowl, a simple steel cut or rolled oats breakfast bowl with pumpkin puree and pumpkin spice blend. A taste of autumn to start your morning!
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Love pumpkin season? Start your day out with a pumpkin-spiced oatmeal bowl! Made with pumpkin puree, pumpkin spice blend, and a touch of maple and vanilla, this bowl is perfect for cozy fall mornings. Top it with pumpkin seeds your favorite nut or seed butter for extra flavor and nutrition!
👉 Ready to learn how to make a pumpkin oatmeal breakfast bowl in less than 10 minutes? Let’s do it!
🥣 Ingredients
- Oatmeal: Both rolled oats and steel cut oats will work for this recipe (instructions for each in recipe card)
- Pumpkin puree: A touch of pumpkin puree adds creaminess, flavor, and a bright orange color
- Pumpkin spice blend: easily found in most spice sections in the fall, it usually combines cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice
- Water: Water is used to cook the oats, though you could use milk or a milk alternative for a creamier texture
- Seasonings: A touch of maple syrup, vanilla extract, a bit of salt for balance
- Toppings: I love adding pumpkin seeds and a drizzle of nut butter
- Recommended tools: medium pot or sauce pan, large wooden spoon, bowls for serving
👩🍳 How to make (step-by-step photos)
1️⃣ Step One: Add ingredients to pot
First, add oats and double the amount of water to a medium pot or sauce pan. Add a pinch of salt and a drizzle of maple syrup, and a dash of vanilla extract. Stir to mix the ingredients.
2️⃣ Step Two: Cook oats
To cook oats over the stovetop, bring the pot with oatmeal ingredients to a low boil over high heat. Then reduce to a low simmer and cook until the oats are soft.
Cooking time with depend on what type of oats you are cooking:
- Rolled oats cooking time: about 5 minutes
- Steel cut oats cooking time: about 10 minutes
👉 Can you microwave oats? Yes! Cook rolled oats in the microwave for about 2 minutes, and steel cut oats for about 5 minutes. Make sure to cover the oats and stir once throughout cooking.
3️⃣ Step Three: Add the pumpkin
Once the oatmeal is almost finished cooking, stir in pumpkin puree and a dash of pumpkin spice blend. And watch the oatmeal take on a beautiful orange color!
4️⃣ Step Four: Transfer to bowl and add toppings
When oats are done, transfer to bowls for serving. Then you can top the oatmeal with a drizzle of nut or seed butter, a sprinkle of nuts or seeds, and a sprinkle of ground flax seeds.
🧊 How to store + reheat
- Refrigerator storage: Store in airtight container in the refrigerator for up to three days.
- Freezer storage: I do not recommend freezing, the texture won’t be great after reheating.
- Reheating: To reheat, simply stir in a tablespoon or two of water into the oats and reheat on the stovetop in small pot, about 3-4 minutes, or in a bowl in the microwave, about 2 minutes. Stir once while cooking to heat throughout.
👉 More autumn oatmeal recipes
Want more oatmeal bowl recipes for crisp fall mornings? Try Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Bowl and Cranberry Oatmeal Bowl.
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Pumpkin Oatmeal Bowl
Equipment
- 1 small pot
Ingredients
- ½ cup oats rolled or steel cut, see notes
- 1 cup water
- 1 small pinch salt
- 2 teaspoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup pumpkin puree
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin spice blend
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds as garnish
- Optional: a drizzle of nut butter
Instructions
- Add ingredients to a pot: In a medium pot, add oats, water, a pinch of salt, maple syrup, and vanilla.½ cup oats, 1 cup water, 1 small pinch salt, 2 teaspoons maple syrup, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Cook oats: Bring oats to a boil over high heat on the stovetop, then reduce heat to a low simmer and cook until oats are soft. This is usually 5 minutes for rolled oats, and 10 minutes for steel cut oats. When the oats are almost done, stir in the pumpkin puree and the pumpkin spice blend until well combined.¼ cup pumpkin puree, 1 teaspoon pumpkin spice blend
- To serve: Transfer cooked pumpkin oatmeal to a bowl. Top the oatmeal with a pumpkin seeds and optionally drizzle of nut or seed butter and a sprinkle of ground flax seeds.1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds, Optional: a drizzle of nut butter
- Microwave cooking instructions: Alternatively you can also cook oats in the microwave. Cook rolled oats a microwave safe bowl for about 2 minutes, and steel cut oats for about 5 minutes. Make sure to cover the oats and stir once throughout cooking.